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NickH  
#1 Posted : 28 May 2014 12:02:13(UTC)
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NickH

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.
Jane Blunt  
#2 Posted : 28 May 2014 12:12:48(UTC)
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Jane Blunt

Try Mr Google Scholar. You get more scientific results from this.

http://scholar.google.co.uk/
peter gotch  
#3 Posted : 28 May 2014 13:34:12(UTC)
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peter gotch

teh_boy  
#4 Posted : 29 May 2014 09:09:11(UTC)
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teh_boy

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
NickH  
#5 Posted : 30 May 2014 09:38:54(UTC)
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NickH

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. :)
teh_boy  
#6 Posted : 30 May 2014 09:44:22(UTC)
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teh_boy

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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