The horror stories and success stories about mold sensitized individuals flow into Wonder Makers in about equal measure. Time after time consultation clients tell us how bad remediation of fungal contamination in their home or workplace made their health situation substantially worse. In many of these cases the descriptions make it clear that the remediation contractor either did not know, or did not care, about following the current standard of care for mold remediation. Removal of fungal contaminated materials without isolation barriers, personal protective equipment, negative air machines, HEPA vacuums – as well as visible debris in the work area and dust all over after sampling results which purport to show success – are common themes of these descriptions of truly scary restoration efforts. These circumstances make it easy to make a causal connection between environmental exposures and ill health effects. 

In contrast to the horror stories, we also learn about many very sick individuals who were helped by caring contractors. The common themes in those instances are that the contractors understood the standard of care and were rigorous in following it; they appreciated the value of whole-house cleaning; and they reinforced that the control of the environment was only a part of the issue. For mold-sensitized individuals, getting proper medical treatment must precede hand-in-hand with detailed mold remediation.