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Publications:
Natural Home Magazine
EcoDwell: The Healthy Home Periodical from Bau-Biologie
Environmental Building News
Bibliography--Healthy Homes and Chemically
Sensitive
American Institute of Architects. AIA Environmental Resource Guide.
Washington, D.C. : AIA, 1994, 1996.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Building Materials
for the Environmentally Hypersensitive. Canada:CMHC, 1995.
City of New York, Department of Design and Construciton. High
Performance Building Guidelines. New York, 1999.
Marinelli, Janet and Bierman-Lytle, Paul. Your Natural Home: The
Complete Sourcebook and Design Manual for Creating a Healthy,
Beautiful, and Environmentally Sensitive House. New York: Little, Brown,
and Company, 1995.
Rousseau, David and James Wasley. Healthy By Design: Building and
Remodeling Solutions for Creating Healthy Homes. Point Roberts, WA:
Hartley and Marks, 1997.
.
Steinman, David and R.Michael Wisner. Living Healthy in a Toxic World.
New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1996.
Stitt, Fred A. Ecological Design Handbook: Sustainable Strategies for
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Venolia, Carol. Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being.
Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1988.
Zamm, Alfred V.,M.D. with Robert Gannon. Why Your House May
Endanger Your Health. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.
Natural Home Magazine
EcoDwell: The Healthy Home Periodical from Bau-Biologie
Environmental Building News
Bibliography--Healthy Homes and Chemically
Sensitive
American Institute of Architects. AIA Environmental Resource Guide.
Washington, D.C. : AIA, 1994, 1996.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Building Materials
for the Environmentally Hypersensitive. Canada:CMHC, 1995.
City of New York, Department of Design and Construciton. High
Performance Building Guidelines. New York, 1999.
Marinelli, Janet and Bierman-Lytle, Paul. Your Natural Home: The
Complete Sourcebook and Design Manual for Creating a Healthy,
Beautiful, and Environmentally Sensitive House. New York: Little, Brown,
and Company, 1995.
Rousseau, David and James Wasley. Healthy By Design: Building and
Remodeling Solutions for Creating Healthy Homes. Point Roberts, WA:
Hartley and Marks, 1997.
.
Steinman, David and R.Michael Wisner. Living Healthy in a Toxic World.
New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1996.
Stitt, Fred A. Ecological Design Handbook: Sustainable Strategies for
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Venolia, Carol. Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being.
Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1988.
Zamm, Alfred V.,M.D. with Robert Gannon. Why Your House May
Endanger Your Health. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.
Berthold-Bond, Annie. Better Basics for the Home. New York: Three Rivers Press,
1999.
Editorial Reviews
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These days, more and more people are saying no to "better living through chemistry" and
yes to a lifestyle that is less toxic and more environmentally friendly. This trend toward a
more natural lifestyle has become something of a crusade for Annie Berthold-Bond, author
of Better Basics for the Home. After developing hypersensitivity to even very low
concentrations of chemicals, Berthold-Bond was forced to rid her life of as many toxins as
possible. "It wasn't until I had to be away from chemicals that I began to realize how many
we lived with. The extent of the contamination is startling--from hair spray and floor wax to
dandelion killers and plastic shower curtains and other products that line our hardware
stores and supermarket shelves."
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1999.
Editorial Reviews
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These days, more and more people are saying no to "better living through chemistry" and
yes to a lifestyle that is less toxic and more environmentally friendly. This trend toward a
more natural lifestyle has become something of a crusade for Annie Berthold-Bond, author
of Better Basics for the Home. After developing hypersensitivity to even very low
concentrations of chemicals, Berthold-Bond was forced to rid her life of as many toxins as
possible. "It wasn't until I had to be away from chemicals that I began to realize how many
we lived with. The extent of the contamination is startling--from hair spray and floor wax to
dandelion killers and plastic shower curtains and other products that line our hardware
stores and supermarket shelves."
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Berthold-Bond, Annie. Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Nontoxic and
Environmentally Safe Housekeeping. Woodstock, NY: Ceres Press, 1994.
Product Description
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485 ways to clean, polish, disinfect, deodorize, launder, remove stains, even wash your car,
without harming yourself or the environment. Recipes based on harmless, nonpolluting,
renewable ingredients. 160 pages, recycled paper/vegetable ink, paperback.
