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Pets
Pet Protection: Rat and Mouse Poisons Could Also Harm Pets
Place rodent-killing baits in places inaccessible to companion animals.
Health
Love Your Furry Friends Without Getting Sick
Pocket pets can transmit salmonella to people. Here's how to handle them safely.
Pets
Keep Your Pets Safe While Maintaining Your Lawn And Garden
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center answers the most common questions asked when it comes to gardening and yard care.
Pest Control
Repelling Rodents
With mice and rats, the best cure is prevention. The best "Plan B" is immediate action.
Safety
Poison Prevention Pointers for Spring
It is important to keep safety in mind as you begin your spring cleaning and gardening.

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Pest Control
Creepy-Crawlies
As temperatures get cooler, insects and other pests start looking for someplace warm and dry.
Pets
Pets Live Here Too
You love your pets, but you don't want your home to look like a zoo. How to keep your home clean yet pet-friendly.
Vacuum Cleaner Reviews
Cleaning Up After Our Furry Friends - Dyson DC41 Review
As us pet owners are well aware, it can be a task to remove the pet hair and dander that quickly accumulate in our homes. Fortunately, the Dyson DC41 Animal vacuum has been designed with our furry friends in mind, or rather the mess they leave behind.
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.
Schedule
Q & A: Creating a Good Housekeeping Schedule
What do you suggest for a housecleaning schedule? - Jenna Z.

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Pet Dander
Dander
Control shedding where it starts – on your dog or cat – with regular brushing.
Pets
No question about it, pets can be a joy, but they will add to the housekeeping load.
Green Cleaning
Green cleaning
Safer product purchases and methods that may help spare the environment.
Skunk odor
A tomato-juice bath isn’t as effective as this home remedy, several experts say.
Labels, product
We cannot overstate the importance of reading product labels. Far too many people ignore this vital information.

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Pet Clean-Up Made Easy, 2nd Ed.
Tackle any pet mess, any time, in a snap—from stains and smells to fleas and fur-balls.
Composting
Composting for Dummies
Step-by-step guide to turning household waste, yard clippings, and more into free, nutrient-filled compost and mulch.
Infection Control For Dummies
Ambitious range of information for professionals, but also average people, on professional infection control.
Common Sense Organizing
A step-by-step program for helping you take control of your home and your life.
Cleaning with Kip Koala
Kip Koala helps kids keep their hands and rooms clean and healthy through coloring, word search and interactive activities with parents.

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Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Using 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.
Organizing Strategies
How To Organize a Desk
Does your desk look like a robber rifled through it just before a hurricane hit the room? Organize it so that it gets under control and stays that way.
Shower
How To Clean a Shower
If the grime in your shower looks like something that would be more at home in a horror flick than in, well, your home, it’s time to take control.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Prevention, Preparation, and Resources
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.