RightHealth Daily Dose » exposure http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Moldy Homes Associated With Depression http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/moldy-homes-associated-with-depression/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/moldy-homes-associated-with-depression/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:55:44 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.kosmix.com/?p=684 A Brown University study of European households finds an association between depression and the presence of mold in the home. The risk for depression increased by about 40 percent among people who lived in moldy homes, said lead research author Edmund D. Shenassa. It is as yet unclear what the relationship between the two is – does mold actually cause depression, or are depressed people more likely to not clean their homes and allow mold to grow? The U.S. government has not established general guidelines for acceptable levels of residential mold. And no study has conclusively linked mold exposure to mental health problems.

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