Australians Focus on Mold Illness Patients’ Need for Mold Avoidance
The Australian government and news media has been focused on the topic of toxic mold over the past year, subsequent to a Member of Parliament (MP)…
Updated Page: Mold Stories
Following are the stories of more than 50 individuals who have been reported to have experienced chronic health effects subsequent to being exposed to mold problems.…
Jen Brea’s Award-Winning ME/CFS Film “Unrest” Discusses Mold Avoidance Issues
Jennifer Brea was a Ph.D. student at Harvard University in 2012 when she was struck down with a flu that left her bedridden and experiencing a…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
RIP to Muhammad Ali
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Muhammad Ali – who once sued the individuals who sold him a moldy home – died of respiratory issues associated with his…
Democratic Presidential Candidates Bring Up Mold Issues
Both of the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for President of the U.S. brought up mold issues during the Spring 2016 campaign season. While campaigning…
Taking a Closer Look at “The Yellow Wallpaper”
This short story was written in 1899 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Gilman suffered from neurasthenia, a condition similar to “ME/CFS.” Many people — including the author…