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The healthy home :

by Wentz, Dave.
Additional authors: Wentz, Myron, -- 1940- | Wallace, Donna K.
Published by : Vanguard Press, (New York, NY :) Physical details: xiii, 284 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781593156558 :; 1593156553.
Subject(s): Housing and health. | Indoor air pollution -- Prevention. | Housekeeping -- Environmental aspects. | Home economics -- Environmental aspects. | Household supplies -- Toxicology. | Natural products. | Environmental health. | Health risk assessment. | Houses -- Health aspects. | Environmental health. | Household equipment and supplies. | Houses -- Health aspects. | Environmental health. | Household equipment and supplies.
Year: 2011
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
BOOK Goodland
Non-fiction 		Adult reading level 613.5 WEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39124000216419

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-270) and index.

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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