Talk:Mold growth, assessment, and remediation

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[edit] Killing mold

People are always calling into Car Talk and asking what they can do to remove the moldy smell. They always say that if there's mold (the type that will grow on your auto carpets anyway), you can only really kill it with two things, sunlight (intense and long term) and bleach. While the Toxic mold article mentions some ways of generally killing mold, some of the remedies listed only shrink the colony (like ventilation) and won't actually kill it. So I came to this article to see if what those two lunkheads was true (since there's usually a lot of mold in their heads). O how I'd like a mycologist to come here and add some good stuff to this article! What definitely kills mold?? 82.93.133.130 06:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mold-free environments

"(1) Spores: Both our indoor and outdoor environment have mold spores present. There is no such thing as a mold free environment in Earth's biosphere." Since some extreme environments may not have mold. Volcanoes and nuclear reactors. Does the moon count? Is there mold in the far reaches of space?

[edit] Plagiarism?

The following paragraph, "The key to mold control is moisture control. It is important ...", comes directly from this website: http://www.epa.gov/mold/moldresources.html It also contains instructions. Does someone want to delete it? 142.162.15.34 (talk) 08:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)