Where does mold come from? Do you risk “taking it with you” when moving from a moldy apartment to a not moldy one?
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Fungi are the most common living organisms on earth. The largest single living thing known on earth is a fungus growing underground in a national forest in Oregon. I’ve been in property management for years and I’ve done this speech for hundreds of people.
Yeast, molds, mushrooms, and their spores are literally everywhere, they just need food and moisture. If you leave a piece of fruit out and it gets moldy does that mean your house is contaminated by mold? No, the spores are already there. If you have poor insulation such that the walls are cold and indoor warm air condenses on them, then they will mold. Is your house contaminated? Well, it is now that you’ve grown a colony but the spores were there all the time. Molds come in a million different varieties. Some eat fruit, some eat acrylic paint and drywall, some grow on human oils and skin that are on your walls. Of course you take spores with you and they will join the spores that are guaranteed to already be there. Mold is a moisture problem, that’s it, end of story.
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