Re: A.V. Constantini reference

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If you just type in his name, Dr Schaller, he states that he's a " country

doctor " (ha!) who believes that MS, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic

Fatigue, Raynauds (which I also have), Fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, & other

diseases are ALL fungal.....

'Nough said? I can't remember the entire list, but the list names MANY

diseases, & I for one believe him.....I worked in an EXTREMELY sick

building, & all the diseases listed are prevalent amongst employees there.

take care,

Stachybotrys Chartarum & CFS

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>> I'm one of the '85 Incline Village epidemic. I've been saying since

>> day one with this illness that mold is primary in my illness. Drs.

>> Cheney & disagreed and would not help me research it. I

>> decided to trustmy perceptions and conduct my life as if my symptoms

>> of anxiety and depression and fatigue represented an exposure to

>> toxic mold. In the 2 years since I've applied my mold avoidance

>> strategy I have eliminated almost all of my long standing CFS

>> symptoms. My recovery continues but at present I am finally able to

>> work full time, have no headaches or cognitive dysfunction, no

>> fatigue and if it weren't for the reactivity I have to people and

>> objects who come into my presence from contaminated buildings, I

>> could live a completely normal life. I have been trying to tell

>> doctors and CFS patients about this but despite seeing my recovery,

>> nobody thinks it could possibly apply to them. While they tell me

>> this, I'm shaking with the reaction I get to their clothes. I see

>> know after the 48 Hours special that some people want to look into

>> this but find little information and so far, no feedback from CFS

>> patients with this experience. I have been diagnosed by the famous

>> doctors Cheney and as the perfect case of CFS and yet I

>> have told them about this mold and my recovery and they are

>> completely uninterested. Even if Stachybotrys is not the primary

>> cause of CFS, I believe that there must be a connection between the

>> illness and an extreme reactivity to mold.

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>> Science News Online

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>> Week of March 25, 2006; Vol. 169, No. 12

>> Moldy whiff kills brain cells

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>> Janet Raloff

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>> From San Diego, at a meeting of the Society of Toxicology

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>> Watch out, Hurricane Katrina and Rita cleanup crews. A common black

>> mold that blooms on moist cellulose-based materials-from wallboard

>> and ceiling tiles to cardboard- creates a toxin that can kill

>> certain brain cells. In an experiment with mice, the chemical,

>> satratoxin, targeted neurons running from the inside of the nose to

>> the brain's smell center.

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>> " This is the first demonstration that a neuron can be killed by

>> satratoxin, " notes Jack R. Harkema of Michigan State University in

>> East Lansing.

>> The fungal toxin's " specificity is what's really unique, " notes

>> Harkema's Michigan State colleague J. Pestka. Among the

>> exposed nasal cells, the toxin proved lethal only to those that

>> sense odors.

>> The black mold Stachybotrys chartarum, commonly found in water-

>> damaged buildings, had already been linked to people's respiratory

>> irritation and asthma. To identify nasal effects, Harkema, Pestka,

>> and Zahidul Islam, also of Michigan State, made mice inhale a

>> single dose of satratoxin and then monitored tissue changes over the

>> next month.

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>> Within a day of exposure, 75 to 80 percent of the olfactory neurons

>> in the animals' noses had died, Harkema notes. Although these cells

>> can regenerate, he says, even after a month, many had still not been

>> replaced.

>> As little as 25 micrograms of toxin per kilogram of mouse-body

>> weight elicited this neural toxicity. The scientists now plan to

>> evaluate whether prolonged exposure to even lower doses-as could be

>> assaulting hurricane-cleanup crews-might trigger similar changes.

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>> A full report of the findings will appear in an upcoming

>> Environmental Health Perspectives.

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>>> References:

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>>> Islam, Z., J.R. Harkema, and J.J. Pestka. In press. Satratoxin G

>> from the black mold

>>> Stachybotrys chartarum evokes olfactory sensory neuron loss and

>> inflammation in the

>>> murine nose and brain. Environmental Health Perspectives.

>> Available at http://dx.doi.org/

>>> 10.1289/ehp.8854.

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>>> ______. 2006. Satratoxin G from the black mold Stachybotrys

>> chartarum evokes olfactory

>>> sensory neuron loss and inflammation in the murine nose and brain.

>> Society of Toxicology

>>> meeting. March 6-9. San Diego.

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>>> Sources:

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>>> Jack R. Harkema

>>> Michigan State University

>>> Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation

>>> East Lansing, MI 48824

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>>> J. Pestka

>>> Michigan State University

>>> Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation

>>> East Lansing, MI 48824

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>>> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060325/note14.asp

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>>> From Science News, Vol. 169, No. 12, March 25, 2006, p. 190.

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>>> Copyright © 2006 Science Service. All rights reserved.

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[Guest guest]

I have a large collection of mold texts and his volumes were just behind me

in mycotoxin section. Hard to remember hundreds of names in that section.

Thank you.

JLS

Re: [] A.V. Constantini reference

> If you just type in his name, Dr Schaller, he states that he's a " country

> doctor " (ha!) who believes that MS, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic

> Fatigue, Raynauds (which I also have), Fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, & other

> diseases are ALL fungal.....

>

> 'Nough said? I can't remember the entire list, but the list names MANY

> diseases, & I for one believe him.....I worked in an EXTREMELY sick

> building, & all the diseases listed are prevalent amongst employees there.

>

> take care,

>

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[Guest guest]

You're welcome, Dr Schaller.....I wish I HAD some of his books, but I

don't....I only know what I've read about him online.

Re: [] A.V. Constantini reference

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>> If you just type in his name, Dr Schaller, he states that he's a " country

>> doctor " (ha!) who believes that MS, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic

>> Fatigue, Raynauds (which I also have), Fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, & other

>> diseases are ALL fungal.....

>>

>> 'Nough said? I can't remember the entire list, but the list names MANY

>> diseases, & I for one believe him.....I worked in an EXTREMELY sick

>> building, & all the diseases listed are prevalent amongst employees

>> there.

>>

>> take care,

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