Time for a TUMS. You guessed it, TUMS is made in St. Louis. Or how about a cold beverage: Fitzâs Root Beer, located in The Loop, uses a vintage 1940âs bottling line that turns out a bottle a second. Thereâs also Vess Soda, Thomas Coffee, Ronnoco, Schlafly, and Kraftig, all from STL.
Two of the better-known toxic molds include Stachybotrys chartarum (black mold), which can cause everything from headaches to cancer, and Aspergillus, which can cause severe lung infections, or progress to whole-body infections. Mold is particularly dangerous for infants and children.
Black mold illness includes respiratory problems like coughing, sneezing, wheezing, asthma attacks, the development of asthma-like symptoms in people not previously diagnosed with the condition, bronchitis, chronic sinus infections and fungal infections inside the lungs.ou may be surprised to learn of all the health problems that can be caused by black mold. Black mold is a type of fungus that can grow indoors and outdoors. When it grows indoors, people can inhale the spores in the air and become ill. In some cases, the illness can be surprisingly severe.