Exposing Mold
Kealy Severson, Erik Johnson, & Alicia Swamy
Helping you is our mission. Implementing change is our goal. Exposing Mold is non-profit foundation that works to address the reasons toxic mold has become a public health emergency, preserve the medical history of toxic mold and it's connection to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and provide honest education and information on how to mitigate mold exposures and overcome mold injuries. Honest - We are the only health team that balances detox with understanding mold contamination and hypersensitivity from chronic exposures. Experienced - Our goal is to continue preserving the medical history of toxic mold through research and education. Practical - We teach you how to use your senses to mitigate toxic exposures because trusting yourself is more important that trusting a test result. Education- We’re tired of seeing people spend their life’s savings trying to get well. Healing can be achieved by being apart of a community that understands what you are going through. With over 38 years of combined experience in discovering the intricacies of toxic mold injuries, we are confident we can provide you with the tools you need to regain your health. In an effort to help those suffering from mold injuries, we created a free resource, The Exposing Mold Podcast, where Erik, Kealy, and Alicia meet weekly to discuss the growing topic of toxic mold and other environmental concerns with top experts in the field. Airs every Monday at 9:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time.Kealy Severson is a toxic mold survivor, holds a Master’s degree in Oriental Medicine, Nutrition, and Acupuncture, is an environmentally acquired injury specialist offering special health consultations and herbal formulations for those that have been mold injured, and is the Founder and President of Exposing Mold Inc. Erik Johnson has over 35 years of experience in mold avoidance and understands the minutiae of mold contamination to reduce hypersensitivities. He is an Incline Village survivor and the prototype for Dr. Gary Holmes' 1988 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, creator of Erik Style Mold Avoidance, Author of “The Role of Toxic Mold in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” U.S. Army Veteran, and is the Education and is the Research Director of Exposing Mold Inc.Alicia Swamy is a toxic mold survivor, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Investigation and Law Enforcement Administration, a Master’s degree in Health Education and Nutrition, is a mold avoidance consultant, and is Vice President of Exposing Mold Inc.Please support us by liking, sharing, and donating to our GoFundMe fundraiser and join our Patreon education group today. Disclaimer: All the information contained in this podcast is published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Any action you take upon the information you find in these podcasts, is strictly at your own risk. Exposing Mold and associated authors will not be liable for any losses and/or damages in connection with the use of our information. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read, heard, or seen in this podcast. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call 911 immediately. Reliance on any information provided by Exposing Mold authors, or medical professionals presenting content for publication to Exposing Mold is solely at your own risk.
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Jul 14, 2021 • 44min
Episode 22 - Mold in Military Housing as a National Security Issue with Shelley Federico
Shelley Federico was a marine corp wife living in base housing in Naval Station, Norfolk Virginia in 2010. After falling deathly ill in her home, she sued Lincoln Military Housing for allowing conditions that made her sick. Through her relentless efforts to seek justice, Shelley won her Federal court case and walked away victorious. Shelley became a fierceful advocate for the military community and started her own nonprofit, the Military Mold Advisory Council, that worked to help military families seek justice against poor living conditions. In this episode, listeners learn how military wife Shelley Frederico sought justice against the military housing unit that made her and her family gravely ill and what she is doing to help ensure no other military community suffers in the manner that she did.Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jul 12, 2021 • 46min
Episode 21 - Mold Scandals with Investigative Journalist, Arnold Mann
Arnold Mann has been writing about public health and medicine for 30 years, as a journalist, author, and co-author, working with physicians and scientists to help them tell the stories of their work. Mann has also authored books on environmental illness, autism, and nutritional approaches to the practice of medicine, as well as physician memoirs. His cover stories for Time and USA Weekend magazines, most notably his investigative reporting on the toxic mold threat in homes, schools and the workplace, earned him recognition as one of the nation’s leading environmental journalists, and keynote speaker at the EPA Healthy Indoor Air Conferences. He authored the book “They’re Poisoning Us,” which dives into how environmental slights impact human health. Mr. Mann has also written extensively for the publications of the National Institutes of Health, where he served from 2004 to 2005 as personal writer for the Director of the National Cancer Institute and oversaw publication of the Institute’s Annual Progress Report to Congress. Prior to his NIH work, Mann covered medical conferences for the International Medical News Group, which publishes specialty newspapers for physicians, including Internal Medicine News, Skin & Allergy News, Clinical Psychiatry News, Pediatric News, OB-Gyn News and Family Practice News. In this episode, Arnold discussess past mold scandals such as the Southwest 7, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome clusters, Gulf War Syndrome, the Cleveland infants incident, and mold in military housing. Also, listeners will learn more about the deliberate squashing of mold evidence by insurance agencies and major health institutions in order to avoid financial repercussions. