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Healthy Home
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Most dry-cleaning chemicals pose health hazards and are often intolerable to the chemically sensitive and to some allergic and asthmatic people.
- How to choose the right method of drying laundry based on clothing type, health, and budget.
- In a typical forced-air system with leaky ducts and an inefficient filter, the ducts are usually contaminated with a wide variety of particulates and microorganisms—all directly exposed to the air being breathed by the occupants.
- There are many health factors to consider in usage and installation of electric systems. Here's an overview of them.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 55-63.
- 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.
- With energy prices skyrocketing and the temperature continuing to spike, most homeowners dread receiving their energy bill in the height of summer. But what most homeowners don’t realize is that they could own a high performance home that requires much less energy.
- EPA\'s Energy Star program now addresses indoor air quality (IAQ). Here is a summary of requirements you can use to improve your home\'s IAQ.
- Biomonitoring, the measurement of chemicals in blood, urine, and other tissues or fluids, is becoming an increasingly common tool in the study of human exposure to environmental chemicals; the problem is, it\'s hard to connect with health outcomes (abstract only).
- January is national Radon Action Month and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency encourages everyone to test their homes for radon.
- It's Louisiana’s first LEED-certified home, as well as the first “Extreme Makeover” home to be certified green.
- Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers.
- Tips for safer fiberglass handling and insulation practices.
- Air filters can definitely improve the air quality in your house, but the big questions are “How much?” and “Is it enough?”
- What type of fire extinguisher is right for your home? Lynn Bower explains which extinguishers are right for the three basic fire classifications.
- FloorScore, developed by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) and Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), tests and certifies hard surface flooring and flooring adhesive products for compliance with indoor air quality (IAQ) goals.
- How to reduce your exposure to this common chemical.
- Formaldehyde is an important industrial chemical used to make other chemicals, building materials, and household products. Here\'s how to limit your exposure.
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- Besides holding up the house, a foundation is also a connection between the soil and living space. How this connection is made is important for the health of the occupants and the durability of the house.
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