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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - This article describes the design, construction and guiding philosophy of the first healthy house built by John Bower (founder of the original Healthy House Institute) in the early 1990s. Although times have changed and technology has advanced, Bower's founding principles - "eliminate, separate, ventilate" - pictured by the three green vertical bars of the current HHI logo, still apply.
- Download a free copy of "Ally and Andy's Asthma and Allergy Activities" book.
- Simple ways to control asthma and allergies.
- Home interventions to reduce asthma triggers can curb soaring health care costs and improve health outcomes.
- Air cleaners are usually classified by the method employed for removing particles of various sizes from the air.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 81-87.
- This report, provided by the Carpet and Rug Institute, showed that when equal amounts of test dust (ISO Fine Test Dust 12103-1, A2) were present on hard versus carpeted flooring, there was less dust driven airborne by the carpeted surface. See also the sidebar and the topics, "The Clean Trust Comments" and "Another Viewpoint on Carpet" and the sidebar, "Soiled Carpet Affects Indoor Air Quality".
- The doctor told me that I should implement an allergen reduction and environmental control strategy in my home…what should I do next?
- There are a number of actions you can take for relief.
- This candid interview explains why John and Lynn Bower founded the original Healthy House Institute and why Lynn Bower wrote her classic tome, Creating a Healthy Household.
- Antique pieces can lend warmth and charm to your home.
- Are you sensitive to low levels of pollutants in the indoor environment? There are many people exhibiting symptoms at much lower pollution levels than the general population. This tells us that a safe level of exposure for one person is not safe for everyone.
- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has developed the first Asthma Friendly product standards for plush toys, pillows, bedding, flooring, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers.
- While it is clear that some people inherit a genetic predisposition to asthma, the increases in asthma rates are due to environmental, rather than genetic factors.
- For overweight and obese individuals, the incidence of asthma increases by 50 percent, as compared to those of normal weight.
- Asthma and wheezing may be triggered by a chemical from bacteria that lurk in household dust.
- Healthier ways to bed down.
- California targets devices that emit ozone, a gas known to create and exacerbate respiratory problems.
- This scientific report shows that, fortunately, many of the interventions to reduce asthma triggers in home environments are relatively simple.
- A major study of inner city children with asthma concludes that positive environmental interventions in the children's homes will result in a lessening of the children's asthma-related symptoms and an increase in their symptom-free days...Notably, the study found no difference in the improvement experienced by children who lived in homes with carpet versus children from homes with other types of flooring.
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