HOMEOWNER MOLD TEST KITS
DR. TANG'S
ERMI ALTERNATIVES
VISION
It's Time to Upgrade ERMI
Over the past 19 years, homeowners have had mixed results with outdated ERMI test kit. It's time for an upgrade.
Updated March 21, 2024
2024 TOP 4 ERMI ALTERNATIVES
ERMI Alternative 1 (MOST Recommended)
Hiring a 3rd-Party Elite Indoor Environmental Consultant/Professional
(or Mold Assessor)
MAIN REASON:
None of those mold test kits in this world can pinpoint the locations of hidden mold for you.
Does a cancer patient request a surgeon to start removing body parts before an oncologist can determine the exact location of the cancer cells? Do not do that to your house and waste your money on unnecessary repairs.
ERMI Alternative 2
EMOP-Viable
Environmental Mold Origins
Profile - Viable
MAIN REASON: Only living mold colonies can actively produce mycotoxins and other harmful substances, not the dead spores settled on the dry surfaces.
DNA can come from both dead and living mold spores. Testing mold DNA fragments alone can result in false positive results due to the detection of dead settled spores or cell-free DNA. EMOP-Viable detects the viable whole mold spores that were recently released from living mold colonies and indicates the presence of active mold growth more accurately than DNA methods. On the other hand, if you only test for 36 ERMI mold species, you risk missing hundreds of other indoor mold species that can also cause mold-related illnessand and get misleading negative findings.
ERMI Alternative 3
AIMTOP
All-Inclusive Microbial Toxins
Origins Potential
MAIN REASON: You cannot just test for part of the current microbial threats in your house. It's absolutely necessary to address all the current and future potential harm.
There are hundreds of microbial toxins that can be found in indoor environments. On the internet, you can find expensive home tests of mycotoxins, endotoxins, glucan, ERMI, and Actinomycetes, but they only test for part of the total microbial harm. AIMTOP tests for all the microorganisms including those that are capable of producing mycotoxins, endotoxins, glucan, plus ERMI species and Actinomycetes. It also detects hundreds of non-ERMI mold and all bacteria other than Actinomycetes. It's an all-inclusive testing. It detects current threats and also protects you from future potential harm if you follow up with an Elite IEP and address all the problems.
ERMI Alternative 4
BEMP-iDNA
Biorelevant Environmental Mold
Profile - iDNA (Coming Soon)
MAIN REASON: Testing hundreds, even thousands, of mold species is more comprehensive than just ERMI's 36 species.
If you only test for the DNA evidences of 36-species mold, you are going to miss the other hundreds of indoor mold species and have false negative results. The other hundreds of mold species can be potentially harmful and cause diseases to not only the sensitive subpopulations and also the general population. EMOP-iDNA analyzes intracellular DNA (iDNA) of intact cells. It excludes DNA from broken mold cells and cell-free DNA to reduce the frequency of false positive results, like ERMI commonly has.
