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The result of the move request was: not moved. ( non-admin closure) Paine Ellsworth put'r there 12:36, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Stachybotrys chartarum → Black mold – S. chartarum is the species of mold to which the news media are referring to when they talk about "black mold", such as here, here, and here. While there is some evidence that all molds of the Stachybotrys genus may be considered black molds, only one of these molds currently has an article written on it, and that is S. chartarum because no other species has been identified as being the cause of any health problems (I am certain they could be, but whenever a sample of Stachybotrys genus mold is sampled and specified, it looks like it almost always turns out to be S. chartarum). When people are looking for information on black mold, they need to land on an article about the black mold they are almost certainly looking for, and that mold is S. chartarum, not the genus Stachybotrys generally and not on an article with the namespace S. chartarum but on the namespace "Black mold". I will be glad to handle the various clean-up steps once the move has been made (fixing hatnotes, redirects, disambig entries, etc.). KDS4444 ( talk) 07:16, 4 May 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Paine Ellsworth put'r there 15:49, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
We also see that
Black mould redirects to
Aspergillus niger
Black mold.
Paine Ellsworth
put'r there 12:40, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 May 15#Black mould. Paine Ellsworth put'r there 13:22, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
The CDC has not found any evidence that Stachybotrys chartarum can be characterized as "toxic mold". I deleted the reference to "toxic mold" but it was restored by @ Esculenta because there is a redirect. I see the citation is based on a fringe conspiracy theorist book (Black mold: Your health and your home). It needs to be made abundantly clear that any characterization of toxic mold is a misnomer. I then started to look at some of the other sources used in the article. Many of the sources are problematic and not from recognized experts in human health. ScienceFlyer ( talk) 06:47, 19 November 2022 (UTC)