Truth About Mold

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NEW PUBLICATION:

"Advances in Environmental Health Effects of Toxigenic Mold and Mycotoxins--Volume 1" by Ebere Cyril Anyanwu (2010)

Click on the link to see the Table of Contents.

"Toxicology and Industrial Health--Special Issue on Mold and Mycotoxins: Towards Healthy Homes" edited by Kaye Kilburn, M.D. (2009)

Click on the link to see a complete list of the papers included and to get access to their abstracts.

21st Annual International Symposium on Man and His Environment in Health and Disease (2003)

A Critique of the ACOEM Statement (2008)

Acute Inhalation Toxicity of T-2 Mycotoxin in Mice (1987):

"...INHALATION of T-2 mycotoxin is at least 10 times more toxic than systemic administration and at least 20 times more toxic than dermal administration..."

Acute Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Infants Associated with Exposure to Stachybotrys atra and Other Fungi (1998)

Aflatoxin Cancer Burden Estimated (2010)

Airborne Fungi Linked to Asthma Epidemic in Puerto Rico (2009)

Antifungals are Being Used to Treat Diseases:

Are Common Drugs a Key to Asthma Relief? (2009)

Current and Emerging Azole Antifungal Agents (1999)

Fungal Arthritis--A Case of Fungal Arthritis Caused by Hansenula Anomala (2010)

Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Antifungal Treatment for Severe Asthma with Fungal Sensitization (2008)

Swiss Pharmaceutical Company Studying the Use of Isavuconazole on Life-Threatening Invasive Fungal Infections (2010)

Treatment of Motor Neuron Disease, Including Certain Neurological Disorders, Motor Neuropathies and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases (2007)

As Global Temperatures Rise, So Too Do Health Risks (Dec. 24, 2009):

Dr. Richard Weber (from National Jewish Medical Center) said: "Explosive growth in grass pollens after heavy rains will flood the world's emergency rooms with asthma patients.  Higher seas and higher humidity will bring more illness from mold spores."

Bacteria, Molds, and Toxins in Water-Damaged Building Materials (1997)

Berkeley Lab, EPA Studies Confirm Large Public Health and Economic Impact of Dampness and Mold: They Estimate that Number of Cases Attributable to Exposure in Home is 4.6 Million, at $3.5 Billion Annual Cost (2007)

Biochemical Changes in the Serum of Patients with Chronic Toxigenic Mold Exposures:  A Risk Factor for Multiple Renal Dysfunctions (2003)

(The) Biocontaminants and Complexity of Indoor Spaces: More Than What Meets the Eyes (2009)

Biomechanics of Conidial Dispersal in the Toxic Mold Stachybotrys chartarum (2007)

Brain Dysfunction in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (2009)

Brown University Study Finds Link Between Depression and Household Mold (2007)

Building-Related Illness in Occupants of Mold-Contaminated Houses: A Case Series (1999)

California Builder's Guide to Reducing Mold Risk (2006)

Can Mold Contamination of Homes Be Regulated? Lessons Learned from Radon and Lead Policies (2007)

Canada--B.C. Company Fights Back Against Sick Building Syndrome (2010)

"William Fisk from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California established a baseline for quantifying benefits from improved IAQ and demonstrated the economic impacts of increased productivity. Findings are showing that improvement in IAQ can: Reduce SBS symptoms by 20 to 50 percent, with estimated savings of $10 to $100 billion; Reduce asthma by 8 to 25 percent, with estimated savings of $1 to $4 billion; Reduce other respiratory illnesses by 23 to 76 percent, with estimated savings of $6 to $14 billion; Improve office worker productivity by 0.5 to 5 percent, with estimated savings of $20 to $200 billion."

Causes of Indoor Air Quality Problems in Schools (2000)

CBN News Video with Pat Robertson (go to 15 minute mark)

Chlorine Bleach is Ineffective in Killing Mold (2005)

Chlorine Bleach is Not Effective in Killing Mold

Chlorine Bleach--Using Bleach to Kill Mold Can Backfire (2009)

Clinical Confirmation of Trichothecene Mycotoxicosis in Patient Urine (2002)

Clustering of Trichothecene-Producing Fusarium Strains Determined from 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences (1997)

Cognitive Impairment Associated With Toxigenic Fungal Exposure: A Replication and Extension of Previous Findings (2004)

Concurrent Sick Building Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (1994)

Current Asthma and Biochemical Signs of Inflammation in Relation to Building Dampness in Dwellings--in Sweden (1999)

Danger in the Air (2010)--Malaysia

"Health effects from indoor air pollutants may be experienced soon after exposure or possibly years later...These effects, which include some respiratory diseases, heart disease and cancer, can be severely debilitating or fatal."

