Mycotoxins · forensic analysis

mold leaves things behind. we measure them.

Removing mold does not remove its residue. We sample the building under documented chain of custody, and ISO 17025-accredited laboratories quantify sixteen named mycotoxins by LC-MS/MS, down to parts per billion.

  • 16Mycotoxins quantified
  • 5Toxin families
  • ppbDetection sensitivity
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The panel

five families, sixteen named toxins.

More than two hundred mycotoxins have been characterised across indoor species. Our panel quantifies sixteen of them, grouped into the five families that matter in damp buildings, and every result is mapped back to the organisms that produce it, so a finding points at a source.

Aflatoxins

Aspergillus

Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2, produced by A. flavus, A. oryzae, A. fumigatus and A. parasiticus. Among the most studied mycotoxins, and associated with damp storage and water-damaged material.

Ochratoxin A

Aspergillus ochraceus · A. niger

Persistent in settled dust, and one of the toxins most often found long after visible growth is gone.

Macrocyclic trichothecenes

Stachybotrys chartarum

Satratoxin G and H, Isosatratoxin F, Roridin A, E, H and L-2, and Verrucarin A and J. Nine analytes, all from the species found in seriously water-damaged buildings.

Gliotoxin

Aspergillus

Produced by A. fumigatus, A. terreus, A. niger and A. flavus, species common in ventilation systems and decaying organic material.

Zearalenone

Fusarium

A field-origin toxin that reaches indoor dust through materials and stored goods.

Chain of custody

the sample is never out of documented hands.

Evidence is only evidence if its handling can be shown. Every stage is sealed, timed and signed, which is what makes a result defensible in a clinic, an insurance file or a court.

  1. IntakeExposure historyWater-damage history, occupant symptoms and any prior mold or ERMI results shape a targeted sampling plan.
  2. SealedOn-site collectionSurface and settled-dust samples collected into sealed cassettes with documented handling.
  3. AnalysedLC-MS/MS analysisISO 17025-accredited partner laboratories quantify all sixteen toxins on the panel.
  4. ReportedForensic reportEvery toxin detected, its concentration, and the producing organisms, with the certificate attached.
  5. DebriefPractitioner-readyA specialist walks you through it, formatted to hand to a medical practitioner.
Why it can be measured at all

orders of magnitude below anything visible.

Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry is the gold standard for trace detection. The scale it works at is the reason a clean-looking room can still return a result.

ppmParts per million, roughly a pinch of salt in a bathtub.
ppbParts per billion, a thousand times finer. This is where the panel reads.
DustSettled dust holds a cumulative record, so exposure history survives the cleanup.
What you receive

a file somebody else can act on.

The report is written to leave your hands: a practitioner, an insurer or a remediation contractor should be able to use it without you translating anything.

  • Quantitative mycotoxin report: Concentration values for all sixteen toxins on the panel, reported in parts per billion.
  • Producing-organism cross-reference: Each detection linked to the organisms that produce it, the thread back to a source.
  • Accredited lab certificate: The original ISO 17025 analytical certificate with full chain-of-custody documentation.
  • Practitioner-ready summary: Formatted for integrative, functional or environmental medicine practitioners.
  • Next-step recommendations: Remediation verification, dust mitigation, source investigation, and when to retest.
Who requests this

people who need the residue, not the stain.

  • Mold-exposed occupants
  • Integrative practitioners
  • Post-water-damage buildings
  • ERMI follow-up
Before you book

What people ask about mycotoxins.

What is the difference between mold and mycotoxins?

Mold is the living organism, spores and hyphae. Mycotoxins are chemical compounds certain species secrete, and they stay in dust and belongings after the mold is dead or removed. A standard mold test does not measure them; that takes chemical analysis on an LC-MS/MS instrument.

When should I test for mycotoxins rather than just mold?

When symptoms persist after the mold was treated, when an inspection found toxin-producing species (Stachybotrys, certain Aspergillus, Chaetomium), or when you need to decide whether furniture, books and clothes can stay after water damage. The test answers "what remains", not only "what grew".

Do you test the home or the person?

We test the environment: dust from the home, the air conditioner or a specific object. Urine tests for people exist, but they are interpreted differently and need a physician. An environmental report says which toxins, at what concentration, are where you sleep and breathe, and that is what can be fixed.

Which toxins does the panel detect?

The panel covers 16 mycotoxins, including ochratoxin A, aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, trichothecenes such as T-2 and deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, sterigmatocystin and gliotoxin, at parts-per-billion sensitivity. The report gives each toxin's concentration and the species that produce it.

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