If there’s black mold growing behind the walls of your family home and you know it’s there and you have children living with you, is not doing anything about it a crime? The technical answer is no, because not every parent can afford mold cleaning services and it should be up to the landlord, depending on the scenario, to pay for the cost. But there’s also a philosophical answer that I want to explore with you. So let’s do this.

A big part of this philosophical answer I’m about to share is about being good to yourself. Of course, even a parent that can’t afford to hire a mold remediation company cares about their own health and the health of their children, so it wouldn’t be a crime if they don’t order remediation services because of that. However, if they can afford it or their landlord would clean the mold problem in a heartbeat if they were aware of it and the parent just refuses to do anything because they’re lazy, then I think that should be a crime.

My brother’s friend in Victoria BC grew up in an old house with a perpetual black mold infestation and he grew up with lung problems because of it. It still effects him today, even though he hasn’t lived in that house for over a decade. If only his lazy parents would’ve ordered black mold removal Victoria BC services then his health would be fine. In my opinion, this is no different than smoking in your car with a baby in the backseat, which is now a crime in some places.

If there’s something you can do to prevent any danger to children in your responsibility but you neglect to do it out of pure laziness, it’s not for sure whether it should be considered a crime or not but it can be called that: laziness…. Therefore, the consequences are your responsibility. That’s why tobacco companies got sued and why asbestos is being removed from old buildings. Health matters!

Conclusion

Technically no, it’s not a crime, but it’s laziness. Parents should act right away if they’re raising children in a house with mold infestation and order services from a local mold cleaning company right away, even if the landlord won’t do it.

If you know someone with a mold problem in their house who is raising kids and you’re worried about them, please share this blog post because I hope it will convince parents to make the right choices. Thanks for reading.