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5 Myths About Toxic Mold

February 27, 2017 by Andrea Fabry 18 Comments

5 Myths About Toxic Mold

What is the truth about toxic mold? Can it be hazardous to our health? Why all the fear-mongering? 5 Myths About Toxic Mold Myth #1: Mold is everywhere. While it’s true that mold is an essential part of nature, it is not true that mold exists everywhere indoors. If this were true, why would mold… 

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Filed Under: Microbes & Mold, microbes and mold, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Unseen Reality Tagged With: chlorine bleach, dry wall, mycotoxins, stachybotrys, toxic mold

How to Interpret ERMI Mold Tests

April 30, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 164 Comments

How to Interpret ERMI Mold Tests

The ERMI (Environmental Relative Moldiness Index) test is a dust sampling analysis offered by several labs to evaluate the health of a building. ERMI uses a DNA-based method for identifying 36 different species of mold. Labs currently offering this test include: EMSL Analytical ($172-$350 plus shipping ) EMLab P&K (call the lab for pricing) EnviroBiomics… 

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Filed Under: DIY, Microbes & Mold, microbes and mold, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Unseen Reality Tagged With: air, aspergillus, building, chaetomium, dust, environment, ERMI, health, labs, mold, mold testing, mycometrics, penicillium, report, sampling, stachybotrys, symptoms, test, toxic, toxic mold, wallemia

Our Toxic Mold Exposure – Timeline of Events

February 9, 2014 by Andrea Fabry 185 Comments

Our Toxic Mold Exposure – Timeline of Events

Our family of eleven unknowingly moved into a home ridden with toxic mold. As our health deteriorated, we slowly uncovered the truth about the connection between health and the indoor environment. The following timeline chronicles our family’s encounter with toxic mold, the vacating of our Colorado home, and the events of the following year. Our… 

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Filed Under: Mold, Mold and Microbes, Unseen Reality Tagged With: abdominal pain, stachybotrys, toxic exposure, toxic mold, vestibular migraine

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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