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The VaPURE™ technology MoldCure uses has been studied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and tested in independent GLP-compliant laboratories. Below are the three papers that underpin the work we do in your home — with links to each PDF.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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GLP Compliant independent
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7.5μm Vapor particle
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Three Papers

The evidence behind VaPURE™ vapor.

Three independent works document the technology MoldCure deploys: a multi-month field test by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a compilation of GLP-compliant independent laboratory efficacy reports, and a technical white paper explaining why the vapor behaves like a gas. Skip ahead, or read each in order below.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · ERDC Field study Fort Campbell, KY

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers field test of VaPURE™ mold remediation

Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) · Two occupied buildings, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

A six-month evaluation by the Army's Engineer Research and Development Center of the VaPURE™ application system on two occupied buildings at Fort Campbell, Kentucky — measuring both initial efficacy and long-term recurrence.

95%+ Spore-count reduction sustained at 6 months post-treatment
2 Occupied buildings tested in parallel
0 Structural demolition required

The U.S. Army needed a way to remediate mold inside occupied barracks without removing structural materials or relocating soldiers. The Engineer Research and Development Center evaluated the vapor-based application system across two buildings and compared spore counts before treatment, immediately after, and again six months later.

The headline result — a sustained 95%+ reduction in spore counts at the six-month mark — is what makes this study load-bearing. Day-one efficacy is common across mold treatments; verified durability is rare. The fact that those reductions held over half a year, in occupied buildings, without retreatment, is the part of the report that does the most work.

The full ERDC technical report is hosted publicly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers digital library.

Good Laboratory Practice · Independent labs 2024 compilation Multi-pathogen panel

Good Laboratory Practice efficacy reports for vapor peracetic acid

Compiled independent GLP-compliant laboratory tests · 2024

A compiled set of GLP-compliant independent laboratory tests of the vapor peracetic acid (VPA) treatment against mold, bacteria, and viral targets — the underlying chemistry behind the MoldCure VaPURE™ process.

Log-6+ Pathogen reduction across the GLP test panel
3 Target classes: mold, bacteria, viral
GLP Compliant methodology — the regulator's standard

"Good Laboratory Practice" is the methodological standard regulators apply to safety and efficacy studies — the same rigour used to evaluate pharmaceuticals. This compilation aggregates a series of independent GLP-compliant lab tests of vapor peracetic acid (VPA), the chemistry that powers the VaPURE™ treatment we deploy in your home.

The headline finding is a Log-6+ reduction — more than a 99.9999% kill — against the panel of mold, bacterial, and viral targets tested. Log-6 is the threshold a treatment must hit to be classified as a true sterilant. Most consumer disinfectants stop at Log-3 (99.9%); VaPURE™'s underlying chemistry clears the bar three orders of magnitude higher.

The compilation is hosted publicly and includes the methodology, organisms tested, and individual lab reports.

Pure Maintenance Technical white paper Author: S. Jankoski

Why the Pure Maintenance mold remediation and vapor decontamination is so effective

S. Jankoski · Pure Maintenance technical white paper

A technical explainer of the three "magic-bullet" variables — 7.5μm particle size, vapor phase change, and dwell time — that make the treatment behave like a gas and reach where surface cleaning never does.

7.5μm VaPURE™ droplet — 1/9th the diameter of a human hair
3 Variables that make the chemistry behave like a gas
90% Of mold lives where surface cleaning can't reach

This paper breaks down the physics of why VaPURE™ outperforms conventional remediation. Three variables, working together, are what make the treatment behave like a gas rather than a liquid: particle size, phase change, and dwell time.

Particle size. At 7.5μm, each vapor droplet is roughly 1/9th the diameter of a human hair — small enough to suspend in air and travel anywhere air goes: wall cavities, ductwork, behind cabinets, into porous building materials.

Phase change. The treatment is delivered as a liquid that flashes to vapor on application, occupying the full air volume of the structure rather than coating only the surfaces a sprayer can hit.

Dwell time. The vapor remains in suspension long enough to denature mold proteins on contact — eradicating the spore rather than just dislodging it.

Together, these explain how a single in-place treatment can reach the 90% of the home where mold actually lives and where scrub-and-cut crews can only reach by tearing structural materials out.

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