Re: Re: STUDY FINDS HIGH MOLD LEVELS IN POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS...

[Guest guest]

Sharon, I have stated that a human cannot inhale enough mycotoxins to cause a toxic reaction, but this is very different from saying it cannot cause "illness", when immune response is thrown into the mix. People very often misunderstand this kind of statement, to the detriment of the discussion, unfortunately.

And although I don't often have time to read every post, I don't recall anyone on this board making a blanket statement "that it is not plausible a human could inhale enough mycotoxins within an indoor environment to cause illness".

Steve,

I understand the difference between toxicity, and immunological responses. I understand the difference betweem mold and mycotoxins. I understand, by and large, what you all write about. But here is the quote from ACOEM that has become the national understanding of the matter.

"Levels of exposure in the indoor environment, dose-response data in animals, and dose-rate considerations suggest that delivery by the inhalation route of a toxic dose of mycotoxins in the indoor environment is highly unlikely at best, even for the hypothetically most vulnerable subpopulations."

The ONLY thing the above is based on is the authors own math extrapolations from a rodent study. No other study. Period. So yes I understand that there is much to be learned of these illnesses. But what these guys did was try to prove a negative not based on a sound scientific protocol to do so.

So, it is not people on this board I am writing about. It is the national understanding of the matter within the medical community and based largely on the ACOEM mold statement.

Does that make sense?

Sharon