Questions
about mould problems in Italy
Q.
I wonder if you have a little advice for me. For the past few months I have
noticed that a number of our shoes had mold growing on them. The shoes are
stored in small storage room. This problem seemed to be getting worse and we
found it on other things. I started to look on the net and found this site.
The mold looks very similar to the Aspergillus mold in the picture. We have
now emptied the room and found a damp, moldy patch of wall. The wall is also
crumbling in a number of areas. We live in an old building in the center of
Rome and our apartment is partially underground. My husband has now covered
the area with a cement and malt mix, but will this solve the problem? I
can't stand to think we have this horrible mold in the house especially
since we have a small child. Not to mention the fact that it has ruined a
number of pairs of shoes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [Nov. 1,
2004]
A.
Do you rent or own your apartment? If you rent, you should consider moving
to a mold-safe place as soon as possible. When you smell mold in your Rome
apartment, there is a serious likelihood that airborne mold spores from the
one known mold location have traveled in air currents to mold cross
contaminate your entire apartment. Document the mold health threat in your
Italian apartment for your own knowledge and use, as well as to gather the
mold proof to make a formal demand to your landlord for professional mold
inspection, testing, and remediation by using do it yourself mold test kits. Hopefully,
Italian landlords are more concerned about moldy rentals harming the health
of their tenants than are the uncaring landlords in the USA and Canada. If
your landlord doesn't take care of the mold problem upon your presentation
of mold test kit results, and if you really like your apartment, you can use
a homemade fungicide [to kill present mold growth] and a
homemade antimicrobial coating [to stop future mold growth] by using the
recipes in our Special Report
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