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Environmentally Safe Housekeeping. Woodstock, NY: Ceres Press, 1994.
Product Description
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485 ways to clean, polish, disinfect, deodorize, launder, remove stains, even wash your car,
without harming yourself or the environment. Recipes based on harmless, nonpolluting,
renewable ingredients. 160 pages, recycled paper/vegetable ink, paperback.
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You and your family deserve a healthy house and this book will show you how you can have
one. In it, you'll learn:
• Why many houses make people sick.
• Why the air indoors is much worse than it is outdoors.
• Why carpeting and kitchen cabinets can be unhealthy.
• How your furnace can be dangerous to your health.
• How to select healthier building products.
• How tight construction can be a healthy idea.
• How to properly ventilate houses.
• What you can do if you live in an unhealthy house.
• How to reduce your exposure to electromagnetic fields.
• What to do about lead, asbestos, radon, and mold.
This 2001 4th edition contains contributions, in the form of sidebars, from 50 healthy house
professionals from across North America.
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You and your family deserve a healthy house and this book will show you how you can have
one. In it, you'll learn:
• Why many houses make people sick.
• Why the air indoors is much worse than it is outdoors.
• Why carpeting and kitchen cabinets can be unhealthy.
• How your furnace can be dangerous to your health.
• How to select healthier building products.
• How tight construction can be a healthy idea.
• How to properly ventilate houses.
• What you can do if you live in an unhealthy house.
• How to reduce your exposure to electromagnetic fields.
• What to do about lead, asbestos, radon, and mold.
This 2001 4th edition contains contributions, in the form of sidebars, from 50 healthy house
professionals from across North America.
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Bower, John. Understanding Ventilation. Bloomington, IN: The Healthy House
Institute, 1995.
Product Description
At last...a book that takes all the mystery out of ventilation! Understanding Ventilation is
the only book that covers all aspects of exchanging the air in houses: infiltration,
equipment selection, design, heat-recovery ventilators, sizing, costs, controls, whole-house
filters, distribution, and possible problems that a ventilation system can cause--all in
easy-to-understand language.
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Institute, 1995.
Product Description
At last...a book that takes all the mystery out of ventilation! Understanding Ventilation is
the only book that covers all aspects of exchanging the air in houses: infiltration,
equipment selection, design, heat-recovery ventilators, sizing, costs, controls, whole-house
filters, distribution, and possible problems that a ventilation system can cause--all in
easy-to-understand language.
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Bower, Lynn Marie. The Healthy Household: A Complete Guide for Creating a
Healthy Indoor Environment. Bloomington, IN: The Healthy House Institute, 1995.
Product Description
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Learn how to create healthy interiors! Everything you put inside your house should be as
healthy as the structure itself. The Healthy Household offers practical suggestions for
improving your indoor environment. With chapters devoted to cleaning products,
personal-care, clothing, linens, interior decorating, life-styles, housekeeping, air and water
quality, and electromagnetic radiation reduction, no other book matches its completeness.
It's an essential reference for anyone interested in their family's health. Everything you put
inside your house should be as healthy as the structure itself. The Healthy Household
offers practical suggestions for improving your indoor environment. With chapters devoted
to cleaning products, personal-care, clothing, linens, interior decorating, life-styles,
housekeeping, air and water quality, and electromagnetic radiation reduction, no other
book matches its completeness. It's an essential reference for anyone interested in their
family's health. The Healthy Household contains hundreds of sources for decorating,
maintaining, and furnishing materials--with a special emphasis on the needs of allergic and
chemically sensitive people.
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Healthy Indoor Environment. Bloomington, IN: The Healthy House Institute, 1995.
Product Description
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Learn how to create healthy interiors! Everything you put inside your house should be as
healthy as the structure itself. The Healthy Household offers practical suggestions for
improving your indoor environment. With chapters devoted to cleaning products,
personal-care, clothing, linens, interior decorating, life-styles, housekeeping, air and water
quality, and electromagnetic radiation reduction, no other book matches its completeness.
