Is mould making you sick?
When actor Brittany Murphy died late last year, it was ruled to be a result of pneumonia and iron deficiency, plus multiple drug intoxication.
Brittany was found collapsed in the shower.
Her husband Simon Monjack died 5 months later in the same bedroom of the home.
Last week, an LA County Coroner report revealed they both died of acute pneumonia and severe anaemia and the issue of mould came up during the probe into Brittany’s death, but was deemed not to be a contributing factor.
However, Murphy’s mother has allowed the coroner’s office to investigate the mould.
Those living in mouldy homes are at risk, says our guest Dr Heike Neumeister-Kemp - a woman known affectionately as 'The Mould Lady'.
Mould can lead to you becoming vulnerable to illness - or, immunosuppressed, says the doctor, "and eventually maybe the mould can grow inside you."
"In very severe cases it can lead to death or pulmonary (heart) infections."
It can only have these effects if you are already sick or weak.
Have you ever felt more sick than ususal in a mouldy house or apartment?
