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Question answered:01/09/04 Warning! this question is over two years old.
ATTRACT found no discussion of airborne stachybotrys and its effects on long term health in our usual evidence-based sources. A search of Medline was conducted yielded no cohort study noting long term follow-up of people exposed to the airborne mycotoxin.
Several recent reviews were found (1-7). The full papers should be available from your local medical library and may summarize the quality and extent of evidence relating to health concerns.
- Hossain MA et al, Attributes of Stachybotrys chartarum and its association with human disease, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2004, 113 (2), 200-8.
- Terr AI, Are indoor molds causing a new disease? J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2004, 113(2) 221.
- Chapman JA et al, Toxic mold:phantom risk vs science, Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, 2003, 91(3), 222.
- Rea WJ et al, Effects of txic exposure to molds and mycotoxins in building related illnesses, Arch Environ Health, 2003, 58(7), 399.
- Miller JD et al, Stachybotrys chartarum: cause of human disease or media darling? Med Mycol, 2003, 41(4): 271-91.
- Bardana EJ Jr, Indoor air quality and health does fungal contamination play a significant role, Immunol Allergy Clin North AM 2003, 23(2): 291
- Revankar SG, Clinical implications of mycotoxins and Stachybotrys, Am J Med Sci, 2003, 325(5): 262.
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