It's an essential reference for anyone interested in their family's health. Everything you put
inside your house should be as healthy as the structure itself. The Healthy Household
offers practical suggestions for improving your indoor environment. With chapters devoted
to cleaning products, personal-care, clothing, linens, interior decorating, life-styles,
housekeeping, air and water quality, and electromagnetic radiation reduction, no other
book matches its completeness. It's an essential reference for anyone interested in their
family's health. The Healthy Household contains hundreds of sources for decorating,
maintaining, and furnishing materials--with a special emphasis on the needs of allergic and
chemically sensitive people.
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Bower, John and Lynn Marie. The Healthy House Answer Book. Bloomington, IN:
The Healthy House Institute, 1997.
Product Description
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Among the various healthy housing books, The Healthy House Answer Book by John and
Lynn Bower is something a little different. While the rest of the offerings in this field are
thick, very comprehensive volumes, this is a smaller book in both size and depth--sort of a
"pocket healthy housing guidebook." While covering the major concerns anyone would have
about all aspects of construction and maintenance, all the information is presented in a
very concise Q and A format. With subject chapters and a complete index, this is a great
introductory book for anyone interested in the subject.
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The Healthy House Institute, 1997.
Product Description
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Among the various healthy housing books, The Healthy House Answer Book by John and
Lynn Bower is something a little different. While the rest of the offerings in this field are
thick, very comprehensive volumes, this is a smaller book in both size and depth--sort of a
"pocket healthy housing guidebook." While covering the major concerns anyone would have
about all aspects of construction and maintenance, all the information is presented in a
very concise Q and A format. With subject chapters and a complete index, this is a great
introductory book for anyone interested in the subject.
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Breecher, Maury M. and Shirley Linde. Healthy Homes in a Toxic World:
Preventing, Identifying, and Eliminating Hidden Health Hazards in Your Home.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1992.
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A committee of the World Health Organization estimates that as many as 1 out of 3 new or
remodelled buildings may have ``sick building'' problems. Offers concrete solutions and
step-by-step actions that readers can take to create a healthier environment in their
homes. Coverage includes all major areas of house or apartment pollution such as
asbestos, lead paint, radon, gas fumes, carbon monoxide, household chemicals, water
problems, allergies, cigarette smoke and much more
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Preventing, Identifying, and Eliminating Hidden Health Hazards in Your Home.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1992.
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A committee of the World Health Organization estimates that as many as 1 out of 3 new or
remodelled buildings may have ``sick building'' problems. Offers concrete solutions and
step-by-step actions that readers can take to create a healthier environment in their
homes. Coverage includes all major areas of house or apartment pollution such as
asbestos, lead paint, radon, gas fumes, carbon monoxide, household chemicals, water
problems, allergies, cigarette smoke and much more
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Fascinating, affordable, helpful tips on how to keep your home safe from toxics by an
expert on home safety!
Home Safe Home is the ultimate reference of its kind, written by the leading authority on
eliminating toxics in the home. It offers more than four hundred tips, including
do-it-yourself formulas for inexpensive, safe products to replace the harmful substances we
are exposed to in our own households. If you suffer from unexplained headaches, fatigue,
or depression, or if you worry about the link between increased use of toxic chemicals and
the rising rate of cancer, the many suggestions in this book can make your life virtually
toxic-free!
Here are some of the many useful facts you'll learn:
- You can make a window cleaner from vinegar and water that is safe, more effective, and
less expensive than any product on the market.
- A mineral powder, which costs pennies per use, is the safest way to get whites their
whitest.
- Simply changing your type of sheets and pillows may cure insomnia.
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The Healthy Home gives a complete picture of indoor health, including a healthy home
inspection checklist.
The New York Times called the book, “A sort of Whole Earth Catalog for the home, The
Healthy Home has tips on soundproofing, safety, detecting carcinogens and an
appendix of products and services.”
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Pearson, David. The New Natural House Book. New York: Fireside, 1998.
Product Description
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This completely revised and redesigned edition of the bestselling Natural House
Book brings you hundreds of practical energy- and money-saving ideas to enhance
your home, your environment, and your well-being.
Originally published in 1989, The Natural House Book anticipated our problems with
garbage disposal, indoor air pollution, water purification, and environmental
hazards. Today more than ever, we need inspiration and cutting-edge information
to transform our homes into havens for the body, mind, and spirit.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 full-color photos, combining the expertise of
top architects, designers, and ecology authorities from all over the world, here is a
hands-on, step-by-step, room-by-room architectural and design guide to bring you
and your family safely and happily into the twenty-first century.
