Here’s What Actually Happens If You Eat Moldy Food, According To Doctors

But don't worry: In his 30 years of practice, Dr. Bedford says he has never seen anyone die or require more intense treatment due to mold (though that doesn't mean it's impossible). Just take mold as a sign that your food’s gone bad and move on.

Is It Safe To Eat Moldy Bread?

For food safety experts, the answer is clear: Moldy bread is bad news. "We don't recommend cutting mold off of bread, because it's a soft food," says Marianne Gravely, a senior technical information specialist for the United States Department of Agriculture. "With soft food, it's very easy for the roots [of the mold], or the tentacles, or whatever creepy word you want to use, to penetrate" deeper into the food.

The Book That Fought Back

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, an evil fungus called Mold lived. Not content with simply existing alone, he craved causing as much trouble as he possibly could and thought nothing of encroaching on others’ lives. All he needed was a food source and moisture, and he would do everything in his power to make sure he got it.

A Brief History of Mold

Mold is old. As Mother Nature’s great recycler, mold and fungi are a critical component of our natural environment. Simply said, we need mold to turn dead things back into dirt, but when it starts trying to do that to our home, it becomes a problem, in many ways.

Best treatment for slime mold? Do nothing

Scientists have been studying slime mold for years and labeled it “mold.” Molds are a fungi, and slime mold is neither a mold nor a fungus. One of the components of a fungus is its inability to move at any stage of its life cycle, according to the University of Utah. Slime mold moves. This amoeba-like organism has been reclassified from the Kingdom Fungi to the Kingdom Protista.

Beyond Bleach: Mold Is a Long-Term Problem after Flood and Disasters

Mold grows on almost any material that stays wet more than about two days. The longer the mold and wetness remain, the faster it spreads. And it is a survivor. It can grow even in dry spaces with humidity levels between 25 percent and 70 percent.

Black Mold Symptoms and Health Effects

Learn about black mold symptoms and health effects so that you can identify indicators of black mold exposure and black mold poisoning.

Don’t Catch What Ails Your House

The types of mold usually found in homes do not produce dangerous toxins. But they can bring misery and are best controlled by preventing their growth.

Health Check: how does household mould affect your health?

The most infamous type of mould is “black mould” (Stachybotrys chartarum), which can grow on water-damaged building materials and produce toxic spores. In 1994, it was linked to a serious respiratory illness after ten children experienced idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (bleeding from the lung) and one subsequently died. But despite significant media interest and public concern, a causal link was never established.

How To Get Rid Of Mold Once And For All

No matter how hard you try to keep everything in your house dry and clean, mold somehow prevails. Day, ruined. The only thing more annoying than discovering mold is trying to get rid of it.

Is Your AC Making You Sick? 5 Things You Need to Know

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is warning us that we may be more exposed to pollutants inside than outside, especially because central air conditioning does not bring in fresh air but circulates old air. This means that if there is mold, dust, animal dander or other people in the building have viruses or air-borne infections, individuals are more prone to be exposed and get sick.

Mold Warning Signs: How to Tell if You Have a Mold Problem

Discovering that you have mold within your home can cause you to feel a strange gamut of emotions. You might initially feel disgusted, frustrated or you may even feel a sense of being overwhelmed. Placing your home up for sale might be the first thing that pops into your mind, but that should be a last resort. Having a mold problem does not mean that you cannot get your house back. However, it does mean that you must take immediate action.

Slime Molds Are Smarter Than You Think

Not a high bar, admittedly, but they're still pretty amazing creatures...or...whatever.

Slime Molds Remember—But Do They Learn?

SLIME MOLDS ARE among the world’s strangest organisms. Long mistaken for fungi, they are now classed as a type of amoeba.

The Looming Consequences Of Breathing Mold

Mold will mark the divide between people who can afford to escape it and people for whom the storm doesn’t end.

The Surprisingly Fierce Battle Over a Scientific Paper About Mold

A paper used against mold insurance claims came off the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s website. Hurray?

The Truth About Toxic Black Mold: It’s Probably Not What You Think

Few topics get us more upset than seeing all the misinformation publicized about Black Mold (and mold in general) by unscrupulous companies and the zealous media who are more interested in sensationalism than fact reporting.

The Truth About Toxic Black Mold: It’s Probably Not What You Think

Few topics get us more upset than seeing misinformation publicized about Black Mold, and mold in general, by unscrupulous companies and zealous media articles who seem more interested in sensationalism than fact-based reporting. To put it bluntly, our industry is full of scare tactics and misinformation about mold—especially regarding black mold. The term Black Mold and its typical health effects are commonly misunderstood. If you have visible mold or a suspected mold problem, our advice is always the same regardless of the color of the mold: Get rid of the mold.

Trump doesn’t have a science adviser. This slime mold is available.

What if we all acted more like slime mold? “Slime mold doesn’t have [human] bias,” Dobro reminds, “it doesn’t have politics. it’s just choosing what’s good for the whole. ... Humans could act like that — for the good of the whole — but they typically don’t.”

We Don’t Need to Freak Out About ‘Toxic Mold' After a Hurricane

The notion of black mold conquering family homes and commercial buildings post-storm is slightly more alarming. Where does this terror come from? The ever-present myth of "toxic mold" has become well-established on the internet, ironically similar to the the way stubborn mold clings to indoor surfaces in damp environments.

Why Does Mold Come In So Many Colors?

Short answer: Pigments offer protection.