Dangers in Our Home--Mold & More (2009)

De-Liver Me From Cancer (2010)--Malaysia

Detection of Airborne Stachybotrys chartarum Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins in the Indoor Environment (2005)

Detection of Airborne Stachybotrys chartarum Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins on Particulate Smaller than Conidia (2005)

DNA Damage by Mycotoxins (1999)

Do Terbutaline- and Mold-Associated Impairments of the Brain and Lung Relate to Autism? (2009)

Eleventh International Symposium on Man and His Environment in Health and Disease (1993)

Endocrine and Metabolic Manifestations of Invasive Fungal Infections and Systemic Antifungal Treatment (2008)

Environmental Health Criteria for Selected Mycotoxins: Ochratoxins, Trichothecenes and Ergot (1990)

Epidural Mass Due to Aspergillus Flavus Causing Spinal Cord Compression (2005)

Exposure to Indoor Mold and Children's Health in the PATY Study (2007)

Exposure to Interior Environments of Water-Damaged Buildings Causes a CFS-like Illness in Pediatric Patients: a Case/Control Study (2009)

Finnish Study Links Child Asthma With Structural Dampness in Buildings (2007)

Fungal Fragments as Indoor Air Biocontaminants (2002)

Fungal Hypersensitivity: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Therapy (2004)

Fungal Spore DNA Can be Detected in Tissue and Body Fluids of Patients with History of Exposure to Toxin Producing Molds (2006)

Fungal Spores: A Critical Review of the Toxicological and Epidemiological Evidence As a Basis for Occupational Exposure Limit Setting (2009 from Norway)

Fungalbionic Book Series (1999)

     Prevention of Breast Cancer

     Etiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer

     Etiology and Prevention of Atherosclerosis

Fungi and Actinobacteria in Moisture-Damaged Building Materials (2002)

Guidance for Clinicians on the Recognition and Management of Health Effects Related to Mold Exposure and Moisture Indoors--published by the University of Connecticut (2004)

Healthy Schools Network--Sick Schools 2009 Report

High Cholesterol Levels and Chronic Exposure to Toxigenic Molds in Damp Buildings: A High Risk for Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (2007)

Historical Information on Mold and Bacteria (includes "The Start of Current Mold Problems in the United States")--(2003)

Hydrophilic Fungi and Ergosterol Associated with Respiratory Illness in a Water-Damaged Building (2008)

Identification of Mold and Dampness-Associated Respiratory Morbidity in 2 Schools: Comparison of Questionnaire Survey Responses to National Data (2008)

Indoor Environment Resulting from Water Intrusion (2007)

Indoor Mold: A General Guide to Health Effects, Prevention, and Remediation (2006)

Indoor Mold and Children's Health (1999)

Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Responses in Mouse Lungs Exposed to Purified Toxins from Building Isolated Penicillium brevicompactum Dierckx and P. chrysogenum Thom. (2005)

Innate Immunity, MR Spectroscopy, HLA DR, TGF beta-1, VIP and Capillary Hypoperfusion Define Acute and Chronic Human Illness Acquired Following Exposure to Water-Damaged Buildings (2009)

Is Indoor Mold Contamination a Threat to Health? (2003)

Macalester College Receives Grant to Study Dangerous Fungus (2010)

Microfungal Contamination of Damp Buildings--Examples of Risk Constructions and Risk Materials (1999)

Moisture Damage and Childhood Asthma: A Population-Based Incident Case-Control Study (2007)

Mold and Mycotoxins: Effects on the Neurological and Immune System in Humans (2004)

Molds and Endotoxin Levels in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2006)

Molds and Mycotoxins in Dust From Water-Damaged Homes in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina  (2009)

Molds and Mycotoxins in Indoor Environments: A Survey in Water-Damaged Buildings (2009)

Molecular Mechanisms of Autoimmunity Triggered by Microbial Infection (2005)

Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenicity: How Do Pathogenic Microorganisms Develop Cross-Kingdom Host Jumps? (2007)

Multiple Sclerosis: A Chronic Mycotoxicosis?