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jul 7, 2021 • 46min
Episode 20 - Dr. Paul Cheney, the Hijacking of Science, and Medical Fraud
In this episode, listeners learn more about Dr. Paul Cheney's role in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the response from health organizations to the Tahoe Mystery Malady, and how doctor's and scientists continue to hijack critical medical research and commit fraud. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jul 5, 2021 • 1h 9min
Episode 19 - Healthcare Risks and Patient Safety with Dr. John James
Dr. John James earned his Ph.D. in pathology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1981. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology since 1986, and has spent 25 years as NASA’s Chief Toxicologist. Prior to that, he worked 8 years studying chemical warfare defense at the Chemical Research and Development Center in Aberdeen Maryland. He retired in early 2014 to spend full efforts on improving patient safety by being an advocate and activist due to the death of his 19-year old son that resulted from uninformed and unethical medical care by cardiologists in Waco, TX. As a result of this tragic incident, he started, “Patient Safety America,” an organization dedicated to educating ordinary citizens about overuse, misuse, and underuse of medical services and about healthcare risks. Dr. James is an affiliate of the Consumers Union Safe Patient Project, which has become the Patient Safety Action Network, was a member of the State of Texas Healthcare Acquired Infection and Preventable Adverse Event Advisory Panel (2010-2015) was a Project Leader for the Healthcare Justice and also served on expert panels by the National Quality Forum, Leapfrog, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He has also been an invited speaker to many patient advocacy forums and has won a plethora of awards for his pivotal work. In addition he has written the book, “A Sea of Broken Hearts” to teach others the importance of being their own patient advocate to mitigate medical errors. In this episode, listeners learn the importance of patient advocacy to minimize harm from the medical system. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jun 30, 2021 • 1h 18min
Episode 18 - Pro-Vaccines and Chronic Fatigue, the Neglected Syndrome with Dr. Jose Montoya
Dr. José G. Montoya completed his medical degree with honors at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He is currently the Co-Director of the National Reference Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Toxoplasmosis, the “Dr. Jack S. Remington Laboratory for Specialty Diagnostics (JSRLSD)” where more than 21,000 highly specialized laboratory tests are performed in more than 8,000 patients every year. JSRLSD is the national reference CLIA-certified-laboratory for the FDA, NIH, CDC, USDA, and clinicians throughout North America and the world over. During his 29 year-tenure at Stanford University, he made and published several observations and discoveries, won numerous teaching awards, and founded the Immunocompromised Host Service (Infectious Diseases) (2001) and the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome clinical and research programs (2007). He has published more than 200 articles and book chapters in peer review journals and books. Dr. Montoya has received 14 school-wide teaching awards at Stanford (12) and Tulane (2). He initiated, participated in, executed, and led more 30 clinical trials, Phase I and Phase II. He was elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) in recognition of commitment to the internal medicine community and Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America” (FIDSA) for having achieved professional excellence in the field of Infectious Diseases.In this episode, Dr. Montoya provides his opinion on the COVID-19 vaccines and discusses his involvement in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome research. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jun 28, 2021 • 55min
Episode 17 - COVID-19 and Questioning Vaccine Safety with Dr. Peter McCullough
Dr. Peter McCullough is an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist, & Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, TX . Since the outset of the pandemic, he has been a leader in the medical response to the CVD disaster & has published “Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection” the first synthesis of sequenced multidrug treatment of ambulatory patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the American Journal of Medicine & subsequently updated in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. He has 42 peer-reviewed publications on the infection & has commented extensively on the medical response to the CVD crisis in TheHill & on FOX NEWS . He has testified in the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs & in the Texas Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, Colorado General Assembly, & NH Senate concerning many aspects of the pandemic response. In this episode, Dr. McCullough provides with shocking information about the current pandemic. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jun 21, 2021 • 55min
