Another source, with generally similar results. These lists usually vary slightly year-to-year: TOP 10 worst states for mold 1. Texas 2. Florida 3. Oklahoma 4. South Carolina 5. Nevada 6. Arizona 7. California 8. South Dakota 9. Tennessee 10. Kansas Being in a dry state doesn't necessarily help with mold, as you can see here with Arizona and Nevada (and to a lesser extent, California). If a house is sealed well and doesn't remove humidity (which doesn't just arise from outdoor air like people assume, but also humans, pets, cooking, showers, etc.), then humidity increases and mold grows. Next, northern states almost always do better with all of this because cool winters greatly inhibit mold growth for a number of months (not sure what's up with South Dakota), while in contrast, blazing hot southern weather amplifies mold growth exponentially, and southern winters aren't cool or dry enough to help slow things much.
Guess what, it isn't always about mold in the hime. Idaho has tons of stuff ow mold in the dirt and it nearly killed me. Az has valley fever which is awful.
Illinois should be on the list. Older homes with wet basements.Lots of rain in Spring.HOT, humid summers and very cold winters with wet snow= MOLDY basements.Not to mention a lack of newer affordable housing. Old lake cottages.Old Victorians with window AC.
There is mold inside of my trash can in my room. It is a small trash can, and due to the pandemic I am not able to go and get a new one. I do not know what to do! What should I do? It looks green but I tried my best not to get close to it. I didn’t touch it. I just want to know what I can do to get rid of it. Should I throw it out?
You need to get out of the mold business and go into something more profitable. You have too much on the ball to be just a mold guy. - My best mold story. Years ago I went to a Minute Maid juice factory. There was black mold everywhere. Our company chemist suggest that I foam the walls with an Iodine solution as a fast remedy. I did that. All of the mold turned purple and look horrendous. Then we had to pressure wash to get it off. The whole exercise was a disaster as the factory bigwig looked on. - Then, undaunted, I demonstrated a Chlorinated TriSodium Phosphate. It worked better. However, I never got that account, which would have meant thousands in commission to me. Later, I did get a Wagner Orange Drink factory using a foaming technique, but they soon went out of business -- because they kept cutting the actual orange juice content down to almost nothing. Becoming just flavored water and sugar. -
You left out southern Georgia, there is a serious problem with mold here. We’re right next to Florida.
Thank you for sharing this
Another source, with generally similar results. These lists usually vary slightly year-to-year:
TOP 10 worst states for mold
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. South Carolina
5. Nevada
6. Arizona
7. California
8. South Dakota
9. Tennessee
10. Kansas
Being in a dry state doesn't necessarily help with mold, as you can see here with Arizona and Nevada (and to a lesser extent, California). If a house is sealed well and doesn't remove humidity (which doesn't just arise from outdoor air like people assume, but also humans, pets, cooking, showers, etc.), then humidity increases and mold grows. Next, northern states almost always do better with all of this because cool winters greatly inhibit mold growth for a number of months (not sure what's up with South Dakota), while in contrast, blazing hot southern weather amplifies mold growth exponentially, and southern winters aren't cool or dry enough to help slow things much.
Asheville NC !!
Guess what, it isn't always about mold in the hime. Idaho has tons of stuff ow mold in the dirt and it nearly killed me. Az has valley fever which is awful.
Informative video. What are the dryest states?
Don't move to TN worst place for mold rains constantly in some seasons...
Illinois should be on the list. Older homes with wet basements.Lots of rain in Spring.HOT, humid summers and very cold winters with wet snow= MOLDY basements.Not to mention a lack of newer affordable housing. Old lake cottages.Old Victorians with window AC.
you left out Pennsylvania, WESTERN PA is major SWAMP ASS
Louisiana should at least be tied with Florida for #1. This state is nothing but a giant Petri dish, even without the hurricanes. 😣
There is mold inside of my trash can in my room. It is a small trash can, and due to the pandemic I am not able to go and get a new one. I do not know what to do! What should I do? It looks green but I tried my best not to get close to it. I didn’t touch it. I just want to know what I can do to get rid of it. Should I throw it out?
You need to get out of the mold business and go into something more profitable. You have too much on the ball to be just a mold guy.
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My best mold story.
Years ago I went to a Minute Maid juice factory. There was black mold everywhere. Our company chemist suggest that I foam the walls with an Iodine solution as a fast remedy. I did that. All of the mold turned purple and look horrendous. Then we had to pressure wash to get it off. The whole exercise was a disaster as the factory bigwig looked on.
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Then, undaunted, I demonstrated a Chlorinated TriSodium Phosphate. It worked better. However, I never got that account, which would have meant thousands in commission to me. Later, I did get a Wagner Orange Drink factory using a foaming technique, but they soon went out of business -- because they kept cutting the actual orange juice content down to almost nothing. Becoming just flavored water and sugar.
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Top 5 mold
No one seems to agree that this evil plauge!!! Is murderous and a...lethal effective end!!!....
of course Florida is number 1 lmao