My dorm building is old and I believe it has a mold infestation. Whenever I go in my room i start to caught and get burning eyes. I wake up at night and I have a sore throat and snotty nose. My room mate has the same problem and I have been in other rooms that are worse.
I will complain to the RA, but I doubt they will do anything.
Various mold allergy websites suggest cleaning air conditioning systems or buying an expensive air filter system. I can't do that. I've read that UV radiation kills mold, so I am considering buying a black light or some type of sun lamp and putting it near my bed to at least create a bubble of clean air. Does anyone have any ideas as to how effective either will be? The sun lamps seem kind of expensive, but I have not researched them much. Does anyone know how much UV a black light puts out? How long do they last?
Upon further research I see that "black light" is UVA which is not really dangerous to life forms. Crap....
I will complain to the RA, but I doubt they will do anything.
Various mold allergy websites suggest cleaning air conditioning systems or buying an expensive air filter system. I can't do that. I've read that UV radiation kills mold, so I am considering buying a black light or some type of sun lamp and putting it near my bed to at least create a bubble of clean air. Does anyone have any ideas as to how effective either will be? The sun lamps seem kind of expensive, but I have not researched them much. Does anyone know how much UV a black light puts out? How long do they last?
Upon further research I see that "black light" is UVA which is not really dangerous to life forms. Crap....