The Mould Show

Find out how sauna and exercise and nutritional supplements have been used to help people who suffer from an environmental illness termed Gulf War Illness.  This builds on what we know about the potential benefits of sauna for both firefighters and people who are dealing with symptoms attributed to mould illness and having spent time in water damaged environments. Also, we'll cover how sauna might work?  Does it operate my reducing inflammation or by affecting oxidative stress?  We'll also place sauna bathing into the 4-element model of mental health.  Finally, we'll talk about some basics of the use of niacin in combination with sauna.  Next week in Part 3, I'll be covering what the literature says about how sauna can help in neurodegerative disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's and I want to touch on what the literature says about Multiple Sclerosis.

REFERENCES:

Longitudinal associations of sauna bathing with inflammation and oxidative stress: the KIHD prospective cohort study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

Harnessing the Four Elements for Mental Health. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...

A Detoxification Intervention for Gulf War Illness: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/21/...

A hot topic for health: Results of the Global Sauna Survey.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

In today's live stream we are going to be focusing on one of the most important aspects of mould exposure. This has to do with how you can potentially take control of your health. We’re taking a close look at one of the methods that has been written up reasonably extensively in the peer-reviewed literature that talks about practical methods that have shown strong effectiveness in people who have serious mould symptoms. In part 1 of this live stream I'm going to be reviewing some of the key papers that discuss how saunas have been used for mould detoxification. I'll also be discussing how saunas have been used by firefighters in an effort to combat problems associated with chemical and particulate matter challenge that they are exposed to as part of their work. Therefore, in part 1 I will review both recent and existing literature on which you can make some decisions regarding whether you want to incorporate this health modality into your own detoxification strategy. In part 2 we will discuss some of the fundamentals of infrared thermal energy and in part 3 we will talk to practitioners and people who use saunas for this purpose. In this livestream we will also review some of the current breaking news in the microbiology literature that has appeared in the first week of February.

REFERENCES:

PART 1:

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/inside-story-health-effects-indoor-air-quality-children-young-people

The treatment of patients with mycotoxin-induced disease.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19854821

A Large Case-series of Successful Treatment of Patients Exposed to Mold and Mycotoxin.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29861191

A review of the mechanism of injury and treatment approaches for illness resulting from exposure to water-damaged buildings, mold, and mycotoxins.
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2013/767482/

Exposure of firefighters to particulates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24512044

Sauna bathing, health, and quality of life among octogenarian men: the Helsinki Businessmen Study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29188579

BREAKING NEWS - the corona virus, followed up with some new information linking fungi to grass pollens as a key contributor to thunderstorm asthma. Also, I have been receiving calls about the dubious practice of fogging for mould. Find out a legitimate method of aerosolized microbial control that's not suspect!

The main topic today is School Buildings and the Home and the potential connection with adverse respiratory health. Watch the video for the KEY PAPERS you should cite in any dialogue you have with your School or University if you suspect that mould or water damage is connected with poor or worsening health symptoms.

Towards the end of the video I tell you the 4 QUESTIONS you need answers for. Finally, I cite a paper that shows how to easily approach the MEASUREMENT of thee problems and how this information can be used to address parent, staff or child fears over exposure.

REFERENCES:

1. School attendance and daily respiratory symptoms in children: influence of moisture damage
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224645/

2. Respiratory Diseases in University Students Associated with Exposure to Residential Dampness or Mold
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869727/

3. Onset of respiratory symptoms among Chinese students: associations with dampness and redecoration, PM10, NO2, SO2 and inadequate ventilation in the school.
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30907194/

4. Onset and remission of rhinitis among students in relation to the home and school environment—A cohort study from Northern China
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30985976/

5. Does dampness and mold in schools affect health? Results of a meta-analysis.
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310034/

6. Indoor Culturable Fungal Load and Associated Factors among Public Primary School Classrooms in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A Cross-sectional Study
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813266/

NEWS:

1. Efficacy Of Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation In Improving Disinfection Of Hospital Rooms And Reducing The Number Of Microorganisms
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31965767

2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108911
A systematic review of the role of grass pollen and fungi in thunderstorm asthmahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108911

1:05 Corona virus
3:02 Update on Thunderstorm asthma
4:44 Fogging and mould control
7:36 Hydrogen peroxide fumigation
12:20 Back to School Moisture Damage - What You Need To Know?12:59 The Letter - My Child Died From Environmental Impacts 
14:46 Key Questions
15:53 Are weekends and holidays connected with symptoms?
19:04 Onset and remission of rhinitis
23:25 What should you do?
26:02 Key Questions to consider
27:25 If it’s all too much for your school, here’s what to do or ask for?

Trend detection and identification has important ramifications in public health. With regard to water damage and mould, often the occupants own version of events and 'lived experience' inside the home is lost in the quicksand of data from spore traps, tape lifts, moisture levels and ERMI readings.

