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Asbestos in Drywall and Joint Compound: What Homeowners Must Know

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists If your home was built before 1980, there is a real...

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A residential neighborhood under a hazy orange sky with distant wildfire smoke, homes in the foreground
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Wildfire Smoke in Your Home: How to Test for Lingering Soot

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists Wildfires can send smoke drifting hundreds of miles from the flames....

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A close-up of cracked, peeling old lead paint alligatoring on a wooden window frame of a vintage home
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Does Your Home Have Lead Paint? How to Know If It Was Built Before 1978

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists If your home was built before 1978, there is a strong...

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How to Test for Asbestos Before Demolition or Renovation

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists If your home was built before 1980, there is a good...

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Thermal Imaging — Florida's New-Construction Crisis: Newly Built Homes Are Full of Mold & Builder Defects - NewsBreak: L
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Florida New Homes Face Hidden Mold Crisis From Builder Defects

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists Florida homeowners who bought brand-new houses are discovering a troubling problem:...

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The interior of a home coated in black soot and smoke residue after a house fire, darkened walls and ceiling
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Soot from Candles and Fireplaces: A Hidden Indoor Problem

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists That cozy candle flickering on your coffee table or the warm...

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Lead Paint in Soil — Lead in your soil: how it gets there and how to test for it
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Lead in Your Soil: How It Gets There and How to Test

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists If you have an older home, there may be invisible lead...

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Thermal Imaging — 'It’s nasty.' Bedford Park tenant says collapsed ceilings, mold and pests have made apartment unlivabl
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Bronx Tenant Reports Mold, Collapsed Ceilings in Apartment

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists A tenant in Bedford Park, a neighborhood in the Bronx, New...

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Mold — Family says $9.5M Overland Park house is 'uninhabitable' due to mold, blames homebuilder - KSHB 41 Kansas City
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Kansas Family Claims $9.5M Home Uninhabitable Due to Mold

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By the MycoTest News Desk · Reviewed for accuracy by MycoTest's environmental testing specialists A Kansas family is taking legal action against a homebuilder after...

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