June 2024 - Mold, Mycotoxins, and Why the Magic Paint Never Works
WYSL/ Wise Home Energy Show
Jeff Flaherty brings in John Pusateri, founder of Green Genie, to talk about what's actually growing in attics and basements and why the bleach and paint solutions most homeowners try just take the color out of the mold without killing it. John walks through how mold spores enter and colonize, why 60% relative humidity is the threshold where active growth begins, what mycotoxins actually do to the body over time, and why black mold specifically requires conditions most homes only reach after a pipe break or flood. Jeff connects it back to a client who had his attic "remediated" twice and insulated once over four years, still had the moisture source, still had the problem, and still wasn't ready to hear that everything needed to come out. Plus John covers VOCs from paint cans, cleaning chemicals, and cosmetics, why starting your car in a garage with the door open still pulls carbon monoxide into the house, and why asthma rates have gone up 40% since 1997.
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