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- Prevent poison emergencies in your home and keep your children safe.
- Science says cleaning burns calories! Build a fitness program for you and for your home!
- Key facts homeowners should know about handling sewage back-ups.
- Ten simple year-round reminders for consumers to help keep their families safe.
- Once a year, many people scour their homes — deep cleaning and getting rid of items they haven’t used or worn in years. However, people who clean and stay organized throughout the year are more likely to be happy, healthy and financially comfortable.
- With green cleaning, prevention is key. The less dirt you track inside, the less need for cleaning products.
- While cleanliness may be next to godliness, it’s also very closely related to disinfection.
- Carpets receive the greater part of daily household abuse: pet stains, drink spills, food stains, soil, sun-fade, bleach discoloration and lots more. So before you discard the old floor covering for a new one, consider an alternative that’s a lot easier on the pocketbook – professional color restoration.
- Extensive CR testing also finds some stylish vacuums to be sub-par performers.
- How to choose a water filter.
- Find out Consumer Reports' picks, plus tips for keeping (or making) your lawn beautiful.
- Which stain removers work best at removing a variety of stains? CR tested them on coffee, blood, wine, sebum, motor oil, and grass stains.
- Want comparable quality at a lower price? Buy store brands says Consumer Reports, in the August 2005 Issue.
- Consumer Reports confirms that gas-powered pressure washers have a clear performance edge over electric models. But more pressure also means more chance for injury with any pressure washer.
- Organic products worth buying — and those you can skip; tips on buying organic without breaking the bank.
- Largest study of its kind shows highest percentage of dirty birds since CR began testing in 1998.
- Quilted Northern, Charmin and Cottonelle top toilet paper tests.
- Consumers are eager to clean windows, blinds, curtains, clothing, closets & drawers: 72% of households spring clean every year, ACI survey shows.
- Your family may not be the only ones enjoying the sofa. The soft, comfortable places where families relax and play at home can harbor millions of bacteria. For example, Staphylococcus bacteria can live on soft surfaces for 24 hours. Here's what to do about it.
- It might surprise you to learn that a household inventory really doesn’t have to be that complicated.

