(ARA) – Homeowners can scratch off one more concern from their list when tackling a painting project: Nearly every paint manufacturer now offers no-odor or low-odor alternatives. Combined with sensible steps to reduce odors and speed drying, painting today doesn’t have to be the stinky business your parents experienced. Home improvement expert Gordon Blickle notes… Read More
Indoor Air Quality
Can You Really Grow Fresh Air? How Green Outside Saves Green Inside!
Hopefully, you have read the first post; Can You Really Grow Fresh Air: Or, Should you Buy it in a Can? and second post, Can You Really Grow Fresh Air: Formaldehyde, Benzene and Plants – Oh, My! And, by now, you have broken up with your synthetic can of chemical-laden air freshener, gotten your spouse… Read More
Can You Really Grow Fresh Air? Formaldehyde, Benzene and Plants – Oh, My!
If the first part of this post, Can You Really Grow Fresh Air: Or, Should you Buy it in a Can? has your spouse in a frenzy because you have unwittingly turned your home into a greenhouse, it may be helpful to know a bit more detail on exactly what you are removing and… Read More
Can You Really Grow Fresh Air? Or, Should You Buy it in a Can?
This woman is P.O.’d! And you would be too… if you knew exactly what you were spraying your house with in an attempt to create fresh air. If I can quote my husband, Ron, who likes to remind people attending our live lectures and online webinars, “You can’t buy fresh air in a can!” Those… Read More
House Call!
Lisa and Ron Beres, The Healthy Home Dream Team to the rescue! The Doctor(s) called and we answered! A local Southern California family, The Costas’ were concerned about poor indoor air quality in their home and how it could be negatively affecting their family; which includes two small children who suffer breathing issues including asthma… Read More
See the Light! Soy candles can ‘smoke out bacteria’
What is the first thing you do when you see, or smell for that matter, a candle at a boutique or shop? You pick it up to inhale the fragrance, right? What you may not realize however, is there may be more to that smell than meets the nose. Although the bouquet of freshly cut… Read More
Ha’ – “Breath of Life” & Air Purifier Contest
As a boy growing up in Reston, Virginia, I did have green trees and lakes surrounding our family home. But, it was also contrasted with the everyday amenities that we have all become accustomed to and sometimes find impossible to escape like shopping malls, cars, trucks, video games and movie theaters. I’d like to say… Read More
Do you know your I.A.Q.?
We aren’t referring to your I.Q., rather your I.A.Q. (Indoor Air Quality) and specifically as it relates to your home or office where, as Americans, we spend up to 90% of our time. If you have not had your indoor air tested and someone in your family is suffering from allergies or other breathing issues,… Read More