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Green Paint: What to Know Before Going Green1 comment

ReLiving Magazine wrote 1 week ago: Green Paint: What to know before going Green by Jonathan Lynch While Spring cleaning season is not y … more →

Tags: Products/Reviews, ReLiving News, Green, Go Green!, paint, VOC, Architecture, Home Makeover, Chemical

Judging a book by its odour

hypothesisnow wrote 2 weeks ago: The smell of a book is important, able to bring to mind memories of times and places long gone. It i … more →

Tags: News, Books, Chemistry, Conservation, Smell

Reduce Indoor Air Pollution with No-VOC Paint3 comments

Brenda Pike wrote 2 weeks ago: Last Tuesday was the one-year anniversary of our pre–move-in election-night painting marathon, and w … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, Interior Painting, NO VOC Paint, Indoor Air Pollution, migraines, paint fumes

Green Cleaning Tips

davidashaw wrote 1 month ago: Cleaning is an essential part of having a healthy, happy home, but many of the popular conventional … more →

Tags: Products, sustainability, Chemicals, Cleaning Products, homemade, toxins, VOC

How to Improve Indoor Air Quality

davidashaw wrote 1 month ago: Did you know that studies have shown that levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can be 2x to 5 … more →

Tags: Healthy Living, air quality, VOC

Green Tip

fayettegreat wrote 1 month ago: Zap VOC’s with Houseplants! Pick up a few of these common houseplants the next time you visit … more →

Tags: Green Tip of The Day, VOCs, Houseplants, Rubber Plant, philodendron, NASA, Associated Landscape Contractors of America, peace lily, gerber daisy

Navy vows to work toward cleaning Grumman plume

James wrote 2 months ago: Lake Donohue in Calverton We won’t leave until the plume is cleaned. That was the vow of a U.S … more →

Tags: Riverhead, Calverton, Grumman plume, Plume, Grumman, B.J. Penn, Contamination, water, groundwater

A Breathalyzer for cancer

mostlytech wrote 2 months ago: “Cancer researchers in the UK have come up with a way to sniff for lung cancer on the breath. … more →

Tags: Science, technology, Medical, Research, Engineering, Cancer, Breathalyzer, breath analysis

Rules for a Healthy Home

paripl110707 wrote 4 months ago: Boost your physical and mental well-being in five easy steps: [ CHOOSE ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES ] … more →

Tags: mental well-being, Free up Floor Space, Physical Well-eing, Pesticides, mice, Bug, Mold, mildew, Paints

HANDYMAN TIP - Refurbish - Project: Refinishing Furniture

myprohandymancan wrote 4 months ago: HOW TO TIP #1 – ReFurbish – The American Heritage of Dictionary of English defines refur … more →

Tags: Handyman, Budget, Craig's List, Do It Yourself, Eco-Friendly, furniture, furniture strippers, Home, "How to" Books

Compiled Draft Guidance for Summer Review9 comments

massdepwsc wrote 4 months ago: MassDEP has compiled the draft chapters from the three sub-Workgroups to provide a single DRAFT docu … more →

Tags: Assessment, Modeling, Regulatory Framework, Mitigation, administrative, News, PCE, Vapor Intrusion, indoor air

Blood donors needed: Strictly no pilots

Captain John Hoyte wrote 4 months ago: I’d always given blood, from a young age and didn’t see how being a pilot would change t … more →

Tags: Health Issues, organophosphate poisoning, Blood Donation, Pilots

Choose Green Paints and Improve Your Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

myprohandymancan wrote 5 months ago: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) effects our lives in a myriad of ways.  The beauty of our home enriches our … more →

Tags: Handyman, Asthma, Blog, contractor, Environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Green, Green Home

Texas Attorney General Files Injuction Against BP for Clean Air Act Violations

citizensarah wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday the Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an official injunction against BP Products … more →

Tags: Global Warming, TCEQ, air quality, Clean Air, Emissions, Clean Air Act, nitrogen oxide, texas attorny general, Texas City Refinery

Rules for a Healthy Home

heaven1962 wrote 6 months ago: Boost your physical and mental well-being in five easy steps: [ CHOOSE ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES ] … more →

Tags: Free up Floor Space, Physical Well-eing, mental well-being, Pesticides, mice, Bug Infestations, Mice Infestations, Bug, Steel Mesh

Soil Gases and Houses

moishealexander1 wrote 6 months ago: On the issue of soil gases and the material covered in this CMHC report, Moishe Alexander, CEO Canad … more →

Tags: Moishe Alexander, Canadian Funding Corporation, soil gases, Contaminants, Hydrocarbons, petroleum products, waste sites, Methane

What are VOCs in Paint?3 comments

solarpaints wrote 7 months ago: Intro To VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) All the buzz lately is about VOCs, and eco-friendl … more →

Tags: paint, interior paint, exterior paint, Oil Based Paints, Health & Eco Information (VOCs), VOCs, VOC, Eco-Friendly, Environmental

Pitter Patter, Let's Get At'er

cdub wrote 8 months ago: I promised myself heading into March that I wouldn’t let this month be as abysmal for posting … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Twinrix, Painting, Benjamin Moore, AURA, VOC

magic mountain1 comment

Marijke wrote 8 months ago: Where the New Jersey Meadowlands inspire a sense of doom, the Ivy landfill near Charlottesville, Vir … more →

Tags: landfill, garbage, US, Methane, Leachate, Waste Management, ivy, Charlottesville, Virginia


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