Mold in My Home: What do I do?
Mold Resources
Biological Pollutants in Your Home
Mold: A Fungus Among Us
A REALTOR'S Guide to Mold & Indoor Air Quality
This extensive Q&A was prepared by PAR Counsel Jim Goldsmith.
The following links are to sites outside the PAR Web site. Inclusion of these links in no way an explicit or implicit endorsement of the organizations or the information contained on their Web sites.
The plaintiff in this case filed suit against the owner of a co-op building, claiming that mold growth around windows caused certain health problems. Before going to trial, the Court held a hearing to determine whether a linkage between mold and health issues was "generally accepted" as a scientific theory. After reviewing over 1000 pages of research from 70 studies, the Court held that there was not sufficient scientific consensus to justify a trial.
NOTE that this case does not mean that mold does not cause health issues, nor does it mean that a court in Pennsylvania would reach the same conclusion.
American Board of Industrial Hygiene
ABIH is the organization that administers the Certified Industrial Hygienist designation. Use the "Roster Search" link on the page to find a Certified Industrial Hygienist in your area.
NAR Mold Resources Page
Linking to this page may require the use of your realtor.org password.
National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mold Resources
Stopmold.org
Resources on preventing the growth of mold in your property. Posted by the National Center for Housing and the Environment (NCHE), supported by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the National Association of REALTORS®.
Environmental Protection Agency Mold Resources.
Includes links to a number of useful publications and other mold-related sites.
New Environmental Protection Agency Mold Resources.
Provides information and guidance on how to clean up residential mold problems and how to prevent mold growth.
New York City Mold Guidelines
New York City guidelines on mold assessment and remediation. Originally developed in 1993, this document was revised in January, 2002.
Minnesota Department of Health
Mold in Homes brochure developed by state of Minnesota. Available in HTML and PDF format.
California Indoor Air Quality Program
Maintained by the California Department of Health Services, this page has links to many Indoor Air Quality resources, including mold-related issues. The IAQ Info Sheets contain many mold-related links, including a link to the California Toxic Mold Prevention Act.
Rhode Island Department of Health
This site has links to basic mold/mildew information, as well as a set of links dealing with various remediation issues.
List of links compiled by IAQA, a national association of indoor air quality professionals.
ERRA is an association (primarily made up of insurers) with the goal of minimizing and managing mold-related issues. This page is a comprehensive set of links grouped by topic.