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Article: Mold misery: is your home a victim?
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- Natural Life
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Scientists have found more than 1,000 different varieties of mold inside North American homes. Even though only a few types of mold, such as stachybotrys and aspergillus, release toxins into the air along with the spores, they could be making you and your family sick.
Nosebleeds, memory loss, disorientation and other neurological problems, fatigue, headaches, asthma attacks and other respiratory problems are some of the health issues blamed on molds. Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim there's no hard proof yet to these health claims, there is plenty of good evidence. In a study published in 1999, Mayo Clinic researchers concluded ...