Articles about the danger of mold, mold in your car, when mold makes you suffer and testing for mold in your environment.
Minimizing Your Mold Exposure at Home and From Your Indoor Air to Preserve Good Health By Dr. Susan Tanner, MD While many of us are still spending the majority of our time at home during the shelter in place orders that are still active in most of our Read more
Clean Your Car for Mold to Prevent Cross Contamination and Ongoing Mold Sickness By Catherine Fruechtenicht Indoor air quality is a concern not only in our homes, but also in our cars. If you have been sensitized to mold, you don’t have to spend much time in a Read more
Detailed Information Behind the Infographic on "7 Steps to Relief From Mold in Your Home" Several months ago, I collaborated with Dr. Dennis to produce a simplified infographic to provide an explanation of “7 steps to relief from mold in your home” The idea behind the infographic Read more
Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to work with several professionals that have dedicated a significant portion of their lives and careers to helping patients with severe mold illness. The breadth and scope of this often-undiagnosed disease is alarming, and I encounter severely ill Read more
Eat, Pray, and Get Well is a blog written by Erin Porter, who has appeared on a number of national programs talking about her exposure to mold. Erin has produced a great video on how to use mold test plates to look for mold. We have linked to Read more
It is amazing to see how new technologies improve the color and durability of fabrics and they help our clothing to stay looking new longer. There is, however, a new technology going into most new clothes that is proving to be a big problem for people with a Read more
Aspergillus is a genus, or family, of mold that contains several hundred species. The name comes from the observation of the Italian priest-biologist who first documented the genus: He thought the fungi looked like an aspergillum, the instrument that sprinkles holy water. Molds belonging to the Aspergillus family Read more
This is a retrospective study that explores whether there is a causal relationship between fungal exposure and chronic sinusitis, fatigue, and anterior hypopituitarism, especially growth hormone deficiency (GHD). About 4.8 million people suffer from GHD caused by fungal exposure; compare this to only 60,000 known cases caused by Read more
Occupants of water-damaged homes and other buildings often report health problems, and lately it has been thought that mold exposure can lead specifically to neurological injury. The authors of this study researched the neurological antibodies and the neurophysiological abnormalities of patients who were exposed to mold and developed Read more
This abstract discusses a study conducted to investigate patients with multiple health complaints that were due to mold exposure in water-damaged buildings. Authors present data on symptoms; clinical chemistries; abnormalities in pulmonary function; alterations in T, B, and NK cells; and the presence of autoantibodies. About 200 adults Read more
