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Remediation
Protect Yourself When Removing Mold
What to wear when removing mold from your home.
Pressure Washer
Consumer Reports® — Pressure Washers: Quick Cleaning for Less
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.
Safety
Avoid Garden Equipment Injuries
Don't be one of the tens of thousands who end up in emergency rooms each year because of gardening accidents.
Basement
Cleaner Concrete
Smooth finish in the basement
Child Safety
Lawn Mower Safety Tips to Keep Kids Safe
Lawn mowers are commonplace, but don't let familiarity breed carelessness.

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Humidifier
Crane Cool Mist Humidifiers
These humidifiers are attractive, easy-to-use, safe, and provide needed moisture to dry indoor air and to treat cold and flu symptoms naturally.
Disinfecting
Q & A: To Disinfect or Not Disinfect?
Q: I purchased an all-purpose cleaner at a janitorial supply store that doesn't require rinsing, but I noticed that it makes no claims about killing germs. Do I need to use a germ-killing cleaner for regular cleaning of the kitchen and bathroom in my home? Or do I only need that occasionally? - Carolyn E.
Motivation
The End is Near: Daylight Savings Time
Take advantage of that extra hour to attend to these important tasks.
Gardening
Good gardening!
How to keep up the summer garden by getting rid of common pests.
Food Safety
Safe Feasting
Planning ahead can prevent five situations from causing food poisoning.

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Safety goggles
Your eyes are vulnerable to injury during lots of cleaning jobs. Here's how to protect them.
Safety
Eye protection
Certain tasks put eyes at risk and personal protection equipment is needed.
Leaf blower
These handy tools also make quick work of cleaning hard surfaces outdoors. Pay attention to safety, though.
Personal protective equipment
It sounds like a big term, but it’s not. Personal safety is easy and inexpensive to ensure.
MSDS
What’s a Material Safety Data Sheet, anyway?

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Chix Can Fix
From the book cover: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself.
My House Is Killing Me!
A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.
Simplify Your Time: Stop Running and Start Living
Control your calendar so you can do the things you want to do, when you want to do them.
Real Simple: Cleaning
Room-by-room strategies for cleaning every room in your home.
The Secret Life of Germs
A book that looks into the microscopic world of diseases and how to prevent them.

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How To Clean a Toilet
The gross-out factor of cleaning a toilet cannot be underestimated—but the gross-out factor of not cleaning a toilet is even worse. Better clean the toilet.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Home-Made Green Cleaners
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.