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Mold 101: Part 2 of 2
6th Oct

2015

MOLD 101: An Overview For Safety Professionals (Part 2) By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP This is part two of the article. To read part one, click here. Standards and Guidelines Regardless of which sampling technique is utilized, it is difficult to find ...

Mold 101: Part 1 of 2
29th Sep

2015

MOLD 101: An Overview For Safety Professionals (Part 1) By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP In the last ten years, a body of scientific and anecdotal data has grown which points to interior mold contamination as a potentially serious health threat (for example ...

Remediating Mold From Painted Surfaces
20th Sep

2015

Understanding Some of the Complexities of Mold Remediation By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP One of the most difficult things for cleaning and restoration contractors who offer mold remediation services to grasp is that such efforts are controlled by a ...

What You Need To Know About CIRS
4th Sep

2015

What Contractors Need To Know About Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP What is a restoration contractor supposed to think when they show up in response to a water intrusion or mold call and are bombarded by the ...

How To Clean Mold Contaminated Contents!
22nd Aug

2015

The Contents Conundrum* By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP This article was originally published by Contents Industry Review, Your Source for the Latest Contents Restoration News, Trends and Developments. Many thanks to David Gavilanes for his assistance. ...

New York State Mold Law
14th Aug

2015

Update On The New York Mold Law Effective January 1, 2016 Contact person: Susan S. Pinto, President Phone: 269-382-4154 E-mail: ssp@wondermakers.com The team at Wonder Makers has been working actively through both the RIA and IAQA to offer input to the ...

Interview with a Mold Survivor: Debra Rogers
7th Aug

2015

Doctors Told Us Nothing Was Wrong, As She Lay Screaming In Pain, Convulsing on The Table! By Sanjay Gupta, Marketing Director The doctors there told us there was nothing wrong with her as she lay screaming in pain, convulsing on the table. The next ER, at ...

Cleaning Mold-Contaminated Contents
31st Jul

2015

Cleaning Contents from Mold-Contaminated Environments By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP Mold growth and associated contamination in buildings continues to garner public attention. While the insurance industry is struggling to define payment restrictions, the ...

The WHO on Mold
24th Jul

2015

Why Cleaning and Restoration Contractors Should Respect What The World Health Organization Says About Mold By Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP Hippocrates, the great Greek physician, is reported to have said, A wise man should consider that health is the ...