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Toxic Mold and Possessions

February 23, 2016 by Andrea Fabry 134 Comments

Toxic Mold and Possessions

When a toxic mold issue arises in a home, sometimes the contamination is extreme, requiring the occupants to vacate the premises. The question then becomes, “Can I bring my possessions with me?” We are leaving our toxic home. Do we have to leave everything? There is no single answer to this question. The types of… 

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Filed Under: Microbes & Mold, microbes and mold, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Unseen Reality Tagged With: Anti-fungal, bleach, contamination, cross contamination, environment, fragments, fungal, fungal fragments, mold, possessions, spores, toxic, toxic mold

Toxic Mold and Possessions

August 8, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 9 Comments

Toxic Mold and Possessions

It has been nearly seven years since we vacated our home. We treated it like a fire and brought nothing with us. (Read our toxic mold saga here.)  It seemed like a radical move at the time. Had a toxicologist and medical doctor not advised us, we would have brought our belongings with us. After our recent… 

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Filed Under: Detox, House, Microbes & Mold, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Uncategorized, Unseen Reality Tagged With: belongings, brain, cross contamination, detox, mold, numbness, post-traumatic, rash, rashes, sensitivity, toxic mold, toxicologist, vulnerability

The Issue of Cross Contamination

May 31, 2010 by Andrea Fabry 10 Comments

The Issue of Cross Contamination

We left our home and everything in it on October 4, 2008, choosing to start completely over. The contents of our 5500 square foot home went into the dumpsters. Did we really need to leave everything behind on the day we vacated the home? We were advised to treat the house as a fire and… 

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Filed Under: microbes and mold, Uncategorized Tagged With: contamination, cross contamination, environment, fungal, mold, stachybotrys, toxic mold

MEET ANDREA

I am a certified Building Biology Advocate, a former journalist, mother of nine, and avid CrossFitter who likes to think outside the box. After our family's health crisis in 2008, I learned to ask questions about what's in our food, our water, and our air. I hope to empower you as you seek to live safely in a complex world. Thankfully, small steps lead to big changes. Let's travel this road together, one step at a time.

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10 Things I’ve Learned (The Hard Way)

1. The answer may be right in front of you.
2. Time is often the best medicine.
3. Speak kindly to yourself.
4. The air we breathe matters.
5. It's better to know than not know.
6. Relinquishment is a balm for the soul.
7. Symptoms will instruct if we listen.
8. Sometimes you're the expert.
9. Allow hindsight to move you forward.
10. The next step is enough.

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