By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Mold Avoiders is designed to provide information for those working to recover from mold-related illness using the approach discussed in the book A…
This page provides a list of information resources useful for those individuals who are interested in pursuing mold avoidance. The most important resources for those just…
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.…
This page includes a list of articles and programs focusing on toxic mold and mold-related illness, organized by media outlet. Summaries of some particularly intriguing news stories…
Toxic mold plays an important role in the popular new Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House.” Episode 7 of the show is largely devoted to the…
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…
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…
A new Netflix series called “Afflicted” has prompted a good deal of discussion and considerable outrage in the chronic illness community, due to its suggestion that seven featured illness…
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…
A panel of research and medical specialists in the disease of ME/CFS shared their thoughts about ways in which the role that mycotoxins may be playing in…
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…
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 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 are expected in the Houston area and throughout Florida, following the flooding and destruction left by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in August and…
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 is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and cloud computing guru who grew up with mold issues and then became ill as an adult subsequent to…
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…
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…
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 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…