And then, as now, there was no simple blood test or the equivalent to measure mold exposure.
For others, including those who have mold allergies or a compromised immune system, the reaction to mold exposure can be more severe.
To report on the correlation between indoor mold exposure and a case of multifocal choroiditis (MFC).
We discovered that mice's adverse responses to mold exposure were strongly correlated with body weight.
"Mold exposure does not cause significant disease," says Paul Wax, a practicing toxicologist in Phoenix who isn't involved in litigation.
I began to empathize with people who claimed to have gotten sick from indoor mold exposure, a controversial condition sometimes called "sick building syndrome".
Olivia Primanis, senior book conservator at the institute, expressed her appreciation, "With [Dyron?s] information, we are able to tailor our work procedures and equipment to reduce mold exposure for conservators, library staff, and patrons".
Those papers fail to use double-blind methods to strip out possible researcher bias, and most rely on self-reported mold exposure by patients, many of whom are involved in mold lawsuits.
Mold "is a major, devastating part of my patients' lives," says Ordog, a portly British Columbia native who says he's treated thousands of people for mold exposure at his clinic in a strip mall in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Clarita.
A new study led by scientists at the University of Cincinnati indicated that mold exposure during infancy plays a critical role in the development of childhood asthma.
Does mold exposure produce neurophysiologic and neurobehavioral abnormalities in children?
