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• Door Mat

  A Simple Welcome Mat Defeats Winter Dirt

  Protecting your floors saves you both time and money.
• Security

  Choosing and Using a Paper Shredder to Fight Identity Fraud

  Don't let thieves use your garbage against you.
• Kitchen

  10 Steps to Streamline the Kitchen

  A good storage plan goes a long way toward smoothing out your whole life.
• Motivation

  How Did I Get So Disorganized?

  Finding the cause of clutter in your life is a key to making lasting change.
• Green Cleaning

  How to Choose a Green Cleaning Product

  Cleaning your home is essential for maintaining a sanitary and pleasant environment. So the last thing you want to do is to introduce harmful chemicals in a place you are trying to make safer.
• Food Safety

  Summer Grilling Tips

  Safe food handling steps are the key to making your cookout safe and healthy.
• Leather

  Leather Care

  Leather cleaning methods are sometimes best left to professionals.
• Saving Money

  Sticking to Your “Save Money” Diet

  Ten steps to saving money and keeping it saved.
• Disinfectant

  What Germs Are We Killing? Testing and Classifying Disinfectants

  Since all germ-killers are considered pesticides, the EPA requires testing to certify manufacturer's claims for safety and effectiveness.
• Steam Vapor

  Letting Off Steam to Clean

  Clean safely, effectively with steam vapor systems.
• Home Improvement

  Building Your Weather Wall

  Defend a cozy — and healthy — home when the weather blows in.
• Water Filtration

  Consumer Reports Reveals How To Make Water Cleaner

  How to choose a water filter.

• Tips for a Healthier Kitchen

  Fixes for surprising sources of possible respiratory distress.
• Radon

  Nonsmokers Can Get Preventable Lung Cancer — at Home?

  You can't see it. You can't smell it. But you can take steps against radon in your home, starting with an inexpensive test.
• Smoke

  Home Restoration After the Smoke Clears

  The IICRC provides tips for fire victims facing clean up.
• Air Duct Cleaning

  Should I Clean My Air Ducts?

  If not properly installed, maintained and operated, air duct components may become contaminated with particles of dust, pollen or other debris.
• Asthma And Allergies

  Should Asthmatics and Allergy Sufferers Have Pets?

  That depends, but either way they can take the proper steps to reduce exposure to pet allergens.
• Laundry

  Airing Dirty Laundry Issues

  A 1999 University of Arizona study found 25% of home washing machines were contaminated with fecal bacteria. Several factors were implicated in contributing to the contamination of the washers.
• Vacuum Cleaners

  Consumer Reports Finds Vacuums' Claims to Remove Allergens Mean Less Than They Suggest

  Extensive CR testing also finds some stylish vacuums to be sub-par performers.
• Cleaning Products

  A Guide to Choosing Cleaning Products – Seeing Past the Marketing Hype

  Don't let the marketing hype pull the wool over your eyes. Make sure your cleaning products and methods are actually getting things clean.

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