The Living Clean Guide to Less-Toxic Camping Gear – Tents & Shelters
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. This page provides an overview of issues related to tent camping for those who are concerned about toxicity issues and includes some…
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The Mold Avoider’s Dilemma: What About My Stuff?
Of the many difficulties that new mold illness sufferers face, perhaps none is as fraught with confusion and frustration as the issue of what to do with their current stuff.…
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Were Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Mold Victims?
During their first four years of marriage, Almanzo Wilder and Laura Ingalls Wilder had far more than their fair share of difficulties. Several years’ worth of their crops were…
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Which Therapies Most Helped Improved Mold Patients?
Very frequently, when people who have been sick with a chronic disease report having made substantial improvements in their condition, others who also have that disease want to…
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CDC Website Page on ME/CFS Mentions Mold Connection
Subsequent to a recent update, information provided about ME/CFS on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now includes a mention that mold may be a…
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Toxic Mold and Brittany Murphy
On December 9, 2009, actress Brittany Murphy died of a lung infection which turned out to be Staphyloccoccus aureus, a very common bacteria that a healthy system should be able…
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Guidelines To Help Mold-Sensitized People Stay Safe
One rapidly growing type of hypersensitivity is to certain kinds of toxins made by environmental molds such as those that frequently grow in buildings.…
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Stachybotrys and the Blood-Brain Barrier
Back in 2008, a few other mold avoiders and I came upon a doctoral dissertation about the neurological effects of satratoxin (a trichothecene mycotoxin made by Stachybotrys…
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Did the Grey Gardens Mold Affect Big Edie and Little Edie Beale?
It was at this time that I first listened to the soundtrack for the Broadway musical “Grey Gardens.” The show is based on the famous documentary movie of the same name, and…
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Dr. Oz Tackles The Topic of ‘Mold Poisoning’
One of the most high-profile mainstream television programs in recent history on the topic of toxic mold illness was the Dr. Oz show called “How to Protect Your Family from…
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Outdoor Toxins Of Particular Relevance To Mold Patients
For more than six years now, the two of us have been part of ongoing discussions involving a total of hundreds of people (including patients, scientists, medical professionals and…
Initial Case Reports From the Paradigm Change Viral Illness Survey
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. During the last week of February, I heard from someone with chronic mold-related illness living in the Southwest U.S. who had just…
Coronavirus COVID-19 and Viral Illness Survey
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Although the coronavirus COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic, much is still unknown about key issues with regard to it. For…
Could The Coronavirus COVID-19 Epidemic Have A Toxic Mold Connection?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. As the coronavirus COVID-19 begins to cause illness and fatalities in the U.S., a question on my mind is whether those who…
Updated Page: Ten Things to Know When Joining the Mold Avoiders Forum or FB Group
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Mold Avoiders is designed to provide information for those working to recover from mold-related illness using the approach discussed in the book A…
2019 Medical Practitioners Poll: Which Ones Do Mold Group Members Believe Helped Them?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. The Paradigm Change mold practitioners poll allows individuals participating in online mold groups to share information about which medical professionals have been…
2019 Helpful People Poll: Which Individuals Do Mold Group Members Believe Helped Them?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. For each of the past four years, I have conducted a poll in the most active mold-oriented Facebook groups asking participants which…
Is Lyme Disease An Environmental Illness? (And What’s Mold Got To Do With It?)
By Bryan Rosner It seems sort of funny to call an infection an environmental illness. If you’re sick from lead-based paint, then that would be an…
Paradigm Change Locations Ratings Projects Expanded To Include Airports
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. The Paradigm Change Locations Ratings Project now includes a section allowing individuals pursuing mold avoidance to rate how they felt when visiting…
New Film “Becoming Incurable” Depicts Mold Avoidance Activities of Lyme Patient Sofia Webster
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. The mold avoidance experiences of a young Lyme patient are profiled in a new documentary film about chronic illness, called “Becoming Incurable.” The…
Updated Page: Mold Avoidance Resources
Many thousands of individuals suffering from mold-related illness have reported that they have become hyperreactive to microbial toxins (such as those made by molds or cyanobacteria)…
Are Cloaked Parasites The Root Cause of Mold Illness, Lyme Disease and Other Chronic Diseases?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Bryan Rosner of BioMed Publishing recently summarized some extended discussions that he and I have had on the topic of the connection…
Some Comments on So-Called “Brain Retraining” Programs
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. In recent months, quite a few people (including a number of physicians) have requested that I respond to their inquiries regarding so-called…
19 Key Takeaway Points From Bryan Rosner’s New Book “Lyme Disease Supercharge”
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Bryan Rosner is a name that is familiar to many in the Lyme disease world. In 2004, Bryan started BioMed Publishing Group, which has published…
Stanford Professor Ron Davis Discusses ME/CFS and Toxic Mold Issues
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Research scientist Ronald W. Davis was interviewed about the possible role of various toxins (including mold toxins) in ME/CFS in an interview…
Erik Johnson Describes Toxic Issues During the Lake Tahoe Outbreak of ME/CFS
Mold avoidance pioneer Erik Johnson discussed his experiences during the 1980’s in the Lake Tahoe epidemic of the disease now officially called ME/CFS in an ME/CFS Alert…