How Relevant Are ERMI And HERTSMI Mold Lab Tests?

In today's episode, we are pausing the mold remediation subject to bring in an extraordinary guest to the podcast, her name is Rachel Pedersen, and she is a social media manager and entrepreneur. She specializes in helping people achieve their potential and bringing hope into their lives.The reason I wanted to bring Rachel in is that sometimes in our journeys, we kind of feel like we ran into a dead-end, and it's hard for us to see the solution to our problems. Rachel has one of the most powerful stories, and she is here to share it with us and to give us some key ingredients to fix our situation and that it is possible to look beyond our disabilities to grow exponentially.Tune in to take this opportunity for growth and enlightenment next to this incredible woman on this new episode of Manage MoldKey points discussed:Becoming my own White Knight. Rachel Pedersen’s story (00:55)Be your own champion (05:34)The point of connection between you and your potential growth (09:28)How to take the very first steps to produce real change in your life and business (12:10)The importance of connecting with others and built a significant network (15:35)Helping you find more hopeful days (18:08)--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, I’m interviewing my good friend and premier trainer of mold remediation Michael Pinto to discuss the ERMI and HERTSMI mold lab tests, their level of relevancy and how these tests actually work.Michael is offering his expert point of view to explain how these tests are performed and to reflect on the value of these and other sampling methods used in the mold remediation industry. We also talk about the importance of understanding the exact role of each one of these methods and having the capacity to develop a sampling plan to maximize the level of efficiency during the remediation process. Tune in to know everything about sampling methodology and the latest technology available in the mold remediation industry to ensure a healthy home. Key points discussed:ERMI, what is it? And how does it work? (01:04)The controversy around the Swiffer and other commercial sampling methods (11:32)A quick guide to be a knowledgeable consumer (16:58)Why you should be careful about using ERMI style samples (24:20)The importance of giving the best sampling interpretation (28:51)Are the HERTSMI measures a valuable asset to improve our client’s situation (34:14)Two sampling tools in a large toolbox ERMI and HERTSMI (conclusions) (41:37)--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, I’m interviewing Scott Haag, a long-time expert in the cleaning and maintenance industry. Scott has been my mentor for over twenty years. Today, he’s here to share his wisdom about life, health, and how the clean factor is one of the critical pieces to any successful remediation. He has worked in the sanitation industry for a very long time, accumulating an incredible amount of experience in both commercial and residential buildings, allowing him to be in direct contact with a lot of the equipment and processes that can facilitate or simplify the remediation work.It was mainly by the direction of Scott that I learned most of the principles that define my work and my work ethics today. He has a lot of knowledge that you will be able to put into use so, don’t miss a word of what we’re going to be discussing today.Tune in and find out all about cleaning processes, products, simplification methods, and how all of this connects with the mold remediation world.Key points discussed:The story of how I connected with Scott (01:00)The evolution of cleaning protocols over the years (04:18)Know the latest improvements in cleaning equipment and products (08:38)Simplify your cleaning process with TACT (13:16)Analyzing the cleaning and maintenance conditions on the school system (17:57)Things to consider when relocating your home (22:31)Understanding the influence of time and space in building construction (24:53)How to eradicate your mold issues without tearing your walls apart (27:45)Key elements to preserve your indoor air quality in both commercial and residential level (37:43)--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

What would you be willing to do in order to get well? My guest today was asked this question after feeling sick for several years and not finding the answers she needed to solve her health problems. In today’s episode, we are discussing the tools and techniques used to perform indoor inspections and testing your indoor air quality. Martine Davis is a Building Biologist who owns a consultation and inspection company called Indoor Environmental Testing, she is here on the podcast to talk about indoor air quality, the risks involved in the use of wireless technology and to tell us her own health journey that helps her connect with her clients to assess their indoor environment and find solutions to their indoor air quality issues.Martine is one of the brightest minds in the mold inspection industry and she is using all her resources and knowledge available to teach people how to do their own testings and find the answers they need to start solving their home’s health. Tune in and let’s begin this interesting lesson in this new episode of Manage Mold Key points discussed:Introducing Martine Davis and her company Indoor Environmental Testing Inc. (01:00)Discovering the impact of electronics and technology in our health (05:03)How does Indoor Environmental Testing conduct inspections (13:27)Why should people start testing their homes for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Radiation (15:53)The step by step behind Martine’s mold DNA testing process (23:13)Teaching how to do their own testing and to find the proper help to their air pollution problems (30:55)Additional resources:Martine’s website: http://airinspector.com/Martine’s contact info: [email protected]; [email protected]; --Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

