The Healthy Home : : Simple Truths to Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers
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Welcome -- The bedroom. There's the rub ; The body electric! ; Sleepytime ; Simple solutions summary -- The bathroom. Let's get personal ; Bright., white, and pearly ; Don't be a dope ; Simple solutions summary -- The kitchen. For the love of food ; Let's get cooking ; Drink up! ; Simple solutions summary -- Living areas. Clean living ; High tech, high risk ; Simple solution summary -- The garage and yard. Gremlins in the garage ; Going green in your yard ; Simple solutions summary.
"Did you know?...We poison our children and pets to kill a fly...We get a dose of antibiotics every day--whether we have a prescription or not...We need Hazmat suits to clean up a broken energy-efficient CFL light bulb. In 'The Healthy Home' father-and-son team Dr. Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz walk readers room-by-room through a typical house, pointing out the surprising health risks posed by everyday products and behaviors of any modern family..."--Dust jacket flap.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Vanguard Press, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xiii, 284 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781593156558
1593156553
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Wentz, Myron, 1940-
Wallace, Donna K.
SUBJECTS
Housing and health.
Indoor air pollution -- Prevention.
Housekeeping -- Environmental aspects.
Home economics -- Environmental aspects.
Household supplies -- Toxicology.
Natural products.
Environmental health.
Health risk assessment.