PRO-LAB/SSPTM INC

Description of Work: An article in the February 2006 issue of Consumer Reports found that four mold test kits available to consumers were each flawed in some way, and as a result each of them earned the magazine's "Not Recommended" rating. The kits surveyed included a malt extract culture plate and air sampler manufactured by Home Diagnostics of Jewett, Texas; the mold sampling kit and test kit from H Chek Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz.; and the mold test kit model MO109 from Pro-Lab Inc. of Weston, Fla. The costs of the kits, with laboratory analyses, ranged from $39 to $203.The investigators found that unused plates sent into the lab came back testing positive for mold growth, in three of the kits. In fact, the article states that one unopened kit from Pro-Lab was moldy when the investigators opened the box. Other complaints included lack of expiration labels (since, the article explained, using old materials could affect the lab results); difficulty in opening packaging (dropping the contents was expected to lead to cross contamination); and even false advertising (labels on two kits claimed the kits could identify toxic mold, although the report the lab sent conflicted with this point). Product will always show considerable mold growth. Consumer reports reviewed this mold test and recommended against buying it. It will always come up positive, there are always some spores and the test will usually come up positive. It plays on a lack of knowledge by users and encourages predatory and alarmist reactions from mold remediation people and tenants. A total waste of money.

Description of Work: MOLD INSPECTION: YOU SEND IN A SCRAPING OF THE MOLD (KIT INCLUDES SAFE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE), THEY SEND BACK A COMPLETE ANALYSIS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMEDIATION. SAVED US A FORTUNE!