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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - EPA offers Spanish Web pages telling what you (or your Spanish-speaking friends) need to know about the home environment and family health.
- Specialty glass work helps make a house a home with very little impact on your family's health.
- Using household cleaning sprays and air fresheners as little as once a week can raise the risk of developing asthma in adults, say researchers in Europe.
- 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?
- The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) reminds homeowners that there's an alternative to traditional spring cleaning – a home inspection.
- It’s durable, non-toxic, non-staining and easy-to-clean.
- It turns out the chef's kitchen is extremely practical.
- Dr. Stephen Pretlove, from Kingston University’s (UK) School of Architecture, is one of a group of specialists advising people to leave their beds unmade to banish house dust mites which cause asthma and other allergies.
- Study samples measured less than background levels
for radon, radiation.
- The majority of U.S. families (67 percent) live in a home with at least one major health risk.
- A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air.
- Evidence is mouting that nanoparticles, too small to capture in a typical home air filter, are the most toxic type of air pollution.
- People using sunscreens may overestimate the protective capacities of these products.
- The FDA provides comprehensive advice about sunscreens.
- Interim guidance for swine influenza A (H1N1).
- A major study published in Human Reproduction (January 2009), a European reproductive medicine journal, has found that pregnant women and women of child-bearing age in the United States are at greater risk than previously thought for infertility and reproductive problems as result of exposure to the toxic Teflon chemical PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid).
- While green products are on the rise, consumers must be wary of misleading "green" claims.
- Before disturbing your existing wall paint, find out whether it contains lead, and if so, what to do about it.
- Millions of Americans are drinking water contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical that came to national attention in the 2000 feature film Erin Brockovich.
- The net cost of owning a green home can be comparable to that of owning a conventional home – sometimes even less.
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