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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - The EPA has announced steps to require manufacturers to disclose "inert ingredients" in pesticides which can make up up to 90 percent of formulations.
- When you consider the number of hours spent indoors, it only makes sense to build a healthy house, or convert your existing home into a healthy rather than an unhealthy one.
- Simran Sethi, green pioneer, media personality and Oprah.com columnist presented a free one-hour webinar, "Ten Steps to a Healthier Home" for The Healthy House Institute (HHI) on September 30th, 2010 at 10am CDT. The archived event is also free to access.
- Ice damming — which can lead to mold, mildew, or rot — can sometimes occur with improperly vented roofs in the winter.
- Newer, more benign materials are now available.
- We get a lot of questions about what we call “simplistic solutions to complex situations.” For example, most people want an easy way to solve the problem of poor indoor air quality. Well, we’d like that too and, in some cases, there are relatively simple solutions. But in many cases, the solution isn’t easy.
- Think you're ready to remodel? Do your research first.
- Reading Living Downstream can be an insightful book into discovering how the environment can impact your long-term health and of your loved ones.
- The simple, yet informative guide to discovering the common health dangers in your home and what to do about them.
- While air conditioning becomes a pressing need as temperatures rise, taking time to look into energy efficient models can reap long-term benefits.
- Preventing home health hazards by avoiding imported building materials.
- There is a growing body of evidence that poor indoor air quality and other indoor pollutants are negatively affecting us all. Yet it is still difficult to define precisely what makes some materials unhealthy.
- Design details for a more energy-efficient bathroom.
- Is it possible to build without toxins, using breathable walls, and still have an energy-efficient, cost-effective home?
- While plywood and other manufactured wood products have long been a source of formaldehyde in our indoor environments, now formaldehyde-free plywood is available.
- It is sad when people decide not to incorporate healthy features into their home project because of cost.
- Choose products made from less flammable natural materials, or made by manufacturers who use safer alternatives.
- Some plastics contain BPA, which is linked to health issues. Avoid clear, hard plastics marked with a "7" or "PC" and choose baby bottles made from glass. Don't microwave plastic containers. Stay away from toys marked with a "3" or "PVC." Give your baby a frozen washcloth instead of vinyl teethers.
- Most houses and apartments have the potential to negatively affect the health of the people living there.
- The primary lesson I have learned in my first two weeks of home ownership is to let go of expectations.
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