On 5/15/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You are forgetting moisture from perspiration. This is a _new_ (ish) > girlfriend..... ;-) The mould seems to be caused by high humidity. Most of it is around windows (which sweat like hell in the winter) and frames, which is not abnormal in older apartments heated by radiators (as opposed to forced air heating) in the winter. The biggest problem is that I had a large-ish bookshelf in my room, and due to lack of air movement behind it, and due to the fact that it was facing an uninsulated outside wall, mould started growing there, and there's about 20 square feet of it (I told you it was a big bookshelf). It's that 20 square feet that's a problem. Anything larger than about 6 square feet is considered to need professional cleaning. The results of the tests are in, and no, there's no black toxic mould. These are all common moulds, that should pose no health hazards to those who don't have allergies. As a precaution, however, I've been sleeping on the pull-out couch for about a month, until it gets cleaned. In large amounts, even a healthy person such as myself can have respiratory issues from breathing too much of it. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
