The Living Clean Guide to Less Toxic Camping Gear – Vehicles
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. For about five years (between 2009 and 2013), I spent most of my time on the road at campgrounds, in order to…
The Paradigm Change Visitor Project, 2013-2018
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. The Paradigm Change visitor map project provides information about locations in the U.S., based on the individuals who have visited the Paradigm…
Paradigm Change 5-Year Anniversary: 1 Million Page Views and 400,000 Visitors
The Paradigm Change websites now have had more than 1 million pageviews and more than 400,000 different visitors, according to Google Analytics tracking. Paradigm Change was…
Paradigm Change Literature Review: “Health Effects of Moldy Buildings”
By Lisa Petrison This section of the Paradigm Change website lists medical journal articles on the health effects of moldy buildings. The references listed here include…
2018 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…
Paradigm Change Literature Review: “Health Effects of Stachybotrys Chartarum”
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. This section of the Paradigm Change website lists medical journal articles on the health effects of Stachybotrys chartarum. Also referred to as “Stachy”…
The Living Clean Guide to Less-Toxic and Non-Toxic Mattress Options
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Usually for those who are fleeing a moldy environment and replacing most or all of their possessions, I suggest starting off with…
Erik Johnson
Erik Johnson became aware of the negative effects of toxic mold on his health in the early 1970’s as a student at Truckee High School in…
Film Review of “That Summer”: Did the Mold at Grey Gardens Affect Big Edie and Little Edie Beale?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. By early 2007, I had been sick with the disease now officially called “ME/CFS” for more than a decade. I was in bed and…
Mold In the News
Following are a few of the most intriguing or groundbreaking stories about mold to be covered by the news media over the past 20 years. Additional…
Dave Asprey on Environmental Mold Issues
Dave Asprey is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and cloud computing guru who grew up with mold issues and then became ill as an adult subsequent to…
Paradigm Change Literature Review: Health Effects of Trichothecenes & Other Fusarium Toxins
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Fusarium is a type of mold that is often toxic and that grows in fields of a variety of different grain crops, including wheat,…
2017 Medical Practitioner Poll: Which Ones Do Mold Group Members Believe Have Helped Them?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Recognition of the issue of mold-related illness has gone much more mainstream over the past year, and many new practitioners have begun…
Paradigm Change Literature Review: Health Effects of Aflatoxin
This section of the Paradigm Change website lists citations for more than a thousand journal articles focusing on the health effects of aflatoxin. Aflatoxin – a…
The Paradigm Change Locations Ratings Project
The Locations Ratings section of the Paradigm Change website is designed for mold-sensitized people who already are pursuing mold avoidance to quickly and easily rate locations…
Symptoms Experienced By Mold Illness Patients – And By Their Partners, Their Kids and Their Pets
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. People who have become particularly sick with mold-related illness usually report experiencing a wide variety of symptoms themselves – and very often…
Julie Rehmeyer and “Through the Shadowlands”
Julie Rehmeyer is a math and science journalist and ME/CFS sufferer who turned to the mold avoidance approach described in the book A Beginner’s Guide to Mold…
Could Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder Have Been Toxic Mold Victims?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. During their first four years of marriage, Almanzo Wilder and Laura Ingalls Wilder had far more than their fair share of difficulties.…
Improved Patients Discuss Their Mold Avoidance Experiences
This Paradigm Change website page consists of quotes from individuals who have experienced health improvements subsequent to beginning mold avoidance and who have shared their experiences…
Notes from the Road from a 24-Year-Old MCAS/Lyme Patient: “Why I Chose Mold Avoidance”
By Ana Harris I titled this post “Why I Chose Mold Avoidance,” but perhaps it would be more accurate to say that mold avoidance chose me. Truthfully,…