You spend eight hours a night in the one room nobody ventilates. That’s bad for your sleep, and ideal for mould.
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From brown bananas to soggy salad, we often let food get past its prime. Here are some tips to salvage what you can.
One described how the house was ‘excessively damp and mouldy, to the point where all of our furniture and clothes and stuff started to get mould on it.’
How to prevent insulation creating the very problems it’s supposed to prevent - damp and mould.
We spend a lot of time and money treating chronic health conditions. But we could prevent some of them in the first place if we improved housing.
In some cases it’s mould but the more likely culprit is a bacteria called Serratia marcescens. Here’s what you need to know about it.
We still hear black mould in our homes described as toxic. But it’s the allergies and asthma they trigger we should be more worried about.
Cleaning up after a flood can be time-consuming and confronting. It can also be risky. Here’s what to keep in mind when you return home.
Drying wet clothes on racks in poorly ventilated spaces could increase the amount of harmful mould growing in your home.
To truly make UK housing safe and healthful for residents, the government needs a comprehensive strategy.
If the cause of the mould is related to the design and construction of the house, rental providers should act.
People who usually suffer from allergies are most at risk.
Here are 12 questions worth considering before you sign a residential tenancy agreement.
Usually, mould spores are invisible – but give them a niche to exploit and you’ll get all kinds of colours on the things in your home.
Mould is a health hazard and renters are most at risk. Here experts in health, law, building and construction examine the problem of mould in homes and offer guidance for both renters and landlords.
Slime moulds feature throughout HBO’s The Last of Us. While they aren’t a true fungus, they do have a lot in common with zombies.
Tenants are rarely allowed to make permanent changes to a house. And many landlords know little about the conditions tenants endure, but most who do retrofit homes do it to improve renters’ comfort.
Housing standards in Australia have slipped behind the rest of the world. But momentum is growing to revive past ambitions to build the best homes we can.
Dehumidifiers can help if you’re clever with that you’re trying to achieve, but you should always look to solve the underlying cause. That means, where possible, improving exhaust and ventilation.
In a damp or water-damaged environment, toxic mould species grow and release spores that can cause health problems if inhaled.
Top contributors
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Adjunct academic, mycology, Flinders University
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct lecturer, Victoria University
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ARC Future Fellow, Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
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Professor of Pharmacy, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Immunology and Allergy, Western Sydney University
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Retired lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of microbiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Head of Faculty Research Degrees, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, CRE for Chronic Respiratory Disease, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham
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Research Assistant in Pharmacy, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Monash University