Episode 16 - Addressing Water Damage and Mold with Architect Cheryl Ciecko
Cheryl Ciecko is a licensed architect with over 28 years of professional experience and continuing education. Knowledge of building design and construction is essential for finding solutions to complicated building problems, such as water damage and poor air quality. With a Masters Degree in architecture and a Bachelor's degree in architectural studies with High Honors, Cheryl's broad knowledge makes a difference in a world where there is no regulation for mold professionals. A world where 'professionals' are defined by the hours of courses they have taken instead of years of quality experience. Cheryl Ciecko's past responsibilities include 5 years as Midwest Regional Director and Senior Technical Director for the wood industry in North America. You can take advantage of her quality technical resources regarding complex building topics, previously only available to professionals through conferences and group professional programs for your individual project. With a track record of excellence, Cheryl has presented to thousands of building professionals, architects, engineers, university professors and code officials with outstanding reviews. In this episode, listeners learn more about how to address water damage and mold in the home. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jun 14, 2021 • 56min
Episode 15 - Chemical Sensitivities, Eco-Friendly Homes, and Recovering from Toxic Mold with Dr. Stephanie McCarter
Dr. Stephanie McCarter is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Alpha Omega Alpha medical society. She graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1993 and from Pepperdine University in 1989. She currently serves as an internal medicine and environmental medicine physician at the Environmental Health Center of Dallas. She has 13 years of experience in the field of environmental medicine and has even built her own eco-friendly, low-EMF home, working with well-known experts in healthy house building. She has lectured on Environmental Medicine in the areas of indoor/outdoor air quality, avoiding pollutants in air, food and water, evaluation and treatment of electromagnetic field sensitivity, and on preparing antigens for provocation/neutralization immunotherapy. She has extensive experience with electromagnetic sensitivity at many conferences and symposiums. She believes that the body is an energetically open system that is exchanging energy and materials with its surrounding environment and must be treated as such to achieve total wellness. She strongly believes such treatment should be of the whole body, mind, and spirit. In this episode, Dr. McCarter provides us information on how to recover from toxic mold injuries. Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jun 9, 2021 • 1h 1min
Episode 14 - Mold, Mycotoxins, and Indoor Testing Methods with Dr. David Straus
Dr. David Straus is a retired Professor of 32 years for the Division of Microbiology & Immunology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He obtained his PHD from Loyola University from Chicago, completed his fellowship at the University of Cincinnati, and spent the majority of his career as a researcher and professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Texas Tech University. He has completed extensive research in microbiology of indoor/outdoor air, the effects of the inhalation of fungal spores, the detection of mycotoxins in indoor air, Stachy mycotoxins, Chaetomium mycotoxins, the mechanisms of neurotoxicity of Stachy mycotoxins, the detection of trichothecene mycotoxins in human serum, & molds, mycotoxins, in sick building syndrome. In this episode, listeners learn more about the deadly three molds found in people's homes, a closer look at Stachy, & why most mold testing is inaccurate.Find us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and YoutubeNeed help navigating your mold injury without breaking the bank? Join our low cost education group: patreon.com/exposingmoldWe’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors:HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, is a company that specializes in improving indoor air quality through proper mold remediation, offering services nationwide. You can visit them at homecleanse.com to learn more.Support the showFind us on Linktree, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Youtube
Jun 7, 2021 • 50min
Episode 13 - Mold Illness, The Great Masquerader with Dr. Andrew Campbell
Dr. Andrew W. Campbell, a renowned Medical Clinician, discusses the connection between molds and mycotoxins in Autism, Autoimmune diseases, issues with breast implants, and why urine mycotoxin testing is an invalid diagnostic tool. The podcast explores the unregulated mold remediation industry, resistance to studying mold-related illnesses, the harmful effects of Stachybotrys mold, and the link between mold and chronic illness.
