101 Simple Ways to Make Your Home and Family Safe in a Toxic World

by Petro Roybal, Beth Ann

• ISBN13: 9781569752791
• ISBN10: 1569752796
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-22
• Publisher: Ulysses Press

Summary

101 Simple Ways to Make Your Home and Family Safe in a Toxic World sheds light on the all-too-commom toxins found around the house and empowers parents with straight-forward ways to eliminate their family's exposure to these dangerous elements.Organized around short one- and two-page issues/answers sections, this easy-to-use book breaks through the scientific and technical language to offer specific solutions that are effective and easy to implement.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Deck the Halls...	1	(17)
Dust Never Sleeps	2	(2)
Furniture Fix-its	4	(1)
Furniture Follies	5	(2)
Sour Drapes	7	(1)
Toxic Carpet Ride	8	(1)
Don't Tread on Me	9	(1)
Don't Paint Yourself into a Corner	10	(2)
Get the Lead Out	12	(1)
The Wallpaper Wilderness	13	(1)
Are We Finished Yet?	14	(1)
Sentimental Journey	15	(1)
Organic ``Air Filters''	16	(1)
Toxic ``Air Filters''	17	(1)
What's Cookin' in the Kitchen?	18	(23)
Fuming Cabinets	19	(1)
What's Cooking?	20	(2)
Pan-demonium	22	(1)
The Perils of Plastic	23	(1)
The Trouble with Rubber	24	(1)
Creepy Crawlies in the Kitchen	25	(1)
Even the Kitchen Sink	26	(2)
When Is Clean Too Clean?	28	(1)
Shopping Bag Surprises	29	(2)
You Are What You Drink	31	(1)
Meat-eaters Beware	32	(2)
Vegetarians Beware, Too	34	(3)
Poking around the Pantry	37	(1)
Smorgasbord Safety	38	(1)
Something in the Water...	39	(2)
Flush Away Those Bathroom Blues	41	(8)
Fungus Amongus	42	(1)
Potty Pollution	43	(1)
Secrets of Safe Soaking	44	(1)
T.P. and Beyond	45	(1)
Pitfalls of Pills and Potions	46	(2)
Under the Bathroom Sink	48	(1)
Goodnight Moon. Goodnight Room	49	(7)
Bedroom Breezes	50	(2)
Debug Your Bedding	52	(1)
Be a Closet Detective	53	(2)
Toys and Other Kid Stuff	55	(1)
It All Comes Out in the Wash	56	(5)
Hot Water and Hot Air	57	(2)
Uh-oh, More Cleaning Products	59	(1)
Diaper Dilemmas	60	(1)
Don't Be a Junk-ie	61	(7)
Get your Junk in Order	62	(1)
Good Riddance to Old Rubbish	63	(1)
The Rundown on Batteries	64	(1)
Dangerous When Lit	65	(1)
Plastic Fantastic	66	(1)
That's Why They Call It Junk	67	(1)
Home Work Havens	68	(7)
No Ozone at Home	69	(1)
Pulp Friction	70	(2)
Glitter, Glue, and You	72	(1)
Weekend Woodworking	73	(1)
And for Those Really Big Projects...	74	(1)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Basement...	75	(12)
Rooting Out Radon	76	(2)
Are There Bats in Your Belfry?	78	(1)
Dampness Visible	79	(1)
Adventures in Plumbing	80	(2)
Baby, it's Cold Outside!	82	(2)
Too Cool for Words	84	(1)
Quacks like a Duct	85	(1)
Insulation Frustration	86	(1)
Keys to a Safe Garage	87	(6)
Purrs like a Kitten	88	(2)
Car Talk	90	(2)
Tune Up Your Garage	92	