We ALL want to know if there is an underlying trend based on the observation of random variables over time? BUT, what are those random variables?

This Livestream focuses on this problem by exploring 2 different self-reporting questionnaires. Interesting questions about the ability for surveys to capture trend direction and discover persistent or anti-persistent (unstable) conditions warranting further fine-grained assessments and inspections are detailed.

Link to the FREE surveys:

1. Mould Risk Assessment: www.drcameronjones.com
2. Housing Mould Hazard: https://www.drcameronjones.com/pl/138413

1:37 News
2:40 Nano sized mould and temperature on earth, ice nucleation and respiratory hazards
9:31 Is my home making me sick?
9:40 Is the asset value of my home being compromised by water damage/mould?
10:15 Context of the problem
14:14 Survey Example #1: Mould Risk Assessment
22:39 Overview of Survey #2
25:14 Survey Example #2: Housing Mould Hazard
31:07 Conclusions

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This episode focuses on the Air Quality Index as this relates to measuring bushfire smoke and what the health messages say about the levels. The 2019-2020 Australian bushfires have burnt out 18.6M hectares of vegetation, destroyed over 5900 buildings with 2,200 homes lost.  Twenty nine people have been killed and 1Billion animals lives have been lost.  What is the smoke doing to you?  Even if you're not directly in the fire zone, the smoke could be affecting your health.  Find out all you need to know about the air quality index and what it means.  🔥 💨 😷 👨‍💼

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Who do you trust when it comes to mould? What have other people done? Am I the only one with these problems? Surely other people have dealt with mould and water damage and been successful and put it all behind them? Who will you turn to for advice, acceptance and wisdom? Social networks and health communication may be an important component of a solution that fits your needs. Online social networks, social influence and information cascades happen because of two types of influence. The first is PEER INFLUENCE where acceptance of information is dominated by users of the social network who influence the acceptance and consumption of information. The second type of influence is EXTERNAL INFLUENCE where for example the traditional news media introduces ‘a story’. 
WHY WOULD I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? Some estimates say that 55% of users spend less than 15 seconds actively on any web page. Social media engagement is fundamental to increasing the probability of reaching a target audience or being exposed to content you want. Facebook Groups are hot property! In 2018, 1.4 Billion people on Facebook used Groups every month. Closed Groups offer a way for like-minded people to community-build, share information and interact without a gatekeeper and without brand approvals or at least where known brands are in the background and people are at the interface of the dialogue. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KNOW ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW? Facebook is also changing their own rules and is rolling out “health support groups” where it will be possible for patients to post sensitive information anonymously through groups admins. Other groups are: public, closed or secret! WHAT ARE THE FACTS? Before I get into the specifics of the Top 10 Facebook Mould Groups I want to review what we know about social media, communication and misinformation. If we take a step back and look at what the academics are saying about the topic of vaccination on Facebook some interesting trends emerge: 1. Vaccine hesitancy is recognized as a major global health threat 2. Accessing any type of information on social media has been suggested to be a powerful influence factor on hesitancy 3. 2.6 Million users were analysed over 7 years interacting with just under 300,000 posts and they discovered that: 4. Content consumption about vaccines is dominated by the echo-chamber effect. The echo-chamber effect is when users or readers are exposed to information inside a bubble that supports their previously held beliefs. This is caused in part by machine learning algorithms at Google and Facebook where information content is tailored to users interests. 5. Echo-chambers explain why social media campaigns that deliver accurate information may have limited reach. 6. In fact, scientifically accurate information may only be effective in sub-groups and may even cause further polarisation away. What I mean here is that introducing dissenting information into a sub group can back-fire and in fact reinforce existing opinions within groups. 7. Other research shows that TRUST contributes to the success of social groups especially by encouraging people to interpret the actions of others favourably. 8. Some key facts emerge: (a) The likelihood of trust depends on how much they trust the group (b) Smaller, closed groups are trusted more (c) The individuals position within the group can predict trust (d) There are gender gaps - across countries, women tend to have larger networks of close friends than men and female users living away from their home town are more likely to engage in Facebook compared to their male counterparts. WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT CHECKING OUT FB GROUPS? You could miss out on timely and valuable peer-support. Consensus thinking in your niche can be subtle and by not joining in, you risk missing out on trends. Post popularity also gives you clues about these trends at work in your community. 

VCS Testing is a common method used by clinicians and the public to get an insight into how your visual system might have been impacted on by environmental pollutants.  The acronym stands for 'Visual Contrast Sensitivity' and it's the go-to method for people who may have been exposed to mould and want to know if their memory or visual response has been affected.  Learn how this test could help you? Topics I’m covering include:

1. What is visual contrast sensitivity?
2. Areas where VCS testing has been used
3. Foundation principles of the test
4. Practical demonstration of the manual method to measure your VCS aptitude
5. Discussion
6. What’s in it for you and why you should care about VCS testing

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Today I'm going to cover some of the common questions sent in to me about mould and mould exposure.

