Mycotoxins, Mold In Your Home, HVAC Remediation, and More:
Brandon Faust joins your host Scott Mulvaney to discuss the importance of addressing mold in homes and businesses, emphasizing the health risks associated with mold exposure. Brandon, founder of Mold Solutions, shares his personal experience with mold in his home, leading to severe health issues for his son and himself. They highlight the role of HVAC systems in mold growth and the benefits of UV light technology and proper filtration in preventing mold. Brandon also stresses the importance of proper mold remediation techniques and the impact of mycotoxins on health. Scott and Brandon agree on the need for education and proactive measures to maintain indoor air quality.
Your Co-Host Today:
Brandon Faust is the visionary owner and founder of Mold Solutions, an industry-leading Indoor Air Quality company specializing in top-tier remediation, atomized sanitization, and duct cleaning services. Driven by a personal journey rooted in his commitment to health and healing, Brandon's dedication stems from witnessing his own family's struggle with unexplained chronic illnesses. With a heartfelt mission to address these widespread health concerns, he has become a beacon of hope for countless individuals in search of answers.
In an astonishingly short span of just 1.5 years, Brandon has propelled Mold Solutions from a dynamic start-up to a thriving enterprise, boasting a highly skilled team of 15 dedicated staff members. Brandon's exceptional accomplishments and unwavering commitment have garnered well-deserved recognition. In 2021, he was honored with the prestigious Inc 5000 Award and propelled the company to an impressive #377 ranking on the coveted Inc 5000 list.
Today’s Top 3 Takeaways:
- Mold Issues and Home Remediation
- Role of HVAC Systems in Mold Prevention
- Health Symptons and Indoor Air Quality Impacts
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Timestamped Show Notes:
08:25 – There's a distribution center for multiple spores and the little known aspect of mold, which is mycotoxins. Myco being the Greek word for fungus and toxins, obviously a poisonous substance. So when you're dealing with the health end of it, that's if you go to a doctor that specializes in mold toxicity, they're looking at how can they pull the mycotoxins out of your body, through binders and things along those lines. But interesting enough, most of the guys in this space don't even look for mycotoxins. They might do an air sample, but that's just testing for spores. The thing that's actually the most poisonous for humans is what mold releases to defend its territory, which is a mycotoxin.
17:30 – Mold loves glue and it loves wood. So you're gonna have a moldy mess throughout the entire house, which we've definitely seen that too. The the most important thing on preventing mold is making sure that your home is as dry and clean as possible. Sometimes you have to think preventative.
28:00 – How about not knowing where your whole house filter is? In this scenario, it had been a year and a half since she had changed the filter. So it was completely bio-nesting? It was full of mold, full of all kinds of growth, and both of her HVAC units were completely contaminated. It knocked her out for four months in regards to her health. She had returned from working on disaster relief activities in Turkey and got hit with some sort of a toxic kind of blast while she was there. They were burning off all kinds of toxic stuff over there. So she comes home, she's not feeling well, she's in her bed, and that's where it hit here like a chain reaction. It just got worse and worse and worse.
55:00 – Final Words
Our Final Words of the Show:
I'm gonna tell you this, because you're about to go through it. Make sure when you open up your walls, I don't like to call it demolition, I like to call it precision deconstruction. You must really be precise. You don't want to attack mold or aggravate it, if you do that, it's like kicking a hornet's nest. So you want to make sure that you do it as nicely as possible. But before you do it, you have containment, and ideally, you would have engineered a control.
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