Revolutionary Method for the Identification and Quantification of Indoor Air Molds

photo-2 ic Iendicn his article "Building Investigation, Sampling and Alternative Causes in the Defense of Mold Cases" in the November 2001 issue of COLUMNS-Mold, H. Patrick Morris described the importance of knowing the species of mold that are in a building. He stated that "sampling and speciation are fraught with pitfalls," and that "most species cannot be correctly identified except by a highly trained mycologist." Thanks to an innovative technology developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), this situation is now being improved.