Justin H. Joe

Most people assume their drinking water is safe because it has been treated by a municipal water system. That assumption is understandable, and for the most part it is true. But there is a specific contamination risk that treatment plants cannot fully address, and it comes from inside your own home: lead pipes, lead solder, and lead-containing faucet fixtures that can leach directly into the water you drink every day. In May 2026, the EPA announced $2.9 billion in new funding to help states...

The phone call usually starts the same way. An adult child in Westchester or Bergen County calls because their parent has been declining. The doctor has run tests. Nothing explains it. They are sleeping more, eating less, moving more slowly, forgetting things they would not have forgotten two years ago. Their breathing has gotten worse. At some point someone suggests checking the house. And almost always, when a CIH-led inspection is conducted, there is mold. Mold exposure in elderly adults...

When most people think about mold, they think about spores. The black spots on a bathroom wall. The musty smell in a basement. The air sample that comes back showing elevated Cladosporium or Aspergillus counts. But spores are only part of the story. And for many of the people who are most seriously affected by mold in their homes, they may not even be the most important part. Mycotoxins are the toxic chemical compounds that certain mold species produce and release into the air and onto...