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.…
“Myalgic Encephalomyelitis”: New Website Provides Factual Info on ME and CFS
Paradigm Change has launched a new website designed to provide credible and factual information about ME and CFS to researchers, physicians, journalists, government officials and others…
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…
Clinical Treatment of Mold Illness
This Paradigm Change page summarizes links to information sources relevant to understanding and treating toxic mold illness, provided by physicians. Much of the information cited here…
Paradigm Change Online Resources
This page provides a list of links to online information produced by Paradigm Change.
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…
Mold Hypersensitivity: Guidelines to Help Sufferers Stay Safe
In recent years, there has been increased societal recognition of the ability of certain substances (such as peanuts, gluten or latex) to cause extremely negative effects in certain…
The Locations Effect
Many individuals who have become hyperreactive to toxic mold report that outdoor toxins have just as much of an impact on them as indoor toxins, and…
Beginner’s Guide to Toxic Mold
This page presents a selection of information resources designed to give those just learning about mold-related illness the information that they need to get started in finding out if…
Mold Illness Recovery
By Lisa Petrison Especially when sufferers start off as severely ill, accomplishing a total recovery from mold-related illness can be a challenging endeavor. In particular, mold hyperreactivity…
Strategies for Treating Extremely Sensitive Mold Patients
By Lisa Petrison Although a number of ME/CFS and chronic Lyme doctors are now beginning to consider the role that toxic mold may be playing in…
What Therapies Do Improved Mold Avoiders Believe Helped Them?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Very frequently, when people who have been sick with a chronic disease report having made substantial improvements in their condition, others who also…
Purdue Professor Dr. Don Huber on Glyphosate and Fusarium Growth
By Lisa Petrison The many negative effects of the chemical herbicide glyphosate on the environment as well as on human and animal health were discussed in…
Looking at the Literature About Mycotoxin Urine Tests
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Recently in the Facebook group that I run, Mold Avoiders, I mentioned that I didn’t think sufficient science exists to justify the RealTime…
The Mold Avoider’s Dilemma: What Should I Do About My Stuff?
By Lisa Petrison and Erik Johnson Of the many difficulties that mold illness sufferers routinely have to face, perhaps none is as fraught with confusion and…
Environmental Mold Testing
Is My Home Okay? Most people who are living or working in buildings with even extremely bad toxic mold issues are totally unaware that there is any sort…
Background on the Mold Experts and Patients in Dave Asprey’s “Moldy”
By Lisa Petrison The backgrounds of the mold experts and patients interviewed in “Moldy” – Dave Asprey’s new movie about the health hazards of environmental toxic mold…
Dr. Oz Tackles the Topic of “Mold Poisoning”: How’d He Do with It?
By Lisa Petrison and Erik Johnson One of the most high-profile mainstream television programs in recent history on the topic of toxic mold illness was the Dr. Oz show…
Mold and Psychiatric Symptoms
The neurotoxins made by certain species of mold recently have been recognized in research literature and by practitioners as having the ability to cause or trigger psychiatric…
Toxic Mold Illness Diagnosis
A Diagnostic Challenge A challenge for conventional medical practitioners in diagnosing toxic mold illness has been that symptoms as well as laboratory tests tend to present somewhat differently across…