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Health & SafetySort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - 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.
- How to minimize allergy and asthma triggers this time of year.
- Knowing what’s in your water is the first step toward keeping water quality high.
- Consumers can reduce water hardness by buying or renting certified water softening systems and connecting them to their water lines.
- Tips to help you keep triggers at bay.
- When it comes to tap water, the words of Vince Lombardi that “the best defense is a good offense” ring true. The best protection for drinking water is a good offense in the form of a water filtration system.
- When outfitting or decorating your home, there are sensitive choices you can make if you have asthma.
- That sweet scent coming from your dryer vent may be less sweet than you think. Find out what harmful chemicals may actually be in your detergent and dryer sheets.
- While air filtration isn't a cure-all, when used with source control and ventilation it can help improve indoor air quality.
- Independent poll shows majority concerned about quality.
- Consumers can cut back on dish and laundry detergent use by 50 percent or more and lower washing machine temperatures from hot to cold just by using softened water, as shown by two independent studies.
- A home filtration system can do more than make your water taste better. It can remove some dangerous pharmaceuticals, mercury, lead, pesticides, and other endocrine disruptors.
- Reducing the sources of triggers, and exposure to triggers is called "environmental control," and is a cornerstone of modern asthma management.
- You may have smoke alarms in your home, but are they installed, maintained, and being used correctly?
- A team of scientists from the Korean Rural Development Administration and the Department of Horticulture at the University of Georgia tested the efficiency of airborne formaldehyde removal in 86 species of plants.
- EWG's guide to which fruits and vegetables have the lowest pesticide residues and which kinds you should try to buy organic.
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