"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Mold has a bad reputation, which is mostly well deserved. While there are types of mold that are ...

We can bet that cleaning toilets is probably everyone’s least favorite household chore. Especially when there’s mold involved. Unfortunately, due to the humidity in your bathroom, mold on your toilet ...

Have basketfuls of toys and clothes in the kids’ rooms? This will make you think twice about everything you have in your home that could be making everyone sick. With mold becoming a year-round ...

While many people consider mold to be little more than an unsightly nuisance, the truth is household mold can be a potential health hazard, causing symptoms such as headaches and stuffy noses upon ...

Most of the time, mold is just a sign that you need to throw out that sandwich at the back of the fridge. However, some household mold can actually be really dangerous. A small number of mold species ...

Kids’ asthma (search) risk more than doubles if their homes smell of mold (search), says a new study. “This study is important for families everywhere,” says Jim Burkhart, PhD, in a news release.

I was doing my end-of-the-year inventory of unwanted toys when I did something that made my stomach turn. I picked up a bath toy – a rubber drum – and gave it a squeeze. Out came a film of slimy, ...

We assessed prospectively the risk of increased incidence of respiratory symptoms after exposure to particular fungal genera in a susceptible population-namely, infants (n = 880) at high risk for ...