Re: Clothing Spreads Spores--2001 article

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Many molds, including aspergillus/penicillium type species, also

create mycotoxins that create immunosuppression. So the implication

that only immunosuppressed people should be afraid of mold because the

spores might germinate in their body or in wet places in their homes

leaves out the fact that heavy mold exposure can lead to fungal

mycoses due to this immunosuppression. And that immunosuppression

causes all sorts of other problems as well. (Those cancer chemotherapy

and transplant drugs are often among the most toxic substances known-)

People with cancer take them because they don't have any alternative.

People who have had transplants take them so they wont reject the

transplanted organ. People in moldy buildings 'take' them -

INVOLUNTARILY.

[Guest guest]

I appreciate you commenting on that article. I agree with your comments that

toxic mold can do harm to people who don't have immune problems, and I get tired

of the articles that make it sound like only immunosuppressed people can be

harmed by toxic mold.

Re: [] Clothing Spreads Spores--2001 article

Many molds, including aspergillus/ penicillium type species, also

create mycotoxins that create immunosuppression. So the implication

that only immunosuppressed people should be afraid of mold because the

spores might germinate in their body or in wet places in their homes

leaves out the fact that heavy mold exposure can lead to fungal

mycoses due to this immunosuppression. And that immunosuppression

causes all sorts of other problems as well. (Those cancer chemotherapy

and transplant drugs are often among the most toxic substances known-)

People with cancer take them because they don't have any alternative.

People who have had transplants take them so they wont reject the

transplanted organ. People in moldy buildings 'take' them -

INVOLUNTARILY.

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--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

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> Many molds, including aspergillus/penicillium type species, also

> create mycotoxins that create immunosuppression. So the implication

> that only immunosuppressed people should be afraid of mold because the

> spores might germinate in their body or in wet places in their homes

> leaves out the fact that heavy mold exposure can lead to fungal

> mycoses due to this immunosuppression.

That's basically what my inspector told me...it's the m

ycotoxns & amt. of time exposed that lead to the immunosuppression, not

that my immune system was compromised first, but came after the

prolonged exposure.

Hugs, Cheryl

PS I'm just glad that the species I have at the house are not as toxic

as the ones @ the condo. I could barely get out of bed, think

straight, was vomiting every month & couldn't even walk w/o bumping

into walls @ the condo, so in my experience, some species are worse

than others, for my body anyway.