Exposing Mold
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.
Latest episodes
Jan 24, 2022 • 59min
Episode 52 - Identifying Indoor Environmental Contaminants with Michael Schrantz
Michael Schrantz is the founder and operator of Environmental Analytics, a comprehensive indoor environmental quality consulting company that covers a wide range of environmental assessments for residential, commercial, and medical sectors. He has 22 years of active indoor environmental quality and building science experience. Michael is also highly recommended by treating physicians across the globe for his work with patients suffering from CIRS, MCAS, Lyme Disease, SIBO, PANS, PANDAS, ALS, and Alzheimer's. In this episode, Michael sheds light on his extensive expertise in indoor environmental quality assessments. 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
Jan 17, 2022 • 60min
Episode 51 - Seeking Restitution From A Mold Injury with Litigator Kristina Baehr
Kristina Baehr is a national trial lawyer and founder of Just Well Law, a firm that helps families in crisis. She built the personal injury firm she couldn't find for her own family. As a high profile, high stakes litigator, Kristina led back-to-back trial teams to victories before the International Trade Commission, ultimately leading to nine-figure royalties. She was honored by her peers as a Texas Rising Star from 2015-2019. Health and wellness require financial resources and she is relentless in pursuing the maximum recovery for her clients. In this episode, Kristina shares her mold story and how it transformed her life into becoming a toxic tort litigator. If you or someone you know has been injured by mold and are considering pursuing a case, please email Kristina and her team at recover@well.law. 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
Jan 10, 2022 • 1h 2min
Episode 50 - Dampness and Mold Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DMHS) Explained with Dr. Tamara Tuuminen
Dr. Tamara Tuuminen, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Microbiologist, Adjunct Professor, and Principal Investigator for ISLAB Mikkeli at the University of Helinski, Finland. After her experiences with falling ill from toxic mold in her workplace, her research shifted towards understanding more about the health effects of exposures to building dampness and mold. She has studied the subject extensively and is one of the rare physician scientists that understands hypersensitization from exposures. In this episode Dr. Tuuminen provides our audience with an in depth presentation of her research findings and how DMHS differs from CFS, TILT, and CIRS diagnoses. She also provides recommendations on how to recover from exposures. 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
Dec 28, 2021 • 59min
Episode 49 - How Species Overcome Polluted Environments with Drs. Andrew Whitehead, Tony Gill, and Nicole McNabb
Dr. Andrew Whitehead is a principal investigator (PI) and Professor for the Department of Environmental Toxicology at the University of California, Davis. His research interests include evolutionary and ecological functional genomics, population genomics, conservation genetics, stress physiology, and ecotoxicology. Tony Gill is a Ph.D. student in Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group, UC Davis. He is broadly interested in applying evolutionary functional genomics to questions in ecotoxicology. For his dissertation work, he is integrating comparative genomics and physiology to determine the genetic mechanisms underlying the collapse and lack of recovery of Prince William Sound herring. Email: jagill@ucdavis.edu Nicole McNabb is a Ph.D. student in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group, UC Davis. Broadly, she is interested in using genomics tools and approaches to answer questions about how populations will respond to anthropogenic environmental contaminants, as well as the interconnection between human and environmental health. Nicole’s current research focuses on the multigenerational impacts of dietary exposure to the flame retardant, BDE-99, in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). Email: namcnabb@ucdavis.edu In this episode, we chat with Drs. Whitehead, Tony Gill, and Nicole McNabb about how wildlife species respond to chemical pollution in their environments. 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
Dec 20, 2021 • 38min
Episode 48 - Stachybotrys, the Toxic Black Mold Rarely Found on Mold Tests
Kealy Severson, Erik Johnson, and Alicia Swamy of Exposing Mold come together to uncover the peculiarity of the "toxic black mold," Stachybotrys. In this episode, we highlight the shocking research into this dangerous disease causing agent, why current testing is limited, and an interesting hypothesis behind the rise in multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS). 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
Dec 13, 2021 • 57min
Episode 47 - Mental Health Disorders and their Association with Environmental Exposures with Dr. Aisha Dickerson
