Mold: The Broader View
Thanks to cyclical factors as well as man's illusion that he can dominate and control Nature,
we are witnessing an epidemic of weather changes, starting
perhaps with El Niño and La Niña and running
up to the events of the last few months: the Asian
tsunami, rains in Mongolia, flooding north of the Alps
causing horrendous damage in Switzerland, Germany, and
Austria; and immediately thereafter Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, and now Stan in Central America.
It is because these catastrophes
carry long-term hidden risks in the form of mold that I
have decided, despite my
law suit, to publish the results of my effort to restore
my health since my mold problems began in early 2001.
I am a health care professional—in
alternative health—and therefore probably approach
my challenges a bit differently from some. Thanks
to an enormous network of colleagues, I benefited from
input and advice often missing in the experience of others
suffering the consequences of mold exposure. Innocent
at first, I overlooked some risks, failed to gauge correctly
some dangers that were pointed out to me, and made my share
of mistakes, costly ones. The learning curve is steep and
the slope can be slippery at times. This said, I
am no longer at the bottom of the slope and therefore the
time has come to share the pearls of my ordeal with mold.
Ingrid Naiman