A side from our industry standards, there is little to no regulation or licensing required to perform mold remediation and inspections in most states. Past and current studies have connected the links between mold exposure and health issues and demonstrated mycotoxins as possible causes of human diseases in water-damaged buildings (WDB).1 An article titled “Final Burden in Waste Industry: An Occupational Risk to be Solved” by C. Viegas states that airborne fungal contaminants are increasingly gaining importance in view of health hazards caused by the spores themselves or by microbial metabolites.
Although there is evidence of these hazards, some states require as little as completing a two-week course to become a “certified” mold inspector or a “certified” mold remediator.