How healthy is your home? 17 Articles

by Rachel Mcclain

With crime, pollution, terrorists, even every day stressors like our jobs and high gas prices, we look to our homes as the one place where we are safe and protected. It's no wonder that we spend up to 90% of our lives ther...read more

by Ethel Smith

Most of us think of our homes as our sanctuaries. However surprisingly more accidents occur in the home than anywhere else. When you actually think about it your home can be a dangerous death trap or somewhere which will k...read more

by Jane Allyson

Tucked away from the damaging elements of the outside environment, you feel safe and protected in your own home. Yet how would you feel if you knew that studies have shown that the air in our homes is not as safe as we thi...read more

by EMSalem

Your home is probably not as healthy as its heavenly odor and its looks imply. Your furniture is polished to a mirrored perfection, and the candles melting on the kitchen counters gives it a false sense of health. Your lu...read more

by Gloria Allen

Home health is largely predicated on having as many natural, organic materials in your environment, from a structural as well as from a non-structural standpoint. A house constructed from materials such as adobe or str...read more

by Susan Kliebenstein

The dangers that surround us daily seem so numerous that we cannot begin to list them. Everyday the media bombards us with investigative reports that reveal dangers from terrorist threats, automobile hazards, environmental...read more

by Michelle Lyons

I know i try my best to keep my home healthy first of all i start by making sure dishes are washed the bathroom and bedrooms are clean the laundry is done on a regular basis the garbage is out of the house. I also make...read more

by Sande Waybill

In my youth, I did not pay much attention to health, either of my body or of my environment. Over the first few years of middle age however, I have seriously begun to think about such issues. My son had an environmental ph...read more

by David Skolnik

Your home is your safety net. It's a place where you can feel safe, surrounded by loved ones. But is it a perfect world? Hardly! Remember when you were a kid and your mom told you to hold your mouth when you cough or to wa...read more

by Anuradha Mishra

Our most beautiful, most comfortable, most easy-to-live-in, most important place in the world - our abode or most commonly known as 'home' definitely has to be kept in a way so that we keep ...read more

by Carol Belanger

When we think of air pollution, most people think of the air pollutants outdoors such as auto emissions, factory emissions, etc. Everyone will agree that air pollution is hazardous to your health. In major cities across ...read more

by Karen Loudermilk

You're home is not as safe for you and you're family as you think it is. The EPA says the indoor air pollution is greater and more harmful than outdoor air. We have built a pollution prison with such air tight materials ...read more

by Kirsty Wright

Home. The word has a warm fuzzy' feel to it, doesn't it? When we think of home, we think of a safe haven where we can be ourselves, where we can relax with our families and friends, a place where we can nurture, and be n...read more

by Holly Hilden

A healthy home is a home without toxins and chemicals. It is a home that you can breathe deeply in and know you're not sucking in pollutants. Everything from the carpet to the paint on the ceiling can give off fumes and ...read more

by Paige Eury

Out in the real world, you are exposed to countless dangers in the form of allergens, irritants, pollutants, chemicals, radiation and more. But are you safe within the haven of your own home? Many people believe that they...read more

by Danette M. Scott

How healthy is your home? Do you have mold and mildew in the bathroom, basement and attic? Do you or your spouse smoke? Do you have a cat or dog? If you answered yes to any of these questions your home could be unhealthy. ...read more

by Bindu Thomas Thycad

Making a healthier home needs meticulous care and effort from all members of the family. Beautiful homes, which are kept, organized, with minimal health risks attract people and at the same time offers a cleaner environmen...read more