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Mold and Your Home

Learn what you can do to prevent mold growth or clean up mold in your home, including information on testing, flooding and mold growth.

Mold Publications for Homes

Moisture Control

Water in your home can come from many sources. Water can enter your home by leaking in from outside or by seeping through basement floors. Showers or even cooking can add moisture to the air in your home.

The amount of moisture that the air in your home can hold depends on the temperature of the air. As the temperature goes down, the air is able to hold less moisture. This is why, in cold weather, moisture can condense on cold surfaces (for example, drops of water form on the inside of a window). This moisture can encourage mold to grow.

The EPA publication, "A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home," provides information and guidance for homeowners and renters on how to clean up residential mold problems and how to prevent mold growth.

Mold Guidance for Homes

A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture and Your Home(20 pp, 1 MB, September 2010) 

A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture and Your Home is also available in HTML.


 

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Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned?

For information on duct cleaning and mold. 

Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned? (18 pp, 395 K)

Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned?  is also available in HTML

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