Allergens: How to Identify Common Indoor Allergens and Mold by Visual Inspection, photos and text
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Here readers will find photograps of various indoor allergens like mold, cat allergens, dog allergens, mouse or rodent allergens, dust mites, cockroach and other insect fragments, mite fecals, and other help in identification of indoor allergens such as cockroaches, dust mites, fleas, house dust, mold, mildew, pet dander, pollen. © Copyright 2008 Daniel Friedman, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use links at the left of each page to navigate this document or to view other topics at this website. Green links show where you are in our document or website.

Indoor Allergen Photos

• Dust Mites and here's a cute mite from the flower of a Tulip Poplar. You won't see dust mites without a microscope, but if your home has any or all of dampness, wet areas, pets, lots of dust and organic debris, old mattresses and pillows, couches, carpets, heavy curtains, or if you go to sleep with wet hair on your pillow, you're likely to have a high dust mite population. Mites, mite parts, and mite fecals show up in indoor dust samples examined by microscope. Dust mites are present wherever people and animals live. But high levels of mite fecals raises the level of allergens in the Building and may be a problem.
• Animal allergens An article on inspecting and addressing allergens from Pets, Pet Hair and Pet Dander as well as dust mites associated with animal dander
  
  
• Pollen a photo library of pollen & the flowers, shrubs, trees from which pollen was collected.
• Cockroaches
• Fiberglass Insulation Mold© 2005 comments about a field study in process, & more about health hazards from fiberglass insulation - DJF
• Fleas
• Indoor Air Exchange, Freshness
• Toxic Gas Indoor Exposure Hazards - list of common indoor gases, tests, allowable exposure levels
• Carbon Dioxide Gas - C02 as a guess at air freshness.
• Insulation & venting: general air quality, makeup air, carbon dioxide as indicator of air exchanges
• Is Indoor Air Quality a Problem in My Home? industrial hygienists view
• What mold looks like inside a building
• Mold, a photo library of mold spores for allergy and asthma sufferers - Aspergillus, Penicillium, Stachybotrys, Cladosporium, etc.
• Meruliporia incrassata - Serpula lacrymans the "house eating fungus," field and lab photos
• How to Find and Test For Mold in Buildings - Looking for Mold - A 'how to' photo and text primer on finding and testing for mold in buildings
• Recognizing Mold: What mold looks like mold identification photos to help identify mold - choosing what to sample in buildings
• More Information on finding, identifying, testing for mold in buildings

More Information on Finding and Testing for Mold, Allergens, Other Indoor Air Problems - Building Diagnostic Inspections and Repairs

• How to Find and Test For Mold in Buildings - Looking for Mold - A 'how to' photo and text primer on finding and testing for mold in buildings
• Recognizing Mold: What mold looks like mold identification photos to help identify mold - choosing what to sample in buildings
• Recognizing Allergens: What various indoor allergens look like - identification photos to help identify pollen, dust mites, animal dander, toxic or allergenic mold - Common Mold and other Allergens, Irritants, Remedies & Advice
• Stuff that is not mold but is often mistaken for it - things you may not want to test. Also, not all "black mold" is toxic - here are examples of harmless black mold.
• Mold Action Guide: an easy step by step outline of what to do about mold
how to find mold, then
• Associations: Sick House, Sick Building, SBS - Air Quality, Government, Private Associations and Information Resources
• How to find a mold inspector or test consultant: Directory of IAQ,Sick Building, Mold Allergen Testing, Building Investigation Service Providers
• Meruliporia: the house eating fungus or "poria"
• Mold Investigation Tips for Home Inspectors how to find mold, where to look, what is likely to be important. Advice to building inspectors intending to inspect or test for toxic or problematic mold indoors, mold inspection methods, and mold test methods which are valid or invalid
• Mold Risk Levels in Buildings Based on Visual Inspection - simple visual clues help decide on action
• Mold in Fiberglass Insulation© 2005 comments about a field study in process, & more about health hazards from fiberglass insulation - DJF
• Frequently Asked Questions About Mold -- check this FAQ list & IAQ Site Map to see if you can find a quick answer to your mold concern
• When to hire a professional to inspect for toxic mold or other allergens
• Contact Us to arrange mold/IAQ building on site inspection and testing.

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