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Hi all
I've tried Mr Google, but have found so many conflicting aritcles I thought I'd try here.
Is anyone aware of the health impact/ effect of dry rot fungal spores on human health?
If anyone has any definitive advice (or can point me in the direction of such), it would be much appreciated.
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I did some work on this and found... lots of conflicting info.
Some sources - mainly American, state that exposure = certain death (well eventually I suppose that's even true for air)
Other sources think it's one of your 5 a day...
I basically concluded - 1) try and avoid breathing spores - especially if suffering from lung problems such as asthma, noting some people will be more susceptible 2) use a appropriate contractor to remove the mould - obviously there are safety issues structurally if the mould spreads
Not the most helpful of posts, but I'm not sure there is a clear answer, other than - it depends
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Thanks guys - most helpful.##teh_boy - that's pretty much what I had conculuded prior to my original post.
Issue I have is dry rot in the basement of a grade 2 listed building. LL is stalling, but spores have now travelled into the ground floor area (which we occupy).
We have put control measures in place as far as possible, but I had a potential issue when anothe rmember of staff from a different department was working on the premises recently. She is asthmatic and mentioned that while on the premises her symptoms increased.
Strangely, when she was a prolific smoker, she didn't have a problem though. :)
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NickH wrote:Thanks guys - most helpful.##teh_boy - that's pretty much what I had conculuded prior to my original post.
Strangely, when she was a prolific smoker, she didn't have a problem though. :) Good luck :)
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