The Healthy House: How to Buy One, How to Build One, How to Cure a Sick One
Description:
You and your family deserve a healthy house and this book will show you how you can have one. In it, you’ll learn:
• Why many houses make people sick.
• Why the air indoors is much worse than it is outdoors.
• Why carpeting and kitchen cabinets can be unhealthy.
• How your furnace can be dangerous to your health.
• How to select healthier building products.
• How tight construction can be a healthy idea.
• How to properly ventilate houses.
• What you can do if you live in an unhealthy house.
• How to reduce your exposure to electromagnetic fields.
• What to do about lead, asbestos, radon, and mold.
This 2001 4th edition contains contributions, in the form of sidebars, from 50 healthy house professionals from across North America.