Remediation, mold cleaning, actinos testing, and more! CIRSx Recap - Mold Illness and CIRS

The CIRS Group Podcast

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We are continuing our CIRSx conference recap today, this time specifically deep diving on all the talks given around remediation! Remaining in exposure is one of the biggest hurdles for people trying to heal from CIRS when caused by mold, so today we cover some great tips and details we learned at CIRSx from the experts. For more information, visit TheCIRSGroup.com

TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Intro
02:21 A protocol for remediation: CIRSx Work Plan: Cindy Edwards
3:20 Case study of how remediation can go poorly and how to do it right
5:40 Steps of Cindy’s protocol
7:58 Why cutting corners may not be the right move
10:06 NextGen Sequencing: More than Actinos: David Lark
10:39 Why actinos cleaning is a good idea
13:26 GENIE Test
14:32 Slaying Water Damage Dragons - A Patient Experience with WDB: Chris Foth and Aaron Pettigrew
15:20 Why project managers may be needed for CIRS treatment
16:34 In Pursuit of Underlying Causes of Contaminated Buildings: Brandon Apple
18:46 Why remediation is an investigation
19:35 Why you shouldn’t just rely on ERMI or HERTSMI-2 scores
21:23 Using Peptide Bonds and Proteins to Monitor Cleanliness: John Banta
23:06 Even Holy Water Supports Mold: Michael Schrantz and Bill Weber
25:00 IEPs: Columbo for water
28:50 Dust Mites: So Uncontroversial, it's Mostly Forgotten Carl Grimes
31:27 Historical vs Modern Dust Greg Weatherman
32:50 Controversy over horizontal or vertical collection for testing
33:54 Barbara's Remediation Takeaways: Rot vs decay for insurance
34:52 OSB sucks, Plywood is better
35:27 Stone materials need to weep
36:16 Endotoxins: homesteading is a risk
37:05 Clean, clean, clean and clean some more

Mold Illness: Surviving and Thriving by Cindy Edwards, et al.: https://a.co/d/5MHn4PN or official website: http://survivingandthrivingbook.com/
Info on the GENIE test: https://www.progenedx.com/how-does-this-help
Places to look for an IEP, though these certs do not guarantee their aptitude:
International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness: https://iseai.org/
American Council for Accredited Certification: https://www.acac.org/
Brandon Apple’s website: https://www.moldsci.com/
John Banta’s website: https://www.johncbanta.com/
Michael Schrantz’s website: https://environmentalanalytics.net/about-us/
Bill Weber’s contact info: https://avelar.net/articles_publications/team/bill-weber/
Carl Grimes’ published research on dust mites: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24267359/
Greg Weatherman’s website: http://www.aerobiological.com/

Jacie is a 3.5+ year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 2.5+ year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.

Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok