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Nursing's Shanina Knighton offers advice for combatting mold

MEDIA | June 30, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

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Homes & GardensShanina Knighton, adjunct associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, offered advice for using vinegar to combat mold, suggesting allowing it to have time to soak. "That sitting time matters because it gives the vinegar a chance to kill the mold and slow down anything trying to grow back," said Knighton.