The dangers of mold to health

by Sharise Cunningham

Mysterious Mold Ed McMahon has it. And so does scantily-caped environmental crusader Erin Brockovich. But unlike what's in many millionaire homes, this is something you wouldn't wish for. It's moldnot the kind that b...read more

by M. Lee

Some Important Things to Learn About Mold Mold can be extremely dangerous, so it is important to learn all you can about it and how to prevent your home from becoming a mold breeding ground. This article includes some ...read more

by Shanna Riley

Nearly everyone remembers the pet food-caused deaths of dozens of family dogs in the United States due to contaminated pet food sent out by Diamond Pet Foods in 2005. Yet many people do not realize the lethal agent in the...read more

by Kat Monroe

I am an asthmatic and here is my story. It was a long time ago, over 35 years, and I was hospitalized with asthma as a child. With a move out of the city to the High Desert, I have pretty much been asthma free. I felt...read more

by Serena Edwards

Mold, the common name for fungus, is probably the most common and least understood life form on the planet. Neither plant nor animal, they are something completely different and unique. Some are amazingly useful, such as b...read more

by Dawn Hale

Mold can be found anywhere. A common spot for mold is hidden deep with in the house. In the structure of the house to be exact. These are places that are not so easily checked. There are tests out there, but those tests a...read more

by David Cowley

Help I Am Allergic To Mold. If you have Mold Allergy then you suffer from Allergies Type 1, also called Contact Allergies. Mold spores are in your environment year round. Fresh air contains more mold spores than pollen....read more

by The Yellow Labrador

Someone at home has been having a bout of respiratory ailments recently. No matter how much medicine ingested, the hacking cough remains. I think the culprit is household mold because his cough gets worse the minute he ste...read more

by Dr. Audree Tucker

A couple of years ago, I was talking on the phone with a friend as I was walking down my hallway. My home is mostly covered in Pergo wood flooring, which I love. (It's warmer than tile and easier to clean than carpet.) It'...read more

by Escape Artist

Beware! Many foods have mold! I suffered for six years with severe pain in my ear, headaches, vertigo and nauseousness often leading to being very sick for hours. Doctors told me I had Meniere's Disease (an inner ear disea...read more

by Janet Varnes

It was a long winter in Denver, Colorado and our pipes broke causing a seven hundred square feet of our basement to flood. We pulled out all the water we could with a shop vacuum and pulled up the carpet and as much of th...read more

by Cyrus Dehkan

Mold is a fungus, like its cousin the mushroom, that breaks down dead organic substances. It feasts on a host of items including wood and insulation. The problem occurs when the mold produces spores that get released in th...read more

by Whalehead King

There is fungus among us. Penicillin is made from mold. I eat sourdough bread and yogurt. Microscopic spores inhabit my pores. When I sweat, I have mold to thank for the musk that attracts the fairer sex like bees to a...read more

by Carmella Mae

I've written many articles on toxic molds and the dangers involved with them, but it seems no matter how much I write, or how much I talk, people just do not get it. My family literally ran from Indiana and the mold that w...read more

by Lynda Burns

Read This If You Have Allergies There is an article on Snopes.com about toxic mold developing in out dated pancake mixes that everyone should be aware of. Especially people that have allergies, or the parents of child...read more

by Pat Staley

mold is a big problem across the country. It can grow on almost anything. For instance it can grow on wet surfaces such as insulation, drywall,carpets,furniture and a lot of other surfaces. Take last winter for instance. ...read more