Dr. Aisha Dickerson is an Environmental Neuroepidemiologist with primary research interests in environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Her work includes combined research in environmental and occupational exposures to metals over the life course in autism, ALS, and dementia. She continues to investigate the influence of disparities in autism assessment and treatment availability along with environmental justice issues in underserved communities.In this episode, we chat with Dr. Dickerson about her expertise in assessing the role environmental exposures play in neurological diseases , mental health disorders, and covid-19. 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
Dec 6, 2021 • 15min
Episode 46 - How Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) Turned Into Toxic Soup
In this episode, Erik, Kealy, and Alicia discuss the history of CIRS, how this syndrome, once synonymous with mold injury, is now used for everything under the sun; why the HLA gene types are false; why air purifiers are more dangerous than helpful for someone with this illness, and how mold experts deliberately create confusion like stating "mold is everywhere" to enhance their marketability. 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
Nov 29, 2021 • 54min
Episode 45 - Heavy Metal Pollution and What That Means for Human Health with Dr. Jerome Nriagu
Dr. Jerome Nriagu is an Emeritus Professor for the University of Michigan, School of Environmental Health Sciences. His research and teaching programs center around three main issues: (i) sources, behavior, fate and effects of metals in the natural and contaminated environments; (ii) environmental justice and disproportionate exposure of communities to environmental pollutants; and (iii) environmental health problems in the developing countries. His work includes applied laboratory and field studies and has led to 30 books (authored/edited) and over 300 published articles. From 2000 to 2008, he was listed as one of the most cited scientists in the fields of Environmental Studies and Ecology. He was the director of the Environmental Health Program from 1996 to 2006, and has been active in a number of community-based organizations. Before joining the department in 1993, he was a research scientist with Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario. Prof. Nriagu was the Editor-in-chief of the journal Science of the Total Environment (one of the leading environmental science journals), Editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (in five volumes) published in 2011, and the editor of book series published by Wiley-Interscience (New York), Elsevier Science (Amsterdam), and Maralte Publishers (Leiden). In 1987, he was awarded the first ever meritorious Doctor of Science degree by the University of Ibadan (Nigeria). Prof. Nriagu is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His other awards include Senior Fulbright Fellowship and distinguished Alexander von Humbolt Research Prize.In this episode, Dr. Nriagu answers our questions about the history of heavy metal exposures and what it means for human health today. 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
Nov 22, 2021 • 1h 11min
Episode 44 - Piecing Together the Mystery of the Increase in Toxic Mold Injuries with Dr. Dale Bredesen
Dr. Dale Bredesen’s career has been guided by a simple idea: Alzheimer’s as we know it is not just preventable, but reversible. Dr. Bredesen’s dedicated pursuit of the science that makes this a reality has placed him at the vanguard of neurological research and led to the discoveries that today underlie the ReCODE Protocol. His research explores previously uncharted territory in explaining the physical mechanism behind the erosion of memory seen in Alzheimer’s disease, and has opened the door to new approaches to treatment. This has led to the identification of several new therapeutic processes that are showing remarkable early results. He is a prodigious innovator in medicine, with over thirty patents to his name. Notably, he put much of his findings and research into the 2017 NY Times‘ Best-Seller, The End of Alzheimer’s. His most recent book, The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s, presents the stories of seven individuals who reversed their cognitive decline using the ReCODE Protocol. In this episode, Dr. Bredesen and Erik become medical Sherlock Holmes by connecting Stachybotrys mold exposure to chronic illness. 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
Nov 15, 2021 • 48min
Episode 43 - Building a Sustainable Community with Dorus Rijkers of Green Gorillas
Dorus, Vanessa, Eva and Howard are the Green Gorillas. They run off-grid living and tiny house build workshops to help you advance your sustainable living journey.Their workshops are held in Mallorca, Spain and in the Dordogne, France and can also come to you. You can attend a full two-week workshop, come for a long weekend or drop in on a day course on subjects like solar energy, eco-design & construction, an introduction to permaculture and starting your own veggie garden.Everyone attending their workshops are at a different stage in their ecological journey - most want to take the next step in reducing their footprint, and some are putting together their final plans for going off-grid. Wherever you are, a Green Gorillas' workshop may be just what you need to take the next steps in your own personal sustainability journey. In this episode, Dorus walks us through the workshops they offer and what is needed to survive and thrive off-grid. 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