This year, the journey to ensure a healthy home continues and our learning process becomes so much more important as we keep trying to understand all the things that separate us from having a safe home environment. In this episode, Michael Pinto returns to talk about "Borrowing the Best From Other Industries".It is easy to get stuck in a rut of a certain way of thinking and problem solving when we limit our search for solutions to the questions we have. This is true when it comes to mold investigation and remediation. Too often we search for the "magic" solution, neglecting the fact that certain principles must be followed to remedy water intrusion and mold contamination, but following the procedures doesn’t mean that you need to get stuck in a way to find the best solution to these problems.Technology is transforming the world of mold remediation and today, there are solutions to our problems that we can borrow from other industries that make repairs to water intrusion and mold contamination more efficient and more effective if we consider what is available to us as homeowners and remediators alike.Tune in and learn all about these new and not so new technologies that are already impacting our industry in this new episode of Manage Mold.Key points discussed:Technology transfers in the remediation industry and the case of the HEPA vacuums (01:11)Certain restrictions in the academic world that prevents from sharing strategic information regarding products (07:27)Know some of the setup items you’ll need before starting a remediation job (10:50)The essentials on personal protective equipment (17:22)The biggest and most accepted technology transfers on the work procedure side in the remediation industry (29:57)Reflecting on the ecological cost of some of the methods used in remediation industry (36:54)The impact of technology in the future of the mold remediation (44:08)--Additional resources:- Michael Pinto [email protected] Susan Pinto [email protected] Mold Sensitized website: https://www.moldsensitized.com/team-members/michael-a-pinto/- Wonder Makers website: https://www.wondermakers.com/Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing space with a real game-changer in the fields of mold inspection, mold remediation, and post-remediation testing, her name is May Dooley and she is here to talk about her story, about the incredible job she performs leading EnviroHealth Consulting, Inc, plus how she empowers her clients by giving them the tools they need to improve the health of their home.We’ll be discussing key matters such as the functionality of the ERMI and HERTSMI tests, the alternative ways you can use to detect the presence of mold inside your home or office and the importance of maintaining a holistic approach at the time of conducting an inspection.Are you in desperate need of mold inspection but you don’t have the resources to contact a real expert? One of the many advantages that May offers through her websites is the possibility of making long distant queries where you can learn a lot about your home and the things that could be jeopardizing your family’s health.Tune in and connect with this amazing woman that’s transforming the mold remediation industry is this new chapter of Manage Mold. Key points discussed:The story of May Dooley and how she started EnviroHealth Consulting, Inc. (02:23)A service for those who want to advocate for themselves and to teach yourself environmental home inspecting (07:19)Facing the consequences of working in mold contaminated environments (12:36)How to spot the presence of mold in your home or office by yourself (14:37)Uncovering the truth around the effectiveness of ERMI and HERTSMI test results (19:08)May’s websites and the unknown factors that could be endangering your health inside your home (23:42)Make life the center of life (31:54)Additional Resources:May’s contact mail: [email protected] your healthy home: http://createyourhealthyhome.com/Mold Control on a Budget: https://moldcontrolonabudget.com/Learn more about May’s work: https://www.iaqradio.com/may-dooley-from-the-field-the-abcs-of-ieq-emfs-mold-and-more/--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Do you know what a chemically sensitized individual is? Today’s episode is dedicated to discovering, identifying and understanding every aspect around this condition, which has became quite common in the remediation industry. But what do chemically sensitized individuals have to do with mold? To educate us about this particularly captivating subject and explaining its relationship with the main theme of this podcast, we’ll have my mentor and friend Michael Pinto, who after a long-lasting career dealing with occupational and residential cases of indoor contamination, has dedicated himself to share his investigations through various courses, books, and articles, becoming a reference in the remediation world. Over the years, Michael has created a platform to help others with their own indoor contamination problems, offering the most reliable, well-informed solutions to improve the environmental conditions that may be affecting their homes. One of the topics that Michael focuses in his articles is the sensitization to chemicals, often experienced by fire and mold remediation clients, certainly, a fascinating subject that we’ll be discussing today and that raises a truly important question on how informed are we really about all our different cleaning options, the effectiveness of those and the risks that each one of them could represent to our health.  