MOLD:

Mold is the single greatest problem in Indoor Air Quality.

Echelon performs complete and thorough mold inspections. We are familiar with the health effects from molds such as Stachybotrys, Actinomycetes, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Alternaria, and many more.

Although the presence of mold itself is not always a problem, sustained growth of mold inside your home or office can become a problem. Different molds can produce a variety of symptoms, reactions, and diseases in different people, depending on the mycotoxins produced and the individual's immune system status.

 Sick Building Syndrome and Building Related Disease are most often due to mold. Water intrusion, coupled with an elevated temperature and a food source create the environment for molds to propagate rapidly. Floods, sewer back-ups, or the presence of bird droppings, domestic or wild animal wastes increase the likelihood that bacteria is involved.