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Materials & Furnishings
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - A renovation project is the perfect time to turn your home into a greener building.
- 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 will likely not be sleeping alone tonight.
- What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Do any of the household products you use pose a potential health risk to you and your family? An online consumer guide from NIH's National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides easy-to-understand information on the potential health effects of more than 4,000 common household products.
- A national population study reveals the prevalence of multiple chemical sensitivities.
- Infrared (IR) cameras, like infrared thermometers, are used to detect surface temperature differences in your home. Here's how they help Clean Trust-Certified experts ensure your home is dry after a flood or other water intrusion.
- EPA has added an indoor air quality component to the already well-known Energy Star program—the Energy Star Indoor Air Package (IAP).
- An insulation's resistance to heat flow is measured or rated in terms of its thermal resistance or R-value.
- To solve the public health and material-related costs associated with mold and other fungi, many companies are now engineering advanced materials capable of resisting mold and fungal growth.
- Keeping your home clean and dry is an important way to keep it healthy.
- Consider everything from energy use to the ideal lighting conditions in your home before selecting permanent or free-standing lamps.
- National Healthy Homes Conference to address serious health and safety concerns in housing.
- The chemicals we're exposed to indoors, how they may affect our health, and what the government is - and perhaps isn't - doing about it.
- John Bower's presentation at the Energy Efficient Building Association, Excellence in Housing Conference, Dallas Texas, February 1994.
- Use the principles of separation, elimination, and ventilation to deal with pollutants originating from any source.
- Many commercial mattresses are manufactured using polyurethane, synthetic fabrics, chemical fire retardants, toxic dyes, formaldehyde and stain-resistant chemicals. These chemicals are outgassed over time, and can expose skin and lungs to potentially toxic substances, causing allergic reactions and other health problems.
- Energy-efficient glass with a low-E coating is one of several types of insulated glass.
- Insulations are made from different materials. Many people are concerned about the possible negative health effects.
- Insulation is needed in warm climates to keep the heat outside and in cold climates to keep the heat inside.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 99-110.
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