Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 In dealing with these mycotoxins, I've caught bits and pieces from various sources. Is there anywhere which consolidates information regarding people's experience with cleaning contaminated items? If not, I'd like to suggest that we create a single 'sticky' thread to which we can all contribute. I'm a troubleshooter by trade, and my brother is a world-class chemist (who by coincidence, recently discovered he's MCS). I believe that if we can consolidate what people here already know and feed that into a chemist's brain, that we will wind up with a protocol which will help alleviate people's suffering. A previous thread suggested that Drs change how they publish their research in order to disseminate their information sooner rather than later. I suggest that this user community do the same. We are all researchers and have something to contribute. This can create a positive feedback loop helping the professional researchers direct their attention. Let me start the dataset here: The two central ideas which seem to determine duration and intensity of contamination are porosity and permeability. For example, metals are neither very porous nor permeable. They seem to be the most 'cleanable'. At the other end of the spectrum are plastics. Very porous and very permeable make them very retentive. They also have an attribute which makes them very 'sticky' in an electromagnetic sense. Notice how trash bags cling to themselves from static electricity - this seems to multiply the retention effect. Textiles are a continuum, with cotton weaves at one end. I haven't figured out what's at the other end yet, but I know there's some variability in their toxin retention through multiple cleanings. In summary, I haven't yet found the 'silver bullet' to clean everything, but we've only just begun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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