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 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: ME and CFS Medical Abnormalities
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. More than 1,000 peer-reviewed articles have been published demonstrating a wide variety of physiological abnormalities in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Which Practitioners Do Mold Group Participants Believe Helped Them?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Three years ago when I first set up the Paradigm Change website, I put together a list of practitioners with experience in…
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…
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…