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Mold

Florida Department of Health in Volusia County Environmental Health

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County assists the public with their indoor environment concerns by offering a variety of services, including:

  • Health effects of common indoor air pollutants.
  • Consultation assistance to state and local agencies in the investigation of their indoor environment issues.
  • Presentation by staff on indoor air quality at business or civic functions.
  • Residential indoor air quality investigations if a physician has diagnosed a resident with a medical condition that is caused by a pollutant in the indoor environment (a physician’s referral and a nominal fee is required for this service).

Please call 386.274.0694 to discuss these services.

Our program is consultative and diagnostic in nature and has no regulatory authority. We assist the public in identifying indoor environment issues and living a healthier life. We do not provide the following services:

  • Declare buildings safe or unsafe.
  • Mediate or investigate landlord-tenant, workman’s comp and homeowner/insurance company disputes.
  • Mold testing. We only look for environments that create favorable conditions for mold growth. Contact a private lab for this service.
  • We do not test the air to screen for pollutants in a building. We sometimes measure basic parameters, such as humidity, CO2, and temperature, or suspect chemicals as part of an investigation. A private consultant is recommended for pollutant screening.
  • Mold Clean-up and Health Effects
  • Professional Mold Assessors and Remediators
  • Mold Testing

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is responsible for licensing and regulating mold assessors and mold remediators, and offer provide options for verifying license status.

The Florida Department of Health does not recommend mold testing or sampling to see if you have a mold problem, or to identify what kind of mold might be growing. Sampling for mold in the air can be expensive and should only be done by experienced professionals.
  • Indoor mold growth can usually be seen or smelled. In most cases, if visible mold growth is present, sampling is not needed. There are no health or exposure-based standards that you can use to evaluate a mold sampling result. 
  • If you still interested in personal testing for mold, it is recommended you use an AIHA/EMLAP-accredited lab.