- Black Mold is one of the most misused words when referring to mold.
- Black Mold is a term made up by the media.
- There is no mold that has the scientific name Black Mold. In all the thousands of types of molds present in our environment, there is no mold called Black Mold.
- Molds have difficult names to pronounce like Cladosporium, Basidiospores, Chaetomium, and Periconia. Having a mold named Black Mold would make things too simple.
- The term Black Mold is misinformation, a term that is meant to confuse and scare you. You will see the "Black Mold" most often utilized by someone in the mold industry. These simplistic references to Black Mold as an actual type of mold clearly shows that the individual is not familiar with mold... at all.
- You cannot identify mold by color.
- The color of mold has no correlation to how it will affect someone. (black,brown, yellow, orange, greent...etc.)
- If you are told you have "Black Mold" you are being told a lie.
- The CDC (Center for Disease Control) does not recognize the term Black Mold.
- The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) does not recognize the term Black Mold.
