Laboratory Information

[cynical]

Hey Katinka,

What do you mean by LB? What lab is it in Nevada?

If anyone hires someone to test their house for mold it should be a Certified Industrial Hygienist. They check your environments air quality overall. You need to be careful with some of the Mold inspectors especially if they also do the remediation. There have been some exposed on the news for ripping home owners off. You can do your own collection if you suspect a certain area just by buying a kit at home depot, lowes or Ace hardware. Send it in and for 30.00 dollars they will give you a emailed report of their findings. In fact last night I was looking at their site to order the aircell type and they have lowered their prices. Just google Prolab mold test.

cyn

[Kritters]

thanks Cin~

for the clarification. You're correct about unscrupulous 'inspectors'...remediation is very costly and how would you know if they're lying?

Kritts

[Sadsack]

Originally Posted by Dwn2rth

Hello everyone,

I've had problems with getting a doctor to even take a look at samples I've collected. Does anyone know of any lab in the midwest (I live in Illinois), that will look at specimens not sent from a doctors office? I'm sure I would have to pay a lot to have them looked at, but I need some peace of mind.

I'm having what looks like hair, pop up around the sinks, washer, dryer, etc., and part of me is thinking it's some type of mold or fungus. It pops up everywhere, including the fridge (ewww), and we are meticulous around here. There are what look like black specs, and I know this is where the "hair-like" things are coming from.

Thanks

Your best bet is to contact Clongen Labs, Dr. Kilani: Sterility Testing::Mycoplasma Detection::Custom Studies::Molecular & Cell Biology::Endotoxin Testing::Morgellons:: - Clongen Labs

Give him a call; he's a great guy to talk to, and very knowledgeable about the research that has been done on Morgellons. He is part of the MRF and owns an extensive lab that will test for all kinds of things.
I would not leap to conclusions about what exactly it is. Mold can be cultured from most anything, since mold spores are everywhere. Mold spores could be attached to something else; you culture the spores, and miss whatever they are attached to. Like mold on bread - culture an ordinary piece of bread, and you will grow mold. But then you'd miss that it is a piece of bread. Same with culturing bacteria - it's everywhere and can be cultured off of everything that hasn't been autoclaved.
Dr. Kilani can also test for mycotoxins....look at his site.

SS

[Dwn2rth]

Cynical, thank you for the information on the kits, and mold inspectors.

Sadsack, thank you for the information on Dr. Kilani, I'm definitely going to get in touch to see if he can help.

This is great information, thanks to all of you!

[cynical]

Never mind about the LB question I figured that out duh! call it major brain fog I guess.
Probably has to do with my constant exposure to this toxic crap!

No problem Kritts! I had a friend drill it into me. She went through it all and is now better!

Cyn

[Bee]

Originally Posted by jsim1

Ask your husband if he thinks cancer goes away if you google it.

He would say, if you don't acknowledge it, it's not a problem.