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Tony,

Excellent Question! You write:

QUESTION: Can you show me a single study that scientifically demonstratesthat indoor mycotoxins in typical indoor environment* are causing adversehealth affects other than allergy?* Hospitals are not typical, nor are farming environments, swine houses,sewage facilities, etc.Tony

Answer: No. Nor do I believe that mycotoxins within a typical indoor environment are causing adverse health effects including allergy. Why?

Because water damaged structures are not typical indoor environments. They are contained, closed in areas where people with varying immune systems and varying susceptibilities breathe, eat and touch the various toxins, including myco, that are present in the WDB for varying periods of time and in varying quantities. These are atypical (meaning not typical) environments in which people from all across the USA are complaining of symptoms indicative of poisoning after their atypical exposures to these poisons in these atypical environments. And...I am not aware that mycotoxins cause allergy.

Question for you: Can you show me a single study that scientifically demonstratesindoor microbial toxins in an atypical, water damaged indoor environment* are not causing adverse human health affects indicative of poisoning? (it has to be actual research, not a bogus, litigation defense friendly, position paper)

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Sharon:

Regarding:

" No!! I am not going to presume anything. That's where we seem to get into

trouble. Too many presumptions. The study was not about location. If you

have a study that is about location, then it would be in the study. Wasn't

in there. It's not about location. And it is not " evidence based " science to

make presumptions based on something that is not part of the equation. It

plays right into the influential ignorance, making conclusions on partial

data.

No!! I don't want to play anymore on this one. "

OK.

Then let me then ask the " evidence based " Question (to change the subject a

bit):

QUESTION: Can you show me a single study that scientifically demonstrates

that indoor mycotoxins in typical indoor environment* are causing adverse

health affects other than allergy?

* Hospitals are not typical, nor are farming environments, swine houses,

sewage facilities, etc.

Tony

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Jeff,

I am just happy to see that it speaks to the question rather than take the stance that it is scientifically proven not possible as has been widely promoted within the medical community.

Sharon

Tony and Sharon,This reference speaks to the question but does not answer it:Ochratoxin - Is It A Concern As An Airborne Mycotoxin?(by Romer Labs, Inc.)http://www.engormix.com/ochratoxin_is_it_a_e_articles_13_MYC.htm C. MayMay Indoor Air Investigationswww.mayindoorair.comwww.myhouseiskillingme.comthen ask the "evidence based" Question (to change the subject a> bit):>> QUESTION: Can you show me a single study that scientifically demonstrates> that indoor mycotoxins in typical indoor environment* are causing adverse> health affects other than allergy?>>> * Hospitals are not typical, nor are farming environments, swine houses,> sewage facilities, etc.>>> Tony>

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