Mold Avoidance Basics
This page provides information on the most important information resources for those considering pursuing mold avoidance. A more comprehensive list of Mold Avoidance Resources also is available.
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About Mold Avoiders
Mold Avoiders provides recovery-oriented information to those following the mold avoidance approach pioneered by Erik Johnson. It is presented by Paradigm Change/Lisa Petrison.
Ten Things To Know When Joining The Mold Avoiders Facebook Group
Mold Avoiders is a Facebook group presented by Paradigm Change. The group has a very specific mission and some specific ways of doing things. Therefore, I am…
“Back From The Edge”
“Back from the Edge” is a readable and easily comprehensible biography of the life of Erik Johnson, a pioneer in the field of toxic mold illness and…
“A Beginner’s Guide to Mold Avoidance”
The popular book A Beginner’s Guide to Mold Avoidance is now available in paperback format. The book was written by Lisa Petrison and Erik Johnson and was published by…
“Erik On Avoidance”
Many years before any articles about the dangers of mold toxins in buildings appeared in the medical journal literature, Erik Johnson already had developed a concerted strategy…
Mold Avoidance Safety
Mold avoidance is based on the general principle of removing oneself from exposures to certain kinds of toxic mold and related harmful substances. Based on the…
Paradigm Change Resources
Paradigm Change provides a wide variety of information on mold toxins, mold-related illness and mold avoidance. This page provides a list of links to all information resources…
The Living Clean Guide to Less Toxic Camping Gear (Part 1) – Vehicles
By Lisa Petrison For about five years (between 2009 and 2013), I spent most of my time on the road at campgrounds, in order to be…
The Living Clean Guide to Less-Toxic and Non-Toxic Mattress Options
Usually for those who are fleeing a moldy environment and replacing most or all of their possessions, I suggest starting off with camping mattresses. Even if…
Improved Patients Discuss Their Mold Avoidance Experiences
This page consists of quotes from individuals who have experienced health improvements subsequent to beginning mold avoidance and who have shared their experiences publicly. More information…
Notes from the Road from a 24-Year-Old MCAS/Lyme Patient: “Why I Chose Mold Avoidance”
By Ana Harris I titled this post “Why I Chose Mold Avoidance,” but perhaps it would be more accurate to say that mold avoidance chose me. Truthfully,…
Recovering Indoors in South Dakota After Six Years of Homelessness: The Upton Family’s Mold-Resistant, Low-Tox Housing Success Story
By Christa Upton On April 4, 2010, I hobbled out of our moldy home, never to step foot in it again. The clothes on my back…
The Locations Effect
Many individuals who have become hyperreactive to toxic mold report that outdoor toxins have just as much of an impact on them as indoor toxins, and…
Following in Erik Johnson’s Footsteps: My Journey from Devastating Sickness to Eating Tacos, Drinking Booze, and Climbing Mountains
“Is anybody else noticing that this guy is healthy enough to be drinking beer and eating tacos again?” I said to myself one day. I was…
Mold Avoidance Resources
This page provides a list of information resources useful for those individuals who are interested in pursuing mold avoidance.
Book Review: Sara Riley Mattson’s “Camp Like A Girl”
By Lisa Petrison By Summer 2008, I thought that I had achieved as much relief from my illness as I likely was going to get. It…
My Experiments with Mold Avoidance in the Portuguese Countryside
My name is Sara. I am from Portugal and this article is about how I am living at the moment. I have been ill for over 11 years,…
Book Review: Dr. Neil Nathan’s “Mold and Mycotoxins: Current Evaluation and Treatment”
By Lisa Petrison Although a number of ME/CFS and chronic Lyme doctors are now beginning to consider the role that toxic mold may be playing in…
Which Therapies Do Improved Mold Avoiders Believe Helped Them?
Very frequently, when people who have been sick with a chronic disease report having made substantial improvements in their condition, others who also have that disease want to…
Kim Goodwin Explains How to Make a Low-VOC, Low-Cost Tent
Kim Crieger Goodwin wrote about her mold avoidance experiences in an article published on July 9, 2016 on the popular health-oriented website Honey Colony. The name…