Mold Toxicity

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Why Mold Keeps Coming Back After You Clean It (And What I Had to Learn the Hard Way)

I used to think mold coming back meant I hadn’t cleaned well enough. I scrubbed harder, tried different products, and blamed myself when it returned. What I didn’t understand yet was that recurring mold isn’t a cleaning failure — it’s a moisture problem. In this post, I explain why mold keeps coming back, the mistakes I made, and what actually stopped the cycle in my own home.

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Winter Sinus Mystery: And How It’s Not “Just Allergies”

By Ava Hartwell, IndoorAirInsights.com Every winter, like clockwork, people start complaining about congestion, sinus pressure, and headaches. I used to be one of them. Every December, I would chalk my symptoms up to “seasonal allergies” or dry air or just the stress of the holidays. But the truth — the uncomfortable, unpopular truth — is

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Types of Mold I Found in My Home — Their Effects, Causes, and the Risks

Before I understood how mold worked, I thought it all came down to one villain: “black mold.” I didn’t realize there were many different types of molds found in homes — each with its own causes, patterns, symptoms, and risks. In this post, I break down the common molds people discover indoors, how they form, and what I learned when several of them were quietly growing inside my own walls.

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How long does it take to get sick from mold?

When I first started feeling sick in my own home, I had no idea mold could be the reason—or how long it had been affecting me. In this post I break down why some people react to mold in days while others take months, the subtle early symptoms I ignored, and the one question that finally made everything click: do you feel better when you leave your house?

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What Mold Did to My Kids: Behavioral and Developmental Changes To Never Again

What Mold Exposure Can Do to a Child’s Developing Body What Mold Exposure Can Do to a Child’s Developing Body (And Why So Many Parents Miss the Signs) By Ava Hartwell I can handle a lot when it comes to my own health. I’ve lived through brain fog so thick I forgot what I was

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Why My First Air Purifier Didn’t Help (And What Finally Made a Real Difference)

Why My First Air Purifier Didn’t Help (And What Finally Made a Real Difference) Why My First Air Purifier Didn’t Help (And What Finally Made a Real Difference) By Ava Hartwell, IndoorAirInsights.com I still remember unboxing my very first air purifier like it was some kind of rescue device. I’d been sick for months, my

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Why Winter Is the Most Dangerous Season for Hidden Mold (and Why So Many Sick Homes Are Discovered Right Now)

By Ava Hartwell, IndoorAirInsights.com If you had asked me a few years ago when mold is “worst,” I would have confidently told you summer. Humidity, warm weather, condensation—classic mold season, right? But the winter I got sick… the winter my beautiful custom home betrayed me… the winter my body fell apart while my walls quietly

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