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<p>[QUOTE="Circus, post: 1715419, member: 51195"]Would have to say mold is the number one choice, there are millions of mold types and sub types with out looking at it under a microscope it will be hard to tell. Since it is cardboard it (probably) is one of the aspergillus family</p><p> Aspergillus mold is virtually unavoidable. Outdoors, it's found in decaying leaves and compost and on plants, trees and grain crops. Inside, the spores — the reproductive parts of mold — thrive in air conditioning and heating ducts, insulation, and some food and spices. Aspergillus is so common in old buildings, even in older hospitals, that small epidemics have occurred among people with weakened immune systems when nearby buildings have been torn down. </p><p> Everyday exposure to aspergillus is rarely a problem for people with healthy immune systems. When mold spores are inhaled, immune system cells simply surround and destroy them. But people who have a weakened immune system from illness or immunosuppressant medications have fewer infection-fighting cells. This allows aspergillus to take hold, invading the lungs and, in the most serious cases, other parts of the body. </p><p><br /></p><p> Aspergillosis is not contagious from person to person. </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is also found on paper and wood pulp products.Take them out side, and with a mask and gloves wipe the boxes and anything else down let them sit in the sun and turn so all sides can get the bleaching action of the sun. Clean the inside of the safe well depending on what it is made from a bleach solution should due the job. </p><p><br /></p><p>If your desiccant is the color changing type from say blue (dry) to purple (wet) you will have to dry it out(recharge) as the makers say or replace it. Depending on when the items were put in and how wet/damp they were. You will have to add more desiccant. Harbor freight sold it a while ago for their moisture traps. </p><p>You might have to in crease the surface area exposed to the air in the safe, hanging the desiccant in women's stocking footies with the ends tied off will work or a flat type plastic dish and then shake the desiccant around.</p><p>you also will have to check on the conditions in the safe and check to see if there are any holes or the door seal is bad if it is a used type or old safe.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you need more help keeping it dry there are battery dehumidifier used and sold for gun safes sold at the big box sporting good stores. Since i have no idea what part of the country you are in and the normal conditions. Make sure you dry anything you put in the safe, a hair dryer and a couple minutes of electrical use will work wonders. Remember inside and out if it is paper/pulp probucts or the inside of plastic zip lock bags.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Circus, post: 1715419, member: 51195"]Would have to say mold is the number one choice, there are millions of mold types and sub types with out looking at it under a microscope it will be hard to tell. Since it is cardboard it (probably) is one of the aspergillus family Aspergillus mold is virtually unavoidable. Outdoors, it's found in decaying leaves and compost and on plants, trees and grain crops. Inside, the spores — the reproductive parts of mold — thrive in air conditioning and heating ducts, insulation, and some food and spices. Aspergillus is so common in old buildings, even in older hospitals, that small epidemics have occurred among people with weakened immune systems when nearby buildings have been torn down. Everyday exposure to aspergillus is rarely a problem for people with healthy immune systems. When mold spores are inhaled, immune system cells simply surround and destroy them. But people who have a weakened immune system from illness or immunosuppressant medications have fewer infection-fighting cells. This allows aspergillus to take hold, invading the lungs and, in the most serious cases, other parts of the body. Aspergillosis is not contagious from person to person. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus[/URL] It is also found on paper and wood pulp products.Take them out side, and with a mask and gloves wipe the boxes and anything else down let them sit in the sun and turn so all sides can get the bleaching action of the sun. Clean the inside of the safe well depending on what it is made from a bleach solution should due the job. If your desiccant is the color changing type from say blue (dry) to purple (wet) you will have to dry it out(recharge) as the makers say or replace it. Depending on when the items were put in and how wet/damp they were. You will have to add more desiccant. Harbor freight sold it a while ago for their moisture traps. You might have to in crease the surface area exposed to the air in the safe, hanging the desiccant in women's stocking footies with the ends tied off will work or a flat type plastic dish and then shake the desiccant around. you also will have to check on the conditions in the safe and check to see if there are any holes or the door seal is bad if it is a used type or old safe. If you need more help keeping it dry there are battery dehumidifier used and sold for gun safes sold at the big box sporting good stores. Since i have no idea what part of the country you are in and the normal conditions. Make sure you dry anything you put in the safe, a hair dryer and a couple minutes of electrical use will work wonders. Remember inside and out if it is paper/pulp probucts or the inside of plastic zip lock bags.[/QUOTE]
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