Black Mold and the New Netflix Series “The Haunting of Hill House”
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 topic of the homeowners’ attempts to fix the mold...
View ArticleParadigm 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” or “black mold,”...
View ArticleNetflix Reality Series “Afflicted” Provokes Controversy and Outrage
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 sufferers are...
View ArticleParadigm Change Literature Review: ME and CFS Medical Abnormalities
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D.More than 1,000 peer-reviewed articles have been published demonstrating a wide variety of physiological abnormalities in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue...
View Article2018 Medical Practitioners Poll: Which Ones Do Mold Group Members Believe...
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D.The Paradigm Change mold practitioners poll allows individuals participating in online mold groups to share information about which medical professionals have been helpful to...
View ArticleParadigm Change Literature Review: “Health Effects of Moldy Buildings”
By Lisa PetrisonThis section of the Paradigm Change website lists medical journal articles on the health effects of moldy buildings.The references listed here include brief abstracts of the study’s...
View ArticleParadigm Change 5-Year Anniversary: 1 Million Page Views and 400,000 Visitors
The Paradigm Change websites now have had more than 1 million pageviews and more than 400,000 different visitors, according to Google Analytics tracking.Paradigm Change was started in September 2013...
View ArticleThe Paradigm Change Visitor Project, 2013-2018
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 Change sites (including the...
View ArticleThe Living Clean Guide to Non-Toxic Camping Gear (Part 1) – Vehicles
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D.For about five years (between 2009 and 2013), I spent most of my time on the road at campgrounds, in order to be as free as I could from toxic mold exposures.I had never camped...
View ArticleBlack Mold and the New Netflix Series “The Haunting of Hill House”
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 topic of the homeowners’ attempts to fix the mold...
View Article15 Simple Ways To Start Learning About Mold-Related Illness
Mold-related illness and mold avoidance are such complex and difficult topics that it can be challenging for those new to the topic to start to understand the topic and to figure out what information...
View ArticleUpdated Page: Mold Illness Media Coverage
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 can be found on the...
View ArticleA 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 the disease should be studied in a recent panel...
View ArticleInternational Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI) Launches...
The International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI) is a new non-profit medical society that aims to raise awareness of the environmental causes of inflammatory illnesses and and to...
View ArticleThe Living Clean Guide to Less-Toxic and Non-Toxic Mattress Options
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 camping mattresses.Even if people are not...
View ArticleParadigm 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” or “black mold,”...
View ArticleCDC Website Pages on ME/CFS Now Mention Mold Connection and Chemical...
Subsequent to a recent update, information provided about ME/CFS on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now includes a mention that mold may be a factor in triggering...
View ArticleUpdated Page: Mold Stories
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.For more stories about mold illness...
View ArticleME/CFS Patient Lissa Nilsson Shares Her Mold Story on Health Rising
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 problem in a new Health Rising blog...
View ArticleFilm Review of “That Summer”: Did the Mold at Grey Gardens Affect Big Edie...
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 comatose almost all of the time and seemed to be getting...
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