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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Spring is in the air, and so are dust, pollen and other unwanted particles that can impact health and the dusting you need to do. What is the best way to Spring Clean Your Indoor Air?
- Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with organic material in the water yielding toxic consequences.
- Most dry-cleaning chemicals pose health hazards and are often intolerable to the chemically sensitive and to some allergic and asthmatic people.
- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has developed the first Asthma Friendly product standards for plush toys, pillows, bedding, flooring, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers.
- While many people enjoy wearing perfumes and using scented products, there is a growing outcry from some people who claim exposure to certain fragrances, including perfumes and scented products, adversely impacts their health.
- UL Environment Inc. was created in response to the increase demand for environmentally sustainable products, and its services will help industries and the public make sense of "green" claims while helping manufacturers maintain transparency and credibility in the marketplace.
- The laws protecting citizens from potentially dangerous cleaning and personal-care products remain absent, minimal, or rarely enforced.
- Green Seal and EnviroMedia Social Marketing release 2009 National Green Buying research.
- Greening a house that was built before we knew to care isn't impossible; here are 45 tips.
- Cleaning activities may be associated with increased lower respiratory tract symptoms in women with asthma.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should examine whether combined exposures to chemicals known as phthalates could cause adverse health effects in humans, says a new report from the National Research Council.
- Green Seal has developed the GS-49 standard to define environmental performance criteria for residential cleaning services.
- GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) announced in November 2008 the initiation of a comprehensive product emissions standard for indoor products.
- EPA allows safer products to carry the Design for the Environment (DfE) label. This mark allows consumers to quickly identify and choose products that can help protect the environment and are safer for families.
- Should you only choose “all-natural” products? It might seem like the right thing to do.
- Use baking soda to soften your laundry water.
- Cleaning and maintaining your car using less harmful alternatives.
- NSF works with DfE to help consumers identify products that are safer for the environment and their health.
- The Green Home Guide offers tips for a better, greener life.
- A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.
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