Overview Information

Start be reviewing Legal Updates related to this topic.

Good mold overview article: Concerns About Mold Spread 
(Journal Sentinel Online 03-02-02)

The following is a compilation of Web site mold information.

  Consumer Fact Sheets

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2002) (20 pages) - A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture and Your Home
• Minnesota fact sheet (2004)(4 pages) -- Mold in the Home (click on the Adobe Acrobat logo to print as a fact sheet)
• State of Wisconsin Public Health - General Mold Information (2003) (3 pages)
• State of Wisconsin Public Health - Mold in Your Home: Cleaning Options (2004) (3 pages)
• University of Wisconsin Extension - Controlling Molds and Mildew (8 pages) (2002)
• Kansas State University (1995)(8 pages) -- Controlling Mold Growth in the Home
• American Lung Association Health House (2005) (1 page) -- Mold Control
• California Department of Health Services Indoor Air Quality Info Sheet (2001) (4 pages) (available in Spanish) -- Mold in My Home: What Do I Do?

Contractor Lists - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

• Tips for Hiring a Mold Remediation Contractor/Consultant
• Indoor Air Quality Consultants List
• Mold Remediation Contractors List

  Government Resources

• Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services - Mold home page

• Environmental Protection Agency - a wide range of mold resources
• Environmental Health in Minnesota
  • brochures translated into several different languages (Spanish, Laotian, Hmong, Cambodian regarding mold, lead, radon, carbon dioxide, etc.)
  • "Moisture in Basements: Causes and Solutions" (excellent diagrams)
• Centers for Disease Control 
• EPA information about mold as a trigger for asthma
• California Environmental Health Investigations Branch
• Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services - Flood Aftermath Procedures 

  Clean Up and Prevention Resources

• Stop Mold, Family Handyman, July/August 2002

  Mold Glossary Resources

• www.dehs.umn.edu/iaq/fungus/glossary.html
• Pictures of hidden fungi found in buildings

  REALTOR® Mold Resources

• NAR's Government Affairs Department white paper "Mold in the House: How it Affects REALTORS®" (February 2002)
• NAR Risk Management Committee's Report of Mold Working Group (April 2002)
• Mold in Wisconsin Properties Hottips from the WRA Legal Hotline Library
• NAR Field Guide to Mold and Health Issues -- NAR website
• REALTORS® Should Be on the Watch for Moldy Conditions
• Mold in Wisconsin Properties
• Just the Facts About Mold
  NAR's mold Q&A sets the facts straight and dispels misinformation about the causes and effects of mold. Learn more about mold damage, testing, and removal.
• Living with Mold (November 2001)