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- Families are questioning the presence of chemical products in their homes and taking steps to replace them with healthier alternatives made from more benign ingredients.
- What improves your laundering, from enzyme prewashes to fabric softeners.
- For people who suffer from asthma and allergies, dusting can be a great way to avoid asthma & allergy triggers such as dust mite feces and pollen. The trick is to remove dust rather than spread it around.
- Is clutter taking over your kitchen, desk top, entryway, nightstand, and even your car? Learn how to get those hot spots organized and clutter-free!
- A safety alert from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Few flooring materials have generated more vigorous discussion than carpet. Why? Many people misunderstand its maintenance requirements or assume that carpet is just an unhealthy product. This Q&A dispels common myths about carpet.
- How to handle food stuffs, kitchen surfaces, and fabrics that come into contact with flood water.
- Common myths about what can be saved after a sewage disaster.
- A new animated, interactive Web site from EPA identifies everyday exposures to radiation, including in the home.
- Rug weaving is a tradition that spans the centuries and many cultures.
- Recipes for homemade cleaners from Hannah Keeley.
- Most carpet today is made with synthetic fibers, such as nylon, polyester, or olefin, and may be cleaned with common methods such as hot water extraction. Other fibers may require special attention.
- Since all germ-killers are considered pesticides, the EPA requires testing to certify manufacturer's claims for safety and effectiveness.
- The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center answers the most common questions asked when it comes to gardening and yard care.
- Ready to breathe in the fresh air? Read this first.
- Raid the kitchen and laundry room for safer alternatives to cleaning chemicals.
- The junk drawer can easily become the darkest, most mysterious cranny in the house. Debbie Williams sheds a little light on it here.
- Discover how soil-filtration lines develop and how to address them.
- If you have a jumbled jungle of dried seasonings, take a couple of minutes to make them ready for culinary action.
- Why common household dust behaves as it does.

