Mold!
So, what do you guys know about mold in basements?? How worried do I have to be?
I was taking stuff down to my basement last night, and saw some fairly large spots of mold on various things down there - an end table, part of a wooden platform the previous owner left, and the pipes. I mentioned this to my coworkers this morning, and they're pretty much convinced the house will have to be evacuated and that I've been inhaling mold spores and contaminating my lungs. And quite possibly the house will be condemned. And since it's a row home, actually the whole block will be condemned.
So, because I am somewhat of a hypochondriac, I've sort of convinced myself that this will happen and somehow the mold will be traced back to me. And all my neighbors will hate me. (Although, they won't be my neighbors after we all have to move out, so... their loss.) Then I emailed my dad for his advice and his response? That my brother's house has mold too, it's probably due to the humidity, don't worry about it.

Anyone else want to chime in?