Truth About Mold
Resources
Reminder: If a website or article says toxic mold isn't harmful, that will be your clue that the information may not be reliable.
BOOKS
"Advances in Environmental Health Effects of Toxigenic Mold and Mycotoxins--Volume 1" by Ebere Cyril Anyanwu (2010)
"Begin Here: Helping Survivors Manage" by Kat Reed (2009)
"Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control” published by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (1999)
"Bioaerosols, Fungi and Mycotoxins: Health Effects, Assessment, Prevention and Control" edited by Dr. Eckhardt Johanning (2001)
"Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, Mycotoxins and Human Health" edited by Dr. Eckhardt Johanning (2005)
"Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook" by Jeanie Marie Martin and Zoltan P. Rona, M.D. (2000)
"(The) Fungus Link" by Doug A. Kaufmann (Vol. 1, 2, 3)
"Mold--The War Within" by Kurt & Lee Ann Billings (2007)
“Molds and Mycotoxins–Papers from an International Symposium” edited by Kaye Kilburn, M.D. and published by Heldref Publications (2004)
"Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology" edited by Andreas Luch and published by Birkhauser Basel (2010)
"My House is Killing Me" by Jeffrey C. May and Jonathan M. Samet (2001)
"Optimum Environments for Optimum Health & Creativity" by William J. Rea (2002)
"Prescriptions for a Healthy House" by Paula Baker-Laporte, Erica Elliott, and John Banta (2008)
"Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Indoor Mold" published by AIHA (2008)
"Sick Building Syndrome" edited by David C. Straus (2004)
"Toxic Relief" by Don Colbert, M.D. (2001)
"Toxicology and Industrial Health--Special Issue on Mold and Mycotoxins: Towards Healthy Homes" edited by Kaye Kilburn, M.D. (2009)
"Worldwide Exposure Standards for Mold and Bacteria" by Robert C. Brandys, PhD (2003)
Your Home, Your Health and Well-Being, by David Rousseau, W. J. Rea, and Jean Enwright (1988)
HELPFUL RESOURCES
Physicians
The following list includes names of physicians who are experienced in treating people who have been harmed by exposure to mold and indoor contaminants in water-damaged buildings.
Alan Vinitsky, M.D. (Treating Physician) in Maryland
http://enlightenedmedicine.net/
Janette Hope, M.D. (Treating Physician) in California
No website at this time (Phone: 805-698-7483)
Michael Gray, M.D. (Treating Physician) in Arizona
No website at this time (Phone: 520-586-9111)
Ritchie Shoemaker, M.D. (Treating Physician) in Maryland
James Craner, M.D., MPH (Treating Physician) in Nevada
Allan Lieberman, M.D. (Treating Physician) in South Carolina
William Rea, M.D. (Treating Physician) in Texas
Lisa Nagy, M.D. (Treating Physician) in Massachusetts
Additional Resources
The following is a list of additional resources.
Jack Thrasher, Ph.D. (Toxicologist)
Healthy Habitats LLC (Carl Grimes)
Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings
Raymond Singer, Ph.D. (Neuropsychologist and Neurotoxicologist) in New Mexico
Mom's Against Mold
State Laws Related to Healthy Homes
http://www.healthyhomestraining.org/codes/state.htm
Fungal Disease Resource Center
RealTime Labs (Mycotoxin tests of human tissue or fluids)
http://www.realtimelab.com/index.html
Create Your Healthy Home
http://www.createyourhealthyhome.com/
Know the Cause (Doug A. Kaufmann)
Mold-Help
National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation
http://www.national-toxic-encephalopathy-foundation.org/
May Indoor Air Investigations
Katy's Exposure
http://katysexposure.wordpress.com
Toxic Injury (MCS Beacon of Hope)
California Builders Guide to Reduce Mold Risk
http://www.masongrant.com/pdf_2008/California_Builders_Guide.pdf
Mold Environment
A Healthy Home (DC Metro area)
Check the following links for a list of doctors who might be able to help. When you call the office, ask if they have experience treating patients exposed to toxic mold.
http://www.mold-survivor.com/DrLists/
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
Celiac Disease
