70% of Homes Have Mold: Here’s Why It’s An Issue And Why We Need to Protect Our Kids from Mold Toxicity

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Pique Life and Hollow Socks. An estimated 70% of U.S. homes contain at least one mold species. And, while mold has always been part of our environment, something has shifted. Mold toxicity is showing up more often, more intensely, and in ways past generations simply didn’t experience. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about moments with Dr. Pejman Katiraei. Dr. Katiraei shares why today’s “toxic soup” environment makes mold far more disruptive than it used to be, and why kids are uniquely vulnerable. We explore how to recognize mold-related issues, how to think about mold in the larger context of chronic illness, and what steps parents can take if their child or they themselves have unexplained symptoms that don’t improve despite healthy habits. Whether you’re struggling with mysterious health issues or simply want a clearer understanding of what may be happening inside your home and your body, this conversation is an essential starting point. Dr. Pejman Katiraei is a board-certified pediatrician with advanced training in integrative and holistic medicine. After completing his undergraduate studies at UCLA and earning his osteopathic degree from Western University, he trained in pediatrics at Loma Linda University, where he later served as Chief Resident and faculty while founding the Wholistic Medicine Clinic. One of the few physicians skilled in osteopathy, functional medicine, endocrinology, and medical herbalism, Dr. Katiraei now practices in Santa Monica. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Katiraei dive into: Why a threat we’ve lived with forever is suddenly wreaking havoc (3:01) Environmental toxins and how they’re reshaping our biology (8:50) The unexpected symptoms in parents that often point to hidden mold exposure (17:22) The deeper story: where mold really fits in the modern health puzzle (21:41) Final revelations and insights that bring the whole picture together (28:03) Also mentioned: Full episode with Dr. Pejman Katiraei Try This: How Indoor Air Quality Impacts Your Brain And What to Do About It This episode is brought to you by Pique Life and Hollow Socks. Right now, Pique Life is offering 20% off their Sun Goddess Matcha. Plus, you’ll get a free beaker and frother when you go to piquelife.com/dhru. For a limited time, Hollow Socks is offering my community a Buy 2, Get 2 Free Sale. Head to HollowSocks.com for up to 50% off your order. Sign up for Dhru’s Try This Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, Drew Prote here.
0:01.3	You might be surprised to learn that an estimated 70% of homes in the United States
0:06.0	contain at least one species of mold.
0:08.6	And while humans have always lived with mold, mold toxicity is dramatically more common, more
0:14.0	intense than past generations experience, which is why I'm so passionate about sharing information
0:18.9	with my audience about this growing problem
0:21.2	and why I wanted to share a portion of my conversation with my dear friend, Dr. Pedgeman Katerai,
0:26.4	on this topic with you today. Dr. Pedgeman is a board certified pediatrician who is also
0:31.2	boarded and fellowship trained in integrative medicine. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA
0:36.7	and obtained his osteopathic medical degree at Western University Health Sciences. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and obtained his osteopathic medical degree at Western University Health Sciences.
0:41.0	He completed a pediatric residency at Loma Linda University where he stayed on as a teaching faculty member for over four years.
0:47.6	Dr. Pedgeman is now in private practice in Santa Monica where he focuses on helping children with severe behavioral challenges, many who have been impacted
0:55.4	by mold. He's also working with an amazing team to build out holistic minds, an online portal
1:00.2	that helps parents understand the root of their child's behavioral issues and what steps they can
1:05.0	take to help resolve them. In today's episode, Dr. Pedgeman and I explore the most common mold-related symptoms, why it's a
1:12.8	growing problem today, how our modern environment has created a toxic soup for many people, including
1:18.6	kids, and why kids today are more impacted than previous generations, and how to put mold in
1:24.1	context without jumping to extremes. So if you or anybody in your family has ever thought that mold might be impacting your
1:31.2	health, today's episode is for you.
1:33.9	Let's dive in.
1:39.2	Mold has been an issue that we've dealt with as our modern human species since the since as long
1:48.2	as homo sapiens have been there and probably even you know before that right i'm saying homo sapiens
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