Riding with Risks: Is Mold in Your Car Dangerous?

Riding with Risks: Is Mold in Your Car Dangerous?

Have you ever climbed into your car, only to be greeted by a musty smell that seems to cling to every breath you take? This unsettling experience might be more than just an annoyance. It could be a sign of something lurking beneath your seats and behind your dash:...
Replacing Moldy Car Foam Padding

Replacing Moldy Car Foam Padding

Replacing Moldy Car Foam Padding When a car has mold in it and is wet, the carpet padding often needs to be replaced. Once the padding gets wet it stays wet since the carpet blocks air from getting to the padding. Since the padding stays wet, it often becomes infested...
How Mold Grows on Inorganic Surfaces

How Mold Grows on Inorganic Surfaces

How Mold Grows on Inorganic Surfaces While mold cannot directly get nutrients from inorganic materials like concrete, glass, metal, or plastic, it can grow on these surfaces under certain conditions. If a microscopic layer of organic nutrient, such as dust layers...

Car air quality

Car Air quality Air quality inside a car can be worse than outside due to several factors: Emissions from other vehicles: When you’re driving, your car’s air intake system can draw in exhaust fumes from other vehicles on the road, especially in heavy...
Air quality index

Air quality index

Air Quality Index The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a numerical scale used to communicate the quality of the air to the public. It is measured by assessing the levels of specific air pollutants in the atmosphere, such as ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon...
Volatile organic compounds

Volatile organic compounds

Volitile Organic Compounds Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a diverse group of organic chemicals that can easily evaporate at room temperature. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and sometimes other elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur. VOCs are found...