Mold and Health

Here in Toronto, the climate is a humid one. Summers are very humid and warm while the winters are cold and wet. These conditions make every Toronto home a ripe place for the dangerous growth of mold. Not only can mold ruin your possessions and property, but it can significantly and adversely affect your health in numerous ways. Mold and health are one of our concerns at Toronto Restoration. We want to help you be aware of how mold could be affecting you and how you can prevent it from growing in your home.

Health Effects of Mold

At first, dealing with mold and health effects may seem like any other allergy. Toronto mold exposure can lead to common allergic symptoms like itchiness, runny nose, coughing, congestion, and asthma attacks or difficulty breathing. However, with toxic black mold or prolonged exposure, effects can be much more serious. You may experience symptoms like the flu, as well as nose bleeds, rashes, dizziness, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, even liver damage. The dangerous side effects of allowing mold to grow unchecked in your home may go away once the mold has been removed, but they can also lead to permanent health problems. That is why if you have any concern about mold in your home, it’s important to call Toronto Restoration professionals to carefully inspect and remove all signs of mold.

Prevention of Mold

Preventing mold growth mostly takes a little care from you and inspection from us. You keep your home as clean as possible and we can come by to inspect things whenever there’s a risk of mold. If you ever have flooding due to any reason, weather-related or from a pipe or sewage, it’s wise to call on a team of professional home restorers such as Toronto Restoration to take care of things before mold even grows.

Treatment of Mold

Because of the health effects of mold exposure, don’t try to clean it up yourself! If you notice a mold problem, Toronto Restoration technicians with the proper safety gear and equipment can remove it and sanitize your home. This will minimize the risk of it affecting you and your family as well as the risk of it continuing to be a problem in the home.