Mould toxins more prevalent and hazardous than thought
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 07:56
in Health & Medicine
Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed to research in this field by analysing dust and materials samples from buildings damaged by mould. Virtually all of the samples contained toxins from mould...
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