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From a small town bordering the Chesapeake Bay in 1997, a family physician discovered the cause and treatment for a new human illness that followed exposure to a dangerous, biotoxin-forming, fish-killing creature, Pfiesteria. Now, this national award-winning physician, who treats patients from all over the world, shows us the risk for illnesses caused by biotoxins made by mold that lives in our homes, schools and work buildings.
Co-authored with writer and practicing psychiatrist, James Schaller, MD and long-time health activist and writer Patti Schmidt, Mold Warriors is the first book to bring cutting edge science and medicine to the controversial world of toxic mold.
Mold Warriors has a message: Mold makes us sick. It's just that simple. We have proved it.
Have you heard of Sick Building Syndrome? Do a group of people in your school or at work all have a cough, fibromyalgia, or trouble concentrating? Did the ceiling leak in your apartment just before you developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Does your basement smell musty even when it isn't flooded? You might be ill from exposure to toxin-forming molds growing indoors and not realize it.
Mold Warriors is the first book to offer answers and hope for relief of the chronic health symptoms caused by molds growing in our indoor environments: Pain, fatigue, headache, unexplained weight gain, respiratory illness, memory loss and neurologic illness that looks like multiple sclerosis, are often caused by mold toxins. Mold illness victims average 18 health symptoms!
Mold Warriors tells you what you need to know about mold illness, how to recognize it, treat it and defeat the arguments posed by employers, insurance companies and U.S. government officials, who still wrongly claim that mold “doesn't make anyone seriously ill.”
“I want to thank you for delivering expert testimony on toxic mold at the Capitol hearing and press conference. You were successful showing Members the serious health impacts from toxic mold…Again, thank you for your brilliant and cogent testimony in the Congress.” John Conyers, Member of Congress Sept. 22, 2004.
“Ritchie Shoemaker is in a class by himself.” Rich van Konynenburg, PhD, October 15, 2004.
“Mold Warriors provides a fascinating insight into a truly national problem. Unlike most doctors, Dr. Shoemaker actually seeks to cure mold affected patients. This book will help convince the defense bar and insurance industry of the terrible problems mold patients grapple with on a daily basis.” Dan Bryson, Esq., Lewis and Roberts, Raleigh, NC, November 11, 2004.
“Compelling, immensely readable and relevant. Cuts through the politics and pulls no punches. The authors speak directly to us, using words we all understand in real cases similar to what we see every day.” Susan Brinchman, author, Center for School Mold Help, November 12, 2004.
Mold illness is common, not rare. It destroys lives if it isn't treated. Follow the inspirational restoration of many intriguing people who learned to survive mold illness. Once you recognize what the Mold Warriors know, the answers to mold illness are as obvious as a steamroller running over your foot.