Posts Tagged ‘chemicals’

Clean Out Your Cleaners

Clean Out Your Cleaners

Mother doesn’t necessarily know best. Most of us clean our houses with the products that we remember from childhood—if it was good enough for mom, it’s good enough for us. But the chemicals in cleaning products introduced since the 1950s have been linked to illnesses like asthma and allergies, among other nasties too numerous to […]

Do One Thing: Go Open A Window

Do One Thing: Go Open A Window

The EPA found that the air inside the typical American home is actually dirtier than the air outside, mainly because of chemicals in our household cleaners and furnishings. But opening your windows just 10 minutes a day can make a difference to your indoor air quality. Not all of us have a view like this—if […]