Mold Toxicity

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

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.

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?

Can I Live in a House With Mold? The Honest Answer I Wish Someone Had Given Me Can I Live in a House With Mold? The Honest Answer I Wish Someone Had Given Me By Ava Hartwell When my home first started making me sick, I didn’t have the vocabulary or the knowledge to even

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