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…
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”…
A Panel of ME/CFS Experts Discusses Mycotoxin Research
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Townsend Letter Article on Possible Mechanisms of Fungus Hypersensitivity
The established alternative medicine journal Townsend Letter published an article on possible mechanisms of fungus hypersensitivities in its April 2016 edition. The article is called “Fungus Allergy and…
Mold Avoidance Linked to CFS Reversal in Medical Literature
A case study of a man with severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) having his symptoms significantly reversed as a result of mold avoidance and other treatments…
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…
Does Mold Cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Mold remediation professional Sanjay Gupta has written a collection of 36 short articles on various topics related to toxic mold illness. The articles provide a credible introduction to…
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…
Paradigm Change Sponsors Chronic Illness Survey
The Chronic Illness Survey is a research project designed to gather information about those who suffer from chronic multisymptom illness, such as ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, toxic mold illness, chronic…
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…
Dave Asprey and Ritchie Shoemaker: A Brainstorming Session on Furthering the Science of Mold Toxins
Editor’s Note: Two of the leading voices in the effort to bring awareness about the dangers of mycotoxins to the public have been Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker…
Haunted Houses and Mold
Researchers at Clarkson University in New York are currently doing a study measuring air quality of several buildings where ghost sightings have been reported, to see…
Losing My Defenses: An Interview with Dr. Enusha Karunasena on the Neurological Effects of Satratoxin
By Lisa Petrison Back in 2008, a few other mold avoiders and I came upon a doctoral dissertation about the neurological effects of satratoxin (a trichothecene…
Outdoor Toxins of Particular Relevance to Mold Illness Patients
By Lisa Petrison and Erik Johnson Note: For more than six years now, the two of us have been part of ongoing discussions involving a total…
Brain On Fire: The Role of Toxic Mold in Triggering Psychiatric Symptoms
By Mary Ackerley, M.D. Editor’s Note: Dr. Mary Ackerley is an integrative psychiatrist who recently obtained certification in the Shoemaker Protocol used to treat toxic mold illness.…