Mycobacteria and Fungi in Moisture-Damaged Building Materials (2006 in Finland)

Mycotoxicoses in Animals (Merck Manual)--(2008)

Mycotoxin Detection in Human Samples from Patients Exposed to Environmental Molds (2009)

Mycotoxin Production by Indoor Molds (2003)

Mycotoxins (2003)

Mycotoxins as Harmful Indoor Air Contaminants (2005)

Mycotoxins in Crude Building Materials from Water-Damaged Buildings (2000)

Mycotoxins: Of Molds and Maladies (2000)

Mycotoxins: Toxicity, Carcinogencity and the Influence of Various Nutritional Conditions (1974)

National Center for Healthy Housing--State of Healthy Housing (2008)

Neurobehaviorial and Pulmonary Impairment in 105 Adults With Indoor Exposure to Molds Compared to 100 Exposed to Chemicals (2009)

Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Features of Mold and Mycotoxin Exposure (2009)

Neurological Significance of Abnormal Killer Cell Activity in Chronic Toxigenic Mold Exposures (2003)

Neurophysiological Effects of Chronic Indoor Environmental Toxic Mold Exposure on Children (2003)

Neurotoxins: Diagnosis and Treatment Information for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Other (2003)

New Compounds May Control Deadly Fungal Infections (2009)

OSHA: Preventing Mold-Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace (2006)

Pediatrics: Spectrum of Noninfectious Health Effects from Mold (2007)

(The) Perils of Ignoring History: Big Tobacco Played Dirty and Millions Died.  How Similar is Food" or Mold (2009)

Production of Mycotoxins on Artificially Inoculated Building Materials (1998)

Production of Trichothecene Mycotoxins on Water Damaged Gypsum Boards in Danish Buildings (1998)

Residential Exposure to Mould and Dampness is Associated with Adverse Respiratory Health (2007)

Respirable Trichothecene Mycotoxins Can be Demonstrated in the Air of Stachybotrys chartarum-Contaminated Buildings (2006)

Satratoxin G From the Black Mold Stachybotrys chartarum Evokes Olfactory Sensory Neuron Loss and Inflammation in the Murine Nose and Brain (2006)

Sensitivity to Mold Mites Common in Elderly COPD Patients (2010)

Sentinel Pathophysiologic Conditions: An Adjunct to Teaching Occupational and Environmental Disease Recognition and History Taking (1992)

Sick Schools 2009

Sinuses and Mold--A Cure for Chronic Sinusitis (2005)

Sinus Problems--Mayo Clinic Study Implicates Fungus as Cause of Chronic Sinusitis (1999)

Size-fractionated (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan concentrations aerosolized from different moldy building materials (2009)

Stachybotrys chartarum: The Toxic Indoor Mold (2001)

Symptoms After Mould Exposure Including Stachybotrys chartarum, and Comparison with Darkroom Disease (2010)

Ten Ways to Control Moisture and Mold in Your Home (2008)

Toxic Effects of Mycotoxins in Humans (1999)

Toxic Mould and Construction Defects Harming Public Health (2010)

(The) Treatment of Patients With Mycotoxin-Induced Disease (2009)

U.K. News--Aspergillus Centre Launched at University Hospital of South Manchester (U.K.)

Understanding Microbes--In Sickness and In Health (2006)

Understanding the Immune System: How It Works (2007)

U.S.AMRIID's Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook (2004)

U.S. Army Military Textbook--Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare (1997)

U.S. Military Textbook--Chapter 4 on Toxins

U.S. Surgeon General--The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes (2009)

(The) Validity of the Environmental Neurotoxic Effects of Toxigenic Molds and Mycotoxins (2008)

Wall Street Journal article--Amid Suits Over Mold, Experts Wear Two Hats (2007)

Wall Street Journal article--Advocacy Groups Call for Senate Investigation (2007)

Wall Street Journal Uncovers Medical Association's (ACOEM's) Alleged Conflicts of Interest (2007)

What the Primary Care Pediatrician Should Know About Syndromes Associated with Exposures to Mycotoxins (2006)

Wisecup article on OpEdNews--The Truth About the Health Effects of Toxic Mold (2009)

World Health Organization Takes on the Public Health Threat Caused by Tobacco--When Will They Take on the Public Health Threat Caused by Mold? (2010)