MOlD in/on dishwasher air gap

[brittany]

Just moved to a new place a few months ago and there is TONS of mold in/on the dishwasher air gap. Ive never had one before so I never thought to look inside to see what it was. I recently went to the doctor for breathing problems and she asked if I was exposed to mold. How do I clean it? could this mold be harming my health and is it getting mold in my dishwasher when I run it? thanks for any advice!

[akaothermick]

Just take it apart and use a chlorine bleach solution to clean and kill the mold, pour some down the the lines and run some of the same solution into the dishwasher for a rinse cycle that should kill the mold and flush it out the lines, medical issues are best discussed not on a home repair forum. Good luck.