So mold spores are these microbial bits that are around us every day- we breathe them every time we go outside, and in general they're perfectly harmless. Until they colonize inside your home, like the picture shown above. Then it becomes a problem.
When you get an area of your home with that much mold, it can cause respiratory problems, inflammation, allergic reactions, eye irritations, etc. It can make you pretty sick. There are quite a few different types of mold, none of which you want colonizing inside your home, but the one that is the most dangerous to people (especially infants and the elderly) is a variety of black mold called stachybotrys chartarum.
I've done many mold remediation jobs and I can tell you with some authority that the most common sources of mold colonization is leaks either in the dishwasher or refrigerator supply lines. It makes sense when you think about it: there's a slow drip, drip, drip style leak behind your refrigerator that takes months to notice. By the time you pull out the refrigerator, mold spores have had a long time to grow.
So what do you do? Orange hoopty-do to the rescue!
