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Daisy Moses Chief Crackpot's avatar

sure, an' I'm not qvestionin' that. But I will say that non-moldly drywall that just gits wet (been there too) has no such effect. I'm not sayin' any of the testin' that's been shared shows the keerecht mechanism by which "black mold" harms--but ta say it's all a hoax really negates that true experience of many. An' it's not only drywall that causes it. We know folks in a velly old pre-war apartment that had regular plaster (no drywall!)-- an' when an upstairs tub caused their leak that formed black mold that was embedded in the plaster for months--two of the fam and their dog suffered horribly an' the others did not. My friend who suffered now needs an epipen as even after the remediation she didn't heal--her immune system became more sensitized. Like I said, I don't understand the mechanics--nor do I know if there's non-bull-oney studies not shared here. I know medi-sin is much made up... but all I will say is all molds are not the same... our pink mold under the sink? Just gross (an' we remediated it with enzymes!) but the black stuff ain't a joke... just our eggsperience... notta good one!

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Ida's avatar

You're right. Surely the release of toxins from rot weakens a person's immune system, and the number of mold spores is no minor factor.

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