USEFUL and NECESSARY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS for Doing Mold Work!
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Reference Documents
Used for Project Decision-Making and Treatment Strategy Development
Compiled by J. Scott Armour over the period 2004 thru 2023.
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The following reference documents are used for project decision-making and treatment strategy development. This may not be an exhaustive list of actual documents used at for a particular project. It is however, a list of the primary documents recognized by experts in the industrial hygiene, indoor environment, indoor air quality, building science, and mold and moisture industries for justification of decisions regarding general recommendations for a project of this kind. Primary sources for remediation procedures are highlighted in bold text.
1. Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal, Public Health Department, City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, “Evaluation by international experts of the methods used by the Direction de santé publique to assess the health impacts of water damaged buildings - Proceedings of the audit held in April 2013”, (2015). Note: Mr. Armour was one of the seven experts for the evaluation and also contributed to the writing of the published document.
2. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,, “Evidence-Based Statement – Adverse Human Health Effects Associated with Molds in The Indoor Environment,” 2002.
3. Indoor Air Quality Association, “The Use of Negative Air Machines in Clearance Testing for Mold Remediation Projects”. (2014) Note: Mr. Armour was one of the few select experts who authored this frequently cited work.
4. American Industrial Hygiene Association “Assessment, Remediation, and Post-Remediation Verification of Mold in Buildings” AIHA Guideline 3-2003 (2004).
5. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists “Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control” (1999).
6. American Industrial Hygiene Association “Field Guide for the Determination of Biological Contaminants in Environmental Samples” (1996).
7. American Industrial Hygiene Association “Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Indoor Mold” (aka the Green Book) (2008).
8. American Industrial Hygiene Association “Report of Microbial Growth Task Force” (May 2001).
9. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Designation: D7338-14 ASTM Standard Guide for the Assessment Of Fungal Growth in Buildings, 2014.
10. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 2004.
11. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, an Air-Conditioning Engineers ASHRAE Handbook – Fundamentals, Atlanta, GA, 2001.
12. Canadian Construction Association “Standard Construction Document A 82 - 2004 Mould Guidelines for the Canadian Construction Industry” (2004).
13. Grimes, Carl “Starting Points for a Healthy Habitat” (1999).
14. Health Canada. Mold Contamination in Public Buildings: Health Effects and Investigation Methods, 2004.
15. Hope, Janette, “A Review of the Mechanism of Injury and Treatment Approaches for Illness Resulting from Exposure to Water-Damaged Buildings, Mold, and Mycotoxins”, e Scienti c World Journal Volume 2013.
16. Indoor Air Quality Association, “The Use of Negative Air Machines in Clearance Testing for Mold Remediation Projects”. (2014) Note: Mr. Armour was one of six voting committee members and contributing author of this seminal work.
17. Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration, “IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration”. (2016)
18. Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification “IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation” (2015). Note: Mr. Armour was a committee member and contributing author for all three published versions of the document; he was Chair of the Inspection and Determination Sub-Committee for the second edition (2008), he was the S-520 Consensus Body Vice-Chair for the third and most recent published edition (2015); and is currently Vice-Chair and active member on the fourth revision.
19. Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration, “Reference Guide for Inspection of Textile Floor Coverings”, 2nd edition. (February, 1996).
20. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies “ Damp Indoor Spaces and Health” The National Acadamies Press, Washington D.C., (2004).
21. Lemfack, Marie C., Bjoern-Oliver Gohlke, Serge M. T. Toguem, Saskia Preissner, Birgit Piechulla and Robert Preissner; mVOC 2.0: a database of microbial volatiles, Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 Nov 2; doi: gkx1016. See also, http://bioinformatics.charite.de/mvoc/
22. Lstiburek, Joseph W., Understanding Vapor Barriers. ASHRAE Journal, August 2004.
23. Lstiburek, Joseph W., Vapor Barriers and Wall Design, Building Science Corp. 2004
24. Moffet, Patrick J., Physics Theory and Principles of Heat Drying Buildings, Second Edition, 2005.
25. Morris, P.I. Understanding Biodeterioration of Wood in Structures, Forintek Canada Corp. for the British Columbia Building Envelope Council.
26. National Air Duct Cleaners Association “Assessment, Cleaning, and Restoration of HVAC Systems” ACR 2002 (2002).
27. National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health “Guidelines for the Protection and Training of Workers Engaged in Maintenance and Remediation Work Associated with Mold”, MDB, Inc., Washington D.C., (May 20, 2005).
28. New York City Department of Health “Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments” (2008). Note: Mr. Armour was acknowledged as a contributor to the 2008 version.
29. Shoemaker, M.D., Ritchie, Medically sound investigation and remediation of water-damaged Buildings in cases of CIRS-WDB”, Center for Research on Biotoxin Associated Illness, Pocomoke, MD.
30. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, “Wood Handbook, Wood as an engineering material”, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-190, Madison WI, (2010).
31. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers For Disease Control, MMWR “Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage Among Infants - Recommendations from the Working Group for Investigation and Surveillance” March 12, 2004 / 53(RR02);1-12
32. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers For Disease Control, MMWR “Update: Pulmonary Hemorrhage/Hemosiderosis Among Infants --- Cleveland, Ohio, 1993-1996” March 10, 2000 / 49(09);180-4.
33. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development “Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing” (1995).
34. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29CFR 1926.1101 Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry (see paragraph (g) for methods of compliance, i.e., work practices).
35. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Directorate of Science, Technology and Medicine, Office of Science and Technology Assessment “A Brief Guide to Mold in the Workplace”, Safety and Health Bulletin, SHIB 03-10-10 (2004).
36. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “Model Curriculum for Training Asbestos Abatement Contractors and Supervisors”, Safety, Health, and Ergonomics Branch Electro-Optics, Environment, and Materials Laboratory (2001). (Including texts of regulatory and legislative references sited in the preface).
37. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings” (2001).
38. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “Building Air Quality, A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers” (December 1991).
NOTE 1: this list is a sufficient but not exhaustive list of all possible references for the basis of opinions, decisions, comments, and recommendations included in this report.
NOTE 2: for the purposes of reporting and identification in this document, and unless specifically stated otherwise, the terms “mold”, “visible mold”, “mold growth”, and any reference to identification of mold on a surface refer to surface contamination visible by the naked eye and sufficiently and obviously recognizable to be mold growth without sampling confirmation.
NOTE 3: Blue highlighted font indicates direct involvement and contribution by J. Scott Armour on the current and/or previous versions of the document.