1. Will the test results show all types of mould and bacteria that are present?
2. I can’t see any mould but could it be there anyway?
3. What sort of test can I take to my landlord so I can break my lease?
4. I want to test for mould on my child’s lunchbox, how do I do this?
5. What’s the difference between an air and a swab test?
6. Will a lab report provide advice on how to remediate?
7. I have visible mould, what test will allow me to link this with the source of my headaches?
8. What’s the best way to sample a 3-bedroom house?
9. My carpet was flooded from a leak and I can still smell mould. I’m leasing my property, what are your recommendations?
10. My dog was diagnosed with a fungal lung infection do you have any information on this?
11. Is mould new? Why does it seem that more people are getting sick from mould today compared to when I was a kid?

If you have your own specific question, feel free to email or DM me and I’ll make every effort to answer you in the comments or directly.

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Can a live Christmas Tree indoors aggravate your asthma or cause wheeze or contact dermatitis? Is this just a Scrooge conspiracy by a cold-hearted person who despises Christmas and wants us all to buy artificial trees or have no tree at all? Have you or a loved one perhaps started sneezing uncontrollably? Is that due to mould or just the fact that distant Family member/s you don’t see that often are on your doorstep? In this Live Stream, I’m reviewing the facts about what’s been termed Christmas Tree Syndrome and pointing out what’s real news from fake news. Also, find out why there might be fewer Christmas trees in your town or city this year? 

REFERENCES:

Christmas tree dermatitis caused by colophonium allergy. 2017. Contact Dermatitis. 77:406-429. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29164686

Identification of mould on seasonal indoor coniferous trees. 2011. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 106: 543-544.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2011.03.003

Christmas tree allergy: mould and pollen studies. 1970. C.M.A. Journal. 103: 1272-1276. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1930673/

The Christmas Tree Allergy Phenomenon – Live Christmas Trees Carry Mold That Increase Allergy Symptoms in Susceptible Individuals. 2015. https://nhsjs.com/2015/the-christmas-tree-allergy-phenomenon-live-christmas-trees-carry-mold-that-increase-allergy-symptoms-in-susceptible-individuals/#identifier_0_2869

A Review of Colophonium. https://www.the-dermatologist.com/content/review-colophonium

Exposure and Health Effects of Fungi on Humans. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 ; 4(3): 396–404. doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2016.01.008

Kasprzyk I, Rodinkova V, Šaulienė I, et al. Air pollution by allergenic spores of the genus Alternaria in the air of central and eastern Europe. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2015;22(12):9260–9274. doi:10.1007/s11356-014-4070-6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4473279/

The dreaded promise of Christmas and the New Year. 2007. Psychoanal Q. 2007 Oct;76(4):1351-60. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18085014

In this week’s podcast, I’m covering the facts everyone should know about oil of cloves. What’s it used for, how to use it (as a liquid or vapour), what to expect and where to get it. Joining me for an interview is Rachel Shaw from The Oil of Cloves Company. She’s going to be telling us all how to best use this essential oil to control mould in the home or office. Essential oils have shown remarkable antioxidant activities when used at low dose ranges from 0.01 to 10 mg/mL in animal and human cell models. This is mainly due to the diversity seen in the range of phenolic components in the essential oils. Get the inside view on how oil of cloves has been used for mould control and what other oils are available that can help you.

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REFERENCES:

Wińska K, Mączka W, Łyczko J, Grabarczyk M, Czubaszek A, Szumny A. Essential Oils as Antimicrobial Agents-Myth or Real Alternative?. Molecules. 2019;24(11):2130. Published 2019 Jun 5. doi:10.3390/molecules24112130

Fei Hu, Xiao-Fang Tu, Kiran Thakur, Fan Hu, Xiao-Li Li, Ying-Shuo Zhang, Jian-Guo Zhang, Zhao-Jun Wei, Comparison of antifungal activity of essential oils from different plants against three fungi, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 134, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2019.110821

Bismarck D, Dusold A, Heusinger A, Müller E: Antifungal in vitro Activity of Essential Oils against Clinical Isolates of Malassezia pachydermatis from Canine Ears: A Report from a Practice Laboratory. Complement Med Res 2019. doi: 10.1159/000504316

Betzler de Oliveira de Siqueira L1, Matos APDS, Cardoso VDS, Villanova JCO, Guimarães BDCLR, Dos Santos EP, Beatriz Vermelho A, Santos-Oliveira R, Ricci Junior E.
Clove oil nanoemulsion showed potent inhibitory effect against Candida spp. Nanotechnology. 2019 Oct 18;30(42):425101. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab30c1. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

Valdivieso-Ugarte M, Gomez-Llorente C, Plaza-Díaz J, Gil Á. Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Essential Oils: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 2019; 11(11):2786. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731683