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Health & Safety- While water coming from the municipality is often softer than it was originally, adding a water softening system at home may provide several key benefits.
- Insulations are made from dozens of different materials. Many people are concerned about the possible negative health effects.
- The Water Quality Association (WQA) simplifies the selection of water treatment products with its Gold Seal Certification program.
- Testing by NASA and other agencies has found that plants remove VOCs from indoor environments and contribute to better health and well-being.
- Is your clothing and bedding really clean? Find out if low temperature washings really get rid of the germs.
- Learn what combustion byproducts, natural draft, and home air-pressure have to do with a backdrafting chimney and your health.
- Find out why styrofoam is one of the biggest menaces to the environment.
- Learn why home hygiene is just as important as hygiene in medical facilities, and how cleaning specific areas of your home can have the most impact on your family's health.
- Many products now claim "No Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)" and others claim to be "Unscented" - is there more to this story?
- You can lower the levels and impact of noise pollution in your home in surprising ways; for example, start with your exhaust ventilation fans.
- Why your cell phone shouldn't be your alarm clock and 1,268 ways to outsmart the hazards of electronic pollution.
- A book about using salvaged and reclaimed materials to make homes that are affordable, unique, and environmentally-preferable.
- Explores how plants can improve our indoor environments by making them healthier, more positive places to live.
- Simple truths to protect your family from hidden household dangers.
- Book of simple green cleaning recipes you can make with ingredients in your own pantry.
- John and Lynn Bower discuss home ventilation concepts and techniques in this video from the HHI Archives.
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