So You've Found Black Mold Growth!
                         And...

• You want to know if it's the black toxic mold variety or not
• You want to prove to yourself or someone else that it's toxic mold or not

1. Do-It-Yourself color screening

OR

2. Send a mold swab sample to the Tox-Check™ Lab (Additional fee required)

Kit Contents

The Tox-Check™ Mold Testing Method uses:

	Easy to use directions
	Mold Testing Films
	Mold Sampling Swabs
	A Growth Activating Liquid

The Kit is quick and easy to use!

Mold Sampling - Take a wipe sample of the suspect mold using the swab. Wipe both sides of the swab through the mold, then:

	Lift the top film cover and wipe the swab on the film in the pattern of an "x". Save the swab in the enclosed locking plastic bag if you also want the mold(s) identified by the Tox-Check™ Lab.
	Squeeze the activating liquid onto the bottom film, drop the cover, and press closed.  Store the film in the Kit box in a warm location. NOTE: Most molds take 3 to 7 days to grow large enough to be visible and can change colors from black to blue, grey, rust, red, yellow, orange, and brown. The black "toxic" mold (Stachybotrys) turns brown on the MoldCheck™ films.
Example of gross contamination.	Check the mold colonies as they grow to visible size on days 3, 4, 5+. If the film grows dozens or hundreds of "dot" colonies like this, you have confirmed a source of live mold. You've got live mold contamination. Now check your colors!

You Don't Have Mold When:

Typical background pattern.

If only a sprinkling of colonies appear (5-10+) this represents background spores, not a source of contamination.

Conclusion:

1. It's a Positive screening for "Stachybotrys chartarum" the potantially toxic black mold if the mold colonies turn from black to brown.
2. It is a Negative screening for the potenitailly toxic mold"Stachybotrys chartarum" if the colonies do not turn brown.

Note: We have validated this color change for Stachybotrys. The other common molds which grow into black colonies on wet wood or paper type building materials do not turn brown with the Tox-Check™ Surface Screening Method.

Tox-Check™ Lab Testing

If you want laboratory confirmation of your Tox-Check™ color screening results or you want to identify all the molds present, send the swab to the Lab. Click on for instructions: Tox-Check™ Lab

Take Action:

If your surface mold test proves you have mold contamination, then you must take action to clean it up AND find the source of water which is causing it to grow.  Use the MoldCheck™ Investigation Guide to find the water and the Clean Up Guide to prepare a safe clean up plan.

Saving Mold Test Kit Results:

If you want to save your test film results, you can photograph or scan them. After the films have grown for 7 days, they are fully mature. Download the scanning/photo template at www.moldcheck.com/forms. Print out the appropriate form. Tape the films (top and bottom) onto the form. Fill in the information, and scan in color or photograph. Discard the films in the trash.

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Mold Identification/Laboratory Testing

We have determined from reviewing the scientific literature and professional experience of the air testing industry, that very few "toxic" Stachybotrys mold spores become airborne since they are usually wet and sticky. Therefore we only offer the surface swab lab testing.