Carpet Mold and Green Products
Mold is not a good thing to have in your house anywhere. Mold can be a tough item to get out of your carpeting. Unless you kill it off at the source, mold will continue to resurface in the affected area. The cause of mold is wetness and moisture in the carpet. This may have come from a leaky water pipe, wet clothing on the floor, unattended spills, etc. The best course of action is preventative. Clean up any spills as soon as you notice them. If you think you have leaking pipes, get a repair man out to inspect the area. You may be saving yourself from a bigger restoration project down the road.
One way to get rid of carpet mold is to just get rid of the whole carpet and get new carpeting after any other problems have been remedied. This of course, is more costly than treating the existing carpeting. Your decision to do this will probably be based on the severity of the mold infestation. There are various cleaning solutions to kill mold in your carpeting. Everyone is now on the green product bandwagon, so that is the solution you always seem to read about. You can avoid the ill effects of using toxic chemicals to treat the moldy areas of your carpeting.
You can attempt to remove the mold yourself, or you can hire a restoration service that specializes in mold remediation. They will come evaluate your situation and advise you on what to do next.