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
Healthy Home
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
Simple Steps To Make Your Home Healthier For Your Family
Keeping your family healthy is about more than just making sure everybody eats right and get plenty of rest. Your home itself plays an important role in your health and especially that of young children. Maintaining a visibly-clean home isn’t enough, as what you can’t see can be harmful. Airborne contaminants and irritants, such as… Read More
Can Buildings Keep You Healthy?
We spend 90% of our lives indoors, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A typical day can include traveling from home to work and back home again with a few periodic trips to schools, the grocery store, the bank, malls and entertainment venues. We depend on our homes, offices, retail stores and other structures… Read More
How to Be Safely Connected in the Wireless Age
Guest blogger, Oram Miller, BBEI, of Create Healthy Homes explains the hidden dangers of wireless communications: cell phones, cordless telephones and Wi-Fi in Part 2 of this series. In a previous post, we laid out the growing problem with wireless communications and the concerns that scientists and doctors have that health problems in people constantly… Read More
What’s All the Static About? Cell Phones and Radiation.
Have you heard? On Tuesday, San Francisco became the first U.S. jurisdiction to adopt a city ordinance requiring retailers to post the radiation levels of mobile phones. So, what’s all the static about? Guest blogger, Oram Miller, BBEI, of Create Healthy Homes explains the hidden dangers of Wireless Communications: cell phones, cordless telephones and WiFi…. Read More
14 Steps to Properly Clean Up a Broken CFL
“What if I accidentally break a fluorescent lamp in my home?” One thing you do not want to do is to run your vacuum cleaner over the fragments and mercury dust of a broken CFL. You can pretty much throw the vacuum cleaner away after that. Otherwise you risk contaminating everywhere else you use the… Read More
10 Steps to Creating a Sleep Sanctuary
Not getting enough ZZZ’s? Feeling less than rested in the morning? Take a look around your bedroom and you might discover that you don’t have a sleeping disorder, but rather a room that’s not restful. If sleep continually eludes you, it’s time to take a look at your surroundings and take some steps to create… Read More
