In the news there’s often scary stories about mold: it’s growing in condos and making people sick, it’s in hospital HVAC systems, and toxic black mold is making people sick. But what is it, exactly, and why does mold get us all in a tizzy? Is it all bad? At its simplest, mold is...

If you’ve found mold in your home, the most important thing to do (besides having it cleaned up properly, of course) is to track it back to its source. Mold needs a couple of important ingredients to survive: a food source, moisture, and temperature. If you think about two of the most common...