Help! Mould spores found after damp treatment being completed.

[HappySunflower]

I live in a basement flat.
My landlord had builders in to complete damp course as one of the bedroom walls was in a very bad state.
That was a year ago.
I dropped something down the back of the chest of drawers this morning, and, when pulling it out, to my absolute horror found that the back of the piece of furniture was literally covered in (what looks to me like) white mould spores

I've now emptied that side of the room and moved my daughter in with me.

Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?
I'm very worried about it and don't feel happy to put my daughter back in there until it's sorted out.
I've googled and found suggestions as to how to treat the piece of furniture, and will do my best to get the right stuff to be able to do that tomorrow but I know it's likely to take them a while to get the builder back to take a look at it.

Please feel free to tell me if you think that I am overreacting- I can take it!

Any thoughts very welcome.

Thanks.

I don't know anything scientific about mould but we had a load of mould growing in our bedroom along the ceiling and down along the skirting boards. I was worried we had a damp problem either caused by leaky roof or walls and had a few builders look at it. When it came down to it, though, it turned out just to be a problem with lack of circulation.

We stripped the wallpaper off the walks and the plaster underneath was dry as a bone. There were no air vents in the room, we slept with the door closed and basically there was nowhere for moisture to go other than fester behind furniture and up in the corners. We had air vents put in the window frames and put a fireplace back in the room so air can circulate netter now and 2 years post replastering and redecorating and the problem areas are still fine. Have to be a bit careful with corners behind furniture if it's really cold but a quick wipe is all the skirting boards need every now and again.

Hopefully your problem is just a simple lack of circulation problem and nothing more serious. I can understand not wanting to expose a child to it - DD's impending arrival was what drove us to sort out our room. Before her, though, I had lived in the mouldy bedroom for years and suffered no ill effects

I'm really upset now.

I turned her bed upside down and there is some growing on the wood underneath.

Would Environmental health offer me some advice?
I've been looking online and have found so much conflicting information and I really need to get this sorted quickly.

Do you sleep with windows shut? Dry washing indoors? Shower/bathe with minimal extract? Cook without ventilation?

You need to stop all of that first. Get some dehumidifier gel packs too and get your place well aired.

If that doesn't clear it, the damp problem may not be revolved.