MYC Tox

According to Scientific American, a baby crawling on the floor may inhale the equivalent of four cigarettes a day and is exposed to a multitude of pollutants from out-gassing of carpets, molds, mildews, fungi, dust mites, etc.

Most people spend well over 90% of their time indoors. As such, indoor air will have a greater impact on our health than outdoor air. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that 6 out of 10 homes and buildings are “sick”, containing airborne pollutants that are hazardous to human health.

It has long been postulated that exposure to damp, moldy home and workplace environments has detrimental health effects. Damp buildings often have a moldy smell or obvious mold growth. Some molds are known human pathogens. Numerous studies have been conducted investigating the hazards of moisture and mold damaged buildings. There has been an increase in scientific studies and consequent lawsuits(!) claiming severe illness as a result of indoor mold exposure, particularly to Stachybotrys chartarum.

Clinical toxicological syndromes caused by ingestion of large amounts of mycotoxins have been well characterized in animals and range from acute mortality to slow growth and reduced reproductive efficiency.

Some toxins, such as gliotoxin, produced by Candida and Aspergillus (among others) disrupt the immune and nervous systems. Gliotoxin inactivates a number of important enzymes, induces free radical damage and is toxic to white blood cells, interfering with their DNA.

A study by Mayo Clinic researchers, published in 1999, found that the cause of chronic sinusitis is an immune system response to fungus. Using new methods of collecting and testing mucus, they discovered fungus in 96% of patients. They identified a total of 40 different kinds of fungi in these patients. In average, each patient was found to harbour between 2-3 kinds of these fungi.

Anything that has that “new” smell is potentially hazardous, particularly to an already immune compromised person. Cars, carpets, paint, clothes, etc., all qualify!

MYC-Tox is a powerful homeopathic remedy designed to assist in the resolution of conditions associated with molds and fungal patterns.