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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.
Basement
Cleaner Concrete
Smooth finish in the basement
Fire Safety
Don't Be Shocked by Your Older Home's Wiring
Don't go down in a blaze, either.
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.

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Gardening
Good gardening!
How to keep up the summer garden by getting rid of common pests.
Entertaining Guests
Outdoor entertaining
How to decorate your patio and clean up your grill for a perfect outdoor party.
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.
Motivation
The End is Near: Daylight Savings Time
Take advantage of that extra hour to attend to these important tasks.
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.
Personal protective equipment
It sounds like a big term, but it’s not. Personal safety is easy and inexpensive to ensure.
Leaf blower
These handy tools also make quick work of cleaning hard surfaces outdoors. Pay attention to safety, though.
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.
The Secret Life of Germs
A book that looks into the microscopic world of diseases and how to prevent them.
Green Cleaning
Green Cleaning for Dummies
Provides sustainable and healthy solutions for every room in the house - from the kitchen and bathroom to the laundry room and garage.
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.

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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
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 - 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.