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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Contaminants in house dust are an important source of exposure that can be reduced by good design, good flooring choices, and good cleaning practices.
- You can help lessen these air-pollution problems by following simple precautions.
- How the workings of a vacuum affect how well it cleans and the health of your home.
- How to make homes tight and ventilate right.
- The Green Label program is replaced by the stronger and more comprehensive Green Label Plus standard.
- Clean clothes and bedding frequently, using gentle, low-odor products.
- The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the Alliance for Healthy Homes (Alliance) have announced plans to join forces.
- Help for cleaning green from Sierra Club Green Home.
- The asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program administered by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) in partnership with the research organization, Allergy Standards Limited (ASL), announced on November 17th, 2009 that it has developed and adopted a certification standard and testing protocol for Non-Disinfecting Hard Surface Spray Cleaning Products.
- Pesticides can be serious pollutants, and are found in surprising places. Here are tips for less toxic alternatives.
- Three viewpoints of designing a healthy building include: the importance of sustainable development, the role of occupants for ensuring indoor air quality, and ongoing developments related to indoor finishes with low chemical emissions and good fungal resistance.
- In early 2007 Kevin and Kathy Christopherson set about building a home in Hanover, Wisconsin. This was no ordinary new home construction, though. Since Kathy has an acute chemical sensitivity, special precautions were necessary – precautions that presented some particularly challenging construction issues.
- Little data exist on pollution levels within interior cabins of automobiles. Yet significant questions have surfaced relative to the potential hazards of the “new car smell” or biological hazards such as mold and animal allergens.
- The majority of U.S. families (67 percent) live in a home with at least one major health risk.
- Burning candles made from paraffin wax – the most common kind used to infuse rooms with romantic ambiance, warmth, light, and fragrance – is a source of indoor air pollution.
- The safest home in the world can be made unhealthy in minutes if a member of the family practices an art or craft that emits hazardous substances into the air.
- If the gift looks or smells moldy or promotes sneezing or other symptoms - send it on to other pastures.
- The homeowner gains a finished, insulated
basement, a healthy house, and an estimated
energy savings of a whopping 81%.
- This study reveals that a considerable percentage of the U.S. population reports adverse health effects or irritation from fragranced products, (abstract only).
- How HEPA filters work on a vacuum cleaner, and how to be a smart shopper.
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