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According to Google Trend data, searches for “household mold” and related terms have grown in popularity over the last five years; examples include “mold toxicity symptoms,” up 170 percent, and “professional black mold removal,” up 250 percent.
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You can buy a mold test kit at a store, but the Centers for Disease Control warns that a reliable sample is expensive, and there are no set standards for acceptable quantities of different types of mold in the home.
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Dr. Nosanchuk acknowledged that molds can be dangerous, but also defended them. “They give us cheese, they give beer, they give L.S.D. — they do a lot of really cool things.”
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Chevlen, D. (2026, January 29). People are getting worried about household mold. Should you be? The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/household-mold-search-traffic-trend.html
