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- What you need to know about LEED for Homes.
- Looking for information about toxic chemicals and environmental hazards that might be found in your school, home or office building? NIH's National Library of Medicine (NLM) has created a non-technical, easy-to-navigate web site called Tox Town...
- 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.
- Lower in-home temperatures could have serious health implications for the elderly, including hypothermia and other indoor health risks.
- 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.
- Probably best suited to homes with individual water supplies, this method can be effective against living impurities.
- Removing particles and gases using air cleaners.
- The vision that drives universal design is functionality and caring.
- These are improvements you can make right now. Some may add years of usability and safety to your home.
- What if residential color schemes offered more than personal expression? Could they make a home safer to live in?
- Recommendations to keep food safe and minimize foodborne illnesses after natural disasters.
- Can your house breathe?
- Adapted from The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 Most Commonly Asked Questions. Questions 72-80.
- Cost-effective fan and ventilation systems help energy-efficient homes stay healthy.
- Vinyl flooring can certainly outgas (emit) potentially bothersome chemical odors and VOCs, but it also offers a relatively impenetrable, smooth surface—one that’s water-resistant, unable to harbor dust mites, pollen grains, and mold spores, and one that’s easy to sweep and wash clean.
- Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are common indoor air pollutants. Being volatile, they evaporate easily, and being organic, they contain carbon.
- When is it safe to return to the freshly painted site?
- Research shows that irradiation could be key to removing hard-to-reach pathogens inside fruits and vegetables.
- Questions and answers from Dr. Thad Godish, Ph.D.
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