Mold Testing in the Hudson Valley, NY, NJ & CT areas : Air Samples. Air samples can be taken and analyzed in a variety of ways. The most common method uses a “spore trap” and is called a “spore trap sample.” … There are other methods of mold sampling, including culturing or growing the mold spores captured from the air, but these are less commonly used.
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