Keywords discussed:The main issues that chemically sensitized individuals have to deal with (01:55)The difficulties of cleaning for chemically sensitized individuals (06:09)  How some chemical’s sensitivity concentration can often be undetectable for regular people (13:47)Masking agent: the real process and the risks behind chemical “neutralization” (17:49)Vinegar and Ammonium, uncovering the myths of these two cleaning agents (24:54) Oxidation: the process involved in the third channel of cleaning for chemically sensitized individuals (26:57)Understanding the advantages, specifications, and risks of every cleaning method (30:03)Dealing with the potential of off-gassing (39:49)Additional Resources:Michael’s website: https://www.wondermakers.com/--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Are you aware of all the methods available to keep your buildings dry and safe? In this episode, we’ll count on the experience and expertise of Kevin Schneidermann, to tell us all about the repair methods that he and his family perform from their company, Basement Water Controlled to help preserve the homes of the people who need it.Along with his wife and children, they have consolidated a third-generation business that gathers the tools, the work hand, and the knowledge to assemble high-efficiency systems to keep your home and its foundations dry. Kevin and I will be explaining how these systems work, their main advantages and how his company carries out the installations depending on the climatic and topographic conditions that characterize each building.Tune in and join this incredibly insightful talk between two long-time friends in this new episode of Manage MoldKey points discussed:The Story and logistics behind Basement Water Controlled (01:52)The essentials, procedure, and advantages of doing a retrofit on the outside (05:25)Rain gutters making the difference between good health and poor health in a home (11:46)The most common water damage repairs inside houses and buildings (18:41)How to detect and resolve the alarming issues of walls and sinking buildings (27:02)All about Radon Systems (advantages, installation, functioning) (32:05)The importance of getting specialized help in the cases of foundation repairs and drainage systems (43:10)Additional Resources:Basement Water Controlled’s website: safedrybasement.com--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

How can the human body react to the presence of mold? For some it can go completely unnoticed, for others, sadly, the consequences can be very dangerous. In today’s episode, we’ll get to listen to one of the most powerful testimonies about air contamination related to mold inside a residential building and how one woman was able to change her circumstances to improve her health and her family’s.When you reach a point of desperation so big that you start questioning everything around you, when you start to feel like you exhausted all your resources and there’s nothing else you can do to fix your situation, that’s when you really need to pack your strength and trust your instincts. That’s what Laura Wittman - my guest for today’s episode - did when her family began to suffer the consequences of the presence of mold inside their home and couldn’t locate the areas affected by humidity and water damage.Tune in to listen to Laura’s story and find out, how she was able to win her long and tiring battle against mold to regain her family’s health. Keynotes discussed:Our mold story. Laura's crusade into finding the root of her family’s health issues (02:50)The heartbreaking process of not finding the solutions to my help my family (05:15)Developing the right criterion to address any mold-related problem  (11:39)Finding the sources of mold and water damage inside my home (15:57)The list of the 10 sources of mold spotted in Laura’s house (20:40)Coming through all the irregularities committed during the remediation process (28:40)The overwhelmingly positive results after an exhaustive mold remediation (34:44)Rebuilding your life after a long struggle with mold (43:22)   --Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Is it possible to predict where the remediation industry is heading in the future? As the years go by, technology keeps going forward and the methods used to perform our inspections have evolved into highly accurate readings - made by air pollution meters - that allow us to determine what areas of the building have been affected by water damage, but, is that really all the mold remediation industry needs to thrive?In today’s episode, Robert Hidajat and I will be discussing all the topics related to the evolution of the remediation industry, the uncountable advantages of the Instascope, what are the primary sources of water damage in California and also, we’ll get to know a little more about Robert’s story and the gratifying feeling of helping others to overcome their mold problems.Tune in and join us for this new episode of the Manage Mold podcast.Key points discussed:Paying close attention to what costumers have to say during the inspection (02:55)The unquestionable advantage of using the Instascope in the inspection process (06:18)Following that gut feeling and bringing an end to end air inspection in every case (09:18)The undeniable importance of doing an annual air inspection (10:58)The primary sources of water damage and mold contamination in the Southwestern United States (13:47)The gratifying feeling of helping others solve their mold problems (18:46)Robert's predictions in the future of the mold remediation industry (21:54)--Join the Private Facebook Group!The Manage Mold Facebook GroupFREE REPORT - the 12 common mold growers (and how to stop them)http://bit.ly/managemoldpodcast--You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven’t already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!