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…
ME/CFS Patient Lissa Nilsson Shares Her Mold Story on Health Rising
ME/CFS patient and mold avoider Lissa Nilsson discusses the challenges that she and her husband faced after finding that their home had a major toxic mold…
Major Mold Problems Expected Subsequent to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Major mold problems are expected in the Houston area and throughout Florida, following the flooding and destruction left by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in August 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…
“Black Mold Exposure” Movie Now Streaming on Amazon
The 2009 film “Black Mold Exposure” is now available through streaming video on Amazon. Those who are Amazon Prime members can watch the film for free. People who…
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…
Health Rising Shares Former Death Rider Chris Graber’s Mold Story
The popular ME/CFS blog Health Rising shared the mold story of Chris Graber, who previously was a participant in the grueling Lake Tahoe Death Ride before becoming sick…
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,…
New Article about Mold Avoidance and ME/CFS in “American Scientist”
Journalist Julie Rehmeyer discussed her experiences moving toward wellness through mold avoidance in an interview in the May/June edition of American Scientist. In the interview, she described…
Suggestions from Physicians on Treating Mold-Related Issues from the Book “New Paradigms In Lyme Disease Treatment”
By Connie Strasheim Editor’s Note: I am very happy to see that issues related to mold toxicity have finally started to receive some attention in the…