Psychiatrist Judy Tsafrir, M.D., on Psychological Symptoms Caused by Mold
Psychiatrist Judy Tsafrir, M.D., wrote an article for her blog on her experiences with how deep breathing exercises in a moldy basement led her to become…
Life After the Mold Avoidance Sabbatical: Our Rebirth in the Southern California Desert
By Kim Crieger Goodwin It’s Easter. My husband and I have been out of Mystery Toxin since July of last year. Mystery Toxin was killing us.
Recovering Indoors in South Dakota After Six Years of Homelessness: The Upton Family’s Mold-Resistant, Low-Tox Housing Success Story
By Christa Upton On April 4, 2010, I hobbled out of our moldy home, never to step foot in it again. The clothes on my back…
Dave Asprey’s Movie “Moldy” Now Available For Free Viewing
Dave’s Asprey’s documentary film “Moldy” provides a great overview of the topic of toxic mold illness, with interviews with a variety of doctors as well as…
UK Daily Mail on NY Writer Bedridden From Mold Poisoning
The UK Daily Mail published a story about a writer from New York who had been bedridden for several years and sick for almost her whole life as a…
Award-Winning Fiction Writer Alethea Black on Recovering from Mold-Related Illness
Award-winning fiction writer Alethea Black has published a humorous story about her experiences recovering from mold-related illness in the online magazine Narrative. The story is called “How to Lose…
UK Daily Mail Article: “My Mouldy House Left Me Bedridden”
The Daily Mail ran a story about about a woman suffering from POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) who attributed her issues to mold exposures. The 37-year-old women – Valentina…
UK Daily Mail and Huffington Post Profile Mold Avoider Katie Steward
The UK press covered mold avoider Katie Steward’s story on September 13, 2016. The Huffington Post published the story first. It then was picked up by the Daily Mail and The Sun.
A Moldy Home, A Flu-Like Illness, and The Deaths of Brittany Murphy and Simon Monjack
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. On December 9, 2009, actress Brittany Murphy died of a lung infection which turned out to be Staphyloccoccus aureus, a very common bacteria…
Age 24 and Feeling Fantastic: How Addressing Mold Got Rid of My Lyme Symptoms After a Decade of Illness
By Rachel Leland Editor’s Note: This is the story of Rachel, a 24-year-old who has been sick with chronic Lyme disease and a variety of very debilitating…
Following in Erik Johnson’s Footsteps: My Journey from Devastating Sickness to Eating Tacos, Drinking Booze, and Climbing Mountains
By Sara Riley Mattson “Is anybody else noticing that this guy is healthy enough to be drinking beer and eating tacos again?” I said to myself…
Mold Avoidance Linked to CFS Reversal in Medical Literature
A case study of a man with severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) having his symptoms significantly reversed as a result of mold avoidance and other treatments…
Michael Crawford and the Locations Effect
British musical star Michael Crawford attributes his recovery from myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) to moving to a pristine coastal town in New Zealand. After falling ill with…
Book Review: Sara Riley Mattson’s “Camp Like A Girl”
By Lisa Petrison By Summer 2008, I thought that I had achieved as much relief from my illness as I likely was going to get. It…
My Experiments with Mold Avoidance in the Portuguese Countryside
By Sara My name is Sara. I am from Portugal and this article is about how I am living at the moment. I have been ill for over…
Kim Goodwin Explains How to Make a Low-VOC, Low-Cost Tent
By Kim Crieger Goodwin Editor’s Note: Kim Goodwin wrote about her mold avoidance experiences in an article published on July 9, 2016 on the popular health-oriented…
Toxic Mold and Suicides in Aboriginal Communities
Aboriginal communities in Canada have recently been experiencing a suicide epidemic among young people, and much of the housing in these areas has particularly concerning mold…
Huffington Post Articles on Toxic Mold
The Huffington Post recently ran two good articles dealing with the topic of toxic mold. In Catching the Killer in Our House (published on June 3, 2016), Karri-Leigh…
Mold Illness Fundraisers
In terms of the financial devastation that it can cause, toxic mold illness is a really terrible disease. Toxic mold can cause people to lose their homes…
Shemane and Ted Nugent’s Toxic Mold Story
Rock musician Ted Nugent, his wife Shemane and their son Rocco all lived for many years in a Stachybotrys exposure in their Michigan home. Finally in…