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DIY TEST · MOLD DNA DUST
HERTSMI-2
Laboratory: EnviroBiomics
$130.00
Are the five water-damage-associated molds used in HERTSMI-2 present in the submitted settled-dust sample, and at what measured levels?
This test measures DNA from five selected molds in collected household dust and reports the separate HERTSMI-2 score.
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Choose the available collection and turnaround options. The selected total updates with your choices, including any option charges.
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What does HERTSMI-2 tell you?
The laboratory measures DNA from five specified molds in the collected dust. Those individual measurements are also used in the separate HERTSMI-2 scoring framework.
The report identifies and quantifies the selected mold-DNA targets found in the submitted dust. Any reported score belongs to its named panel and must not be treated as an independent home-safety determination.
What should you do with the results?
A reported target or measurement
Review the five individual mold measurements and the HERTSMI-2 score together with the building history. A score alone does not determine whether the home is safe or whether a moisture condition is active.
A target is not detected or a value is lower
Read the target, unit, method, sample, and any laboratory qualifier. A non-detect or lower value is limited to the submitted sample; it does not establish the condition of unsampled areas or create whole-property clearance.
The sample is invalid or insufficient
An invalid or insufficient sample is not a non-detect. Follow the laboratory’s support and recollection instructions before drawing a conclusion.
How does this compare with related tests?
Choose this five-target dust panel and its own HERTSMI-2 score when that specific question fits; ERMI measures 36 selected molds and uses a different score. More targets do not automatically make a test better.
Accumulated dust cannot establish whether mold is actively growing today or what is currently in room air. Current building conditions call for an appropriate moisture and building investigation.
Product Details
What's included
The selected laboratory analysis and report for the submitted sample. Confirm the collection and turnaround choices in the order form.
Targets or materials measured
- Aspergillus penicillioides
- Aspergillus versicolor
- Chaetomium globosum
- Stachybotrys chartarum
- Wallemia sebi
How to collect the sample
For the Swiffer Kit, collect dust from suitable hard surfaces with the supplied material. For the Vacuum Kit, collect dust with the laboratory-approved vacuum method. Follow the instructions for the exact kit selected; do not mix methods.
Understanding laboratory results
The report identifies and quantifies the selected mold-DNA targets found in the submitted dust. Any reported score belongs to its named panel and must not be treated as an independent home-safety determination.
The HERTSMI-2 score uses its own five-mold framework and is not an ERMI score. A high score alone does not establish that a home is unsafe; a low score alone does not establish that a home is safe or free of moisture and mold problems. It cannot establish active growth, current airborne exposure, personal dose, or remediation clearance.
Important limitations
The result represents the submitted sample and selected targets. It does not by itself establish current airborne exposure, personal dose, medical causation, whole-property safety, or remediation clearance.
Shipping and return
Outbound kit shipping is calculated separately at checkout when ordering is available. Follow the instructions supplied for the selected kit to return the sample.
Detailed laboratory and collection specifications
About this laboratory test
EnviroBiomics describes HERTSMI-2 as a focused analysis of five selected mold species in indoor dust with a score derived from those findings.
Targets or materials included
- Aspergillus penicillioides
- Aspergillus versicolor
- Chaetomium globosum
- Stachybotrys chartarum
- Wallemia sebi
Collection and sample requirements
- The myEnviroLens offer uses the EnviroBiomics Swiffer Kit.
- EnviroBiomics also publishes vacuum collection and other turnaround configurations; those alternatives are not sold on this page.
Laboratory processing
The standard configuration is approximately 5 business days after eligible laboratory receipt or check-in.
- Sample
- Indoor settled dust
- Panel
- Five selected mold species
- myEnviroLens offer
- 5 business days · Swiffer Kit
About the vendor score
- The score uses the findings for the five selected mold species.
- Any vendor-published interpretation or reoccupancy language remains vendor product information and is not adopted as myEnviroLens health, safety, or clearance policy.