Topic
Mold
Mold is a recurring research topic on Health Canon. This hub collects related explainers and protocols, newest first, each with evidence grades and practical decision frameworks.
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Environmental Health
CIRS Definition and Claims: What Proponents Say vs Consensus
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome explained without endorsing it as established diagnosis.
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Environmental Health
Aflatoxin: Food, Occupational Exposure, and Health Stakes
Aspergillus toxins in crops versus workplace dust—dose ladders that matter.
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Environmental Health
Controlling Allergens at Home: The Steps (2026)
Home allergen controls ranked: identify triggers, dust-mite bedding, humidity, HEPA, pets, mold dampness—plus medical care boundaries.
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Environmental Health
Visual Moisture Assessment: When Mold Sampling Is Unnecessary
See or smell mold? Fix water. CDC does not recommend routine home mold testing.
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Environmental Health
Mycotoxins: Food Dose vs Home Inhalation Dose Gap
Codex food limits are real. Residential air mycotoxicosis is a weaker, different claim.
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Environmental Health
Damp Buildings: Agents Beyond Mycotoxins
Spores, fragments, β-glucans, endotoxins, MVOCs—and moisture chemistry—drive risk mixtures.
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Environmental Health
ERMI, Air Cultures, and the Mold Testing Debate
ERMI is a research moldiness index—not a medical diagnosis. CDC still says fix moisture first.
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Environmental Health
Mold Remediation Priorities That Matter (2026)
Moisture-first mold priorities: stop water, dry fast, remove damaged porous materials, protect occupants—bleach theater and fogging ranked last.
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Environmental Health
Stachybotrys “Black Mold”: What the Evidence Actually Supports
Stachybotrys chartarum signals chronic moisture on cellulose materials. Toxic black mold media narratives overshoot mainstream dampness science—fix water first, not genus panic.
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Environmental Health
Damp Buildings and Asthma: Effect Sizes from Fisk, Mendell, and WHO
Meta-analyses link home dampness and mold to roughly 30–50% higher odds of respiratory outcomes. The intervention is moisture control—not essential oil theater.
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Environmental Health
Reducing Household Toxins: The Steps (2026)
Dose-ranked household mitigations: water filters, fragrance cuts, mold moisture, plastics heat, dust hygiene, cookware—without detox theater.
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Environmental Health
Mold Remediation Hierarchy and the Limits of Air Testing
Fix moisture first. ERMI and spore traps are not priesthoods.
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Environmental Health
WHO Dampness and Mould Framework: Why Moisture Beats Spore Counts
No safe microbial threshold—fix water, then clean. IOM evidence ladder included.
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Environmental Health
Mold & Damp Buildings: Health Evidence, Testing Limits & Remediation That Works
Dampness—not a magic spore number—is the risk signal. WHO and IOM link moldy buildings to respiratory disease; CDC does not recommend routine home mold testing. Fix water first.
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Environmental Health
CIRS Evidence Grade vs Mainstream Mold Medicine
Damp buildings and respiratory risk are established. CIRS as a discrete diagnosis remains contested.
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