You'll find out how to:
Use the latest toxin-free materials
Improve air and water quality
Save energy
Minimize maintenance
Create green space
Combat environmental hazards
Incorporate aromatherapy and feng shui
Design a personal space for contemplation
Build an exercise room
Use color, texture, and design to create a nourishing, stress-free environment for
your family
Featuring a new Gaia House prototype design, a new Charter for Natural Building,
and completely updated appendices on natural paints and varnishes, household
cleaners, and indoor air pollution, as well as a mail-order resource list for furniture,
carpeting, water filtration, and textiles, The New Natural House Book will help you
create a better future.
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Product Description
Amazon.com
This completely revised and redesigned edition of the bestselling Natural House
Book brings you hundreds of practical energy- and money-saving ideas to enhance
your home, your environment, and your well-being.
Originally published in 1989, The Natural House Book anticipated our problems with
garbage disposal, indoor air pollution, water purification, and environmental
hazards. Today more than ever, we need inspiration and cutting-edge information
to transform our homes into havens for the body, mind, and spirit.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 full-color photos, combining the expertise of
top architects, designers, and ecology authorities from all over the world, here is a
hands-on, step-by-step, room-by-room architectural and design guide to bring you
and your family safely and happily into the twenty-first century.
You'll find out how to:
Use the latest toxin-free materials
Improve air and water quality
Save energy
Minimize maintenance
Create green space
Combat environmental hazards
Incorporate aromatherapy and feng shui
Design a personal space for contemplation
Build an exercise room
Use color, texture, and design to create a nourishing, stress-free environment for
your family
Featuring a new Gaia House prototype design, a new Charter for Natural Building,
and completely updated appendices on natural paints and varnishes, household
cleaners, and indoor air pollution, as well as a mail-order resource list for furniture,
carpeting, water filtration, and textiles, The New Natural House Book will help you
create a better future.
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Rousseau, David,W.J.Rea, M.D., and Jean Enwright. Your Home, Your Health,
and Well-Being. Vancouver, B.C.: Hartley and Marks, Ltd., 1989
From Library Journal
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Hypersensitivity to modern-day home pollution, now diagnosed as environmental
illness, is receiving much attention. For concerned citizens, especially those suffering
from this malady, here is a guide to building or renovating a house to provide a
"clean" environment. The book considers site selection, building materials, furnishings,
cleaning products, and even landscaping. Intended primarily for designers, architects,
and builders, it goes beyond Debra Lynn Dadd's Nontoxic Home ( LJ 11/1/86), which is
more oriented to residents. Public libraries owning both books will have this topic well
covered.Sondra Brunhumer, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Hollender, Jeffrey. Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe
and Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning. New Society Publishers, Canada, 2006.
Product Description
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Compelling evidence links the chemicals in household products to cancer, asthma,
allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome-also known as environmental
illness-hormonal disruption, reproductive and developmental disorders, and other
conditions. Yet cleaning products are exempt from the full ingredient disclosure on
product labels as required for food and personal care products and enter the
marketplace with little or no testing for potential health risks.
Naturally Clean explains the dangers of traditional cleaners and provides illuminating
statistics that illustrate how the chemicals found in almost every home are known or
likely to cause a host of serious health problems. The book's easy-to-understand
introduction discusses basic household chemistry, concepts of toxicity and types of
toxic exposure, and the difference between natural, organic, and synthetic chemicals.
A room-by-room guide provides tips for:
A healthier kitchen
Keeping your bedrooms safe
Mold, mildew, and soap scum: spotless bathrooms
Special precautions for cleaning children's rooms
Naturally Clean also features a comprehensive product selection guide that analyzes
over 300 natural and traditional cleaners: everything from laundry products through
oven cleaners, disinfectants, spot removers, carpet cleaners, and bathroom cleaners.
This handy, easy-to-use reference rates the household cleaning products found on the
shelves of natural food and grocery stores, providing Seventh Generation's pick of your
healthiest and safest options. A resource guide tells readers where to find additional
information, and an at-a-glance glossary helps understand key terms.
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