Renee Belz & Lauren Sambataro Debunking Mold Myths & How Mold is Impacting Your Health with Jason Earle, Founder & CEO of GOT MOLD? l The Mold Mistakes Everyone Makes: Why Bleach Doesn’t Work, How to Identify Hidden Mold, and What Actually Fixes Indoor Air
Mar 16, 2026
Jason Earle, founder of GOT MOLD? and indoor air quality investigator, left Wall Street to solve mold-related health mysteries. He explains why bleach can worsen mold, how to identify true mold problems by what you can see, smell, and feel, and the tools and tests that actually help. He also covers humidifier care, sensors for prevention, and practical steps to find moisture sources.
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Use See Smell Feel As Your First Test
- Use the simple test: See, Smell, Feel — any visual water signs, musty odors, or symptoms that improve away from the building indicate a problem.
- Jason recommends flashlight inspection, humidity checks and trusting occupant symptom patterns.
Keep Humidifiers Clean And Use Distilled Water
- Clean and maintain humidifiers: use distilled/RO water, add a capful of peroxide each use, dry thoroughly after use to prevent musty growth.
- Jason warns ultrasonic units aerosolize minerals and contaminants and suggests RO/distilled plus peroxide.
Musty Odor Triggers The Nervous System
- Musty odors are not mere nuisances but neurotoxic/neurological triggers acting via trigeminal chemical sensing, causing neurogenic inflammation in sensitized people.
- Jason connects VOC and microbial VOC sensitivity to rapid trigeminal nerve cascades and symptoms.