Sick Building Syndrome: Are you at risk?
One of the latest buzz phrases making its way around the chronic illness community is Sick Building Syndrome, or SBS. What exactly is Sick Building…
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Legal Marijuana Containing Dangerous Mold Still Considered “Safe” by States
Marijuana’s humid growing conditions are a paradise for dangerous mold. States with legal marijuana make growers hire laboratories to check for concentrations of mold and other contaminants that can sicken or kill. But laboratories in many states appear to underreport concentrations of contaminants, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
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Cleaning Your Home After a Flood to Prevent Dangerous Mold Damage
Flooding can cause extensive damage to your home and poses significant risks, such as mold damage and structural deterioration. Taking immediate steps to clean and restore your home is essential for preventing long-term damage and ensuring a safe living environment.
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Signs Your Pet May Be Experiencing Mold Illness
As a loving pet owner, you do everything you can to ensure your pets are happy and healthy. However, it can be hard to protect them from invisible dangers, like Mold Illness. Learn more about the symptoms and how to keep your pet safe.
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The Difference Between Mold Spores and Mycotoxins
What actually causes illness, mold spores or mycotoxins? Learn the difference between the two and what
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Blog | Mold | Mycotoxin | What's New
Are there dangerous mycotoxins in your food or coffee?
Could there be mold poisons in your coffee or food? Learn more about the risks of exposure to mycotoxins.
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Blog | Health | Mold | Mycotoxin | What's New
Symptoms of Mold Illness
Mold symptoms are often misdiagnosed or missed entirely, but they can cause real harm. Mycotoxin Toxicity or mycotoxicosis, also commonly referred to as mold illness…
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Suspect Mycotoxin Toxicity
Have you been dealing with a variety of mysterious health issues or symptoms that you just can’t seem to nail down? Ask yourself these 6 questions to figure out if mold illness is causing your symptoms.
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Can Mold in My Crawl Space Lead to Health Problems?
Crawl spaces are not typically high traffic areas. Though you likely go in there when it’s absolutely necessary, you do all of your living and…
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EMMA vs ERMI
Realtime Laboratories has received many inquiries asking about the difference between our Environmental Mold and Mycotoxin Assessment (EMMA) vs. the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI). …
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6 Ways to Prevent Mold Growth in Your Home
Mold growth can leave a lot of homeowners speechless and not in the right way. They may be small in size, but they can be…
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How To Find Mold In Your House
Hello again, Last month we talked about testing of patients for mycotoxins. In this installment I wanted to discuss home/office/school testing which is an important…
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Mold in Crawlspaces and Basements
Good news, everyone: spring is almost here! Soon, we’ll be able to say “goodbye” to cold, dreary outdoor conditions and say “hello” to warmth and…
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How to Prevent Black Mold In Your Shower?
Picture this: you’re cleaning your bathroom, and you notice a patch of black “gunk” in the shower pan or wall tiles. Upon further inspection, you…
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Can Your Family Afford that Generic Mold Test?
When the average homeowner wants to test their home for mold, they essentially have two options: We understand that the latter option can be tempting….
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Your Mold Remediator is Pulling the Mold Over Your Eyes
Let’s be honest: mold remediation is one of those industries where folks on the outside looking in often find themselves feeling a bit…lost. Without Googling,…
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Is There Mold in Your Coffee?
To most people, the idea of guzzling down a dark-colored beverage, only to see an insect or piece of nondescript grime at the bottom of…
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Fungal Disease Awareness Week: Think Fungus
Mark your calendars, this year’s Fungal Disease Awareness Week runs from September 23rd to September 27th. Since 2017, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has…
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Is Your Patient’s Environment Making Them Sick?
Sometimes, people joke that they’re “sick” of where they live—it’s a figurative way of saying that they need a vacation, or at least a change…
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Warning Signs of Mold After Flooding
As the rate of hurricanes and severe thunderstorms increases, so does the threat of flooding. Unfortunately, once the water and debris from a flood have…
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What Is Lyme Disease?
Summertime is peak Lyme Disease season, and even though this malady is much more common in the northeastern United States than it is in the…
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Diagnostics Company Launches New Molecular Test to Identify Deadly Superbug, Candida auris.
Carrollton, TX. – Answering the call from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for laboratories to provide early and rapid detection of the emerging…
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Hurricanes and Black Mold
Hurricanes typically occur in wet and humid areas and cause flooding making your home vulnerable to mold. Black Mold, in particular, is a major issue…
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Is Black Mold Airborne?
Mold spores and their mycotoxins (secondary metabolite) are very small and difficult to detect except thru testing until a colony has grown to a significant…
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What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Are you constantly tired, no matter how much sleep you manage to get at night? Do physical and mental workouts leave you worn out for…
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Can Mold Kill You?
Often times, when clients ask us this question, they’re not actually inquiring about the dangerous mold strains like Aspergillus fumigatus or Candida auris that have…
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Can Mold Cause Headaches?
How frequently do you get headaches? Are they a rare inconvenience that you sometimes contend with when you’ve spent too much time staring at your…
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Mold Exposure Symptoms – Testing and Detection
When people hear about mold-related illnesses, they generally visualize someone retching after coming in contact with bread or fruit that’s sprouted blue fuzz. However, tainted…
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Can Black Mold Cause Seizures?
We know mold and mycotoxins can cause inflammation and neurotoxicity, but do they cause seizures? In research, patients exposed to Stachybotrys chartarum and tested positive…
