Mold expert stumbles upon an amazingly powerful and non-toxic method of toxic mold removal...in his wife's aromatherapy kit

In 2005, Edward Close, PhD, a mold remediation consultant with 30 years experience in the environmental industry, was asked to do third-party sampling for mold in an apartment complex that had been flooded, evacuated, and later put up for sale. The buyer who was renovating the apartments had paid a company which had used the strongest stuff they know of—a hospital disinfectant. Yet Dr Close's sampling showed that either the product had not killed the mold or that the mold had already re-established itself.

After much urging by his wife, he diffused Thieves oil in the apartments for 24-hour period. The research project yielded astonishing result! And two weeks later they were even more astonishing!

Results of Dr Close's first case study on toxic mold removal with Thieves oil

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In another instance, 10,667 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a per cubic meter area. After diffusing Thieves essential oil for forty-eight hours, Dr Close retested. Only thirteen stachybotrys remained. Similarly, 75,000 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a sample of sheetrock. After seventy-two hours of diffusing, no stachybotrys mold spores remained.

Disappearing Toxic Mold Spores
10,667 to 13 in 48 hours
75,000 to 0 in 72 hours

Most remarkable to mold remediation experts is that three factors about Thieves oil merge to create a perfect storm against toxic mold...

1. It's powerful. But so is diesel fuel.
2. It's safe. Many things (like diesel) may kill mold, but they are toxins themselves. So you exchange toxins and the building is still uninhabitable. Thieves oil is approved as a supplement by the FDA. It's so safe that workers can breath it while it's diffusing.
3. It's long-lasting. While mold may be reduced immediately by standard remediation products, it often makes a fast comeback. Thieves continues killing the mold for weeks afterward.

Dr Close documented his first 20 case studies (yielding similar results) in his book Nature's Mold Rx, the Non-Toxic Solution to Toxic Mold. See more at his mold website.

While it is exciting to finally see Thieves-specific research on toxic mold, the following studies on the individual ingredients in Thieves have painted the story for a long time.

Mold/Candida/Fungus Studies

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