RE : Health effects of nonindustrial indoor air pollution J Bernstein et al.

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I hope that this will now translate into lab orders and changes in diagnostic

protocol. What I mean is lab orders for blood or urine testing for mycotoxins

or the catalogue of molds. And, the change from doing a CAT scan or MRI which

will show does not offer a close nexus to direct causation between exposure and

medical treatment.

I hope this will also change the status of drugs which, are now, " off-label " and

not approved for use to battle human mold infections. It should take the heat

off some of the courageous docs who have assisted in treating mold or IAQ

exposed patients.

This should begin to have an effect as well on Veterans, whose Gulf War

Illnesses stem from biological exposures. ©

Great progress. Thanks for the post.

snk1955@... a écrit : Dear All,

Happy New Year! There is a new paper soon to be published within the JACI.

On can read it online if you register for free with the JACI. I think we

have gotten thru to the allergists/immunologists that they have been fed a

bunch

of hooey regarding the implausibility of poisoning from indoor microbial

toxin exposure.

Relevant sentences being share with the allergists in the new paper that

dispel the myth:

" Acute effects, such as lung inflammation and hemorrhagic exudates in the

alveolar lumina, have been

shown in animal studies using high doses of mycotoxin-containing spores.

Although a recent review by the United States Institute of Medicine concluded

that in vitro and in vivo studies suggest biological plausibility between S

chartarum exposure and health effects, more extensive research is needed to

clarify this highly controversial area. "

As opposed to the myth of ACOEM:

" Levels of exposure in the indoor environment, dose-response data in

animals, and dose-rate considerations suggest that delivery by the inhalation

route

of a toxic dose of mycotoxins in the indoor environment is highly unlikely at

best, even for the hypothetically most vulnerable subpopulations. "

This is half the battle right here! For the AAAAI/JACI to acknowledge and

dispel this myth, is a huge step in the right direction for those who are

seriously ill but have been shunned by the medical community. It is also a

major

step that they are teaching the allergists to look at indoor pollutants in

general as a possible cause of illness.

Sharon Kramer

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