Mold is the new asbestos

Asbestos was not always regulated. Proving that asbestos harmed your health was not done overnight. The bills passed to help control asbestos required a lot of effort on the part of lobbyists and grass roots campaigns. Mold is no different.

Many people are learning about mold and how it can cause or be a major contributor to major health issues. You may even have an "Aha" moment. For me, that moment came after I had the Pure Maintenance treatment at my house. But not right away. My sinus symptoms did not clear up overnight. In fact, I had to take mold binders for a few weeks afterward before my sinus issues- that I had all my life- finally began to clear up.

I couldn't believe it. I was one of those sensitive to mold. Years of moving around from moldy place to moldy place, having no clue why my health issues persisted and never let up - no matter what I ate. Finally I was able to get some sweet relief from waking up every single night with congestion. Finally my brain fog- which I had attributed to "mom brain" cleared up. I could think again! I had to share this with the world and it is why I started Pure Maintenance Wisconsin.

Nobody is immune to a toxin such as mold. The problem, however, is that people have varying levels of sensitivity. So one person in a household could be very sick, while the others seem to be doing ok. Mold awareness with western medicine doctors is also very low, although this seems to be changing. It is now recognized by many oncologists that mycotoxin exposure can actually be a cause or contributor to certain types of cancers.

We do know that between 25 and 60% of the population is considered sensitive to mold, although at certain levels of mold, anyone will experience health effect. The sensitive crowd has the genetics that do not allow them to process biotoxins in general, so they can be very sick at a very low level of mold.

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What makes the issue more complex is that if you have been exposed to a large amount of mold in a short period of time, your sensitivity to mold can change overnight. You can develop something called CIRS-Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.

It is very difficult to find a home without mold. Even if a home is new- your best bet- most contractors do not understand that you can't leave building materials out in the rain, that you have to dehumidify the basement in year 1 as the concrete is drying, etc.

So if every home has mold, and everyone has differing levels of mold sensitivity, and every type of mold sampling has limitations in terms of false negatives, how do you define a healthy home in regards to mold? It's tricky.

This is where our technology shines. You can actually live in a home without mold. I'm talk extremely low levels - even lower than outside in some cases. Often we find 0 spores post- treatment, both in agitated air samples and on surface samples. We are excited to share this technology with Wisconsin and help you figure out how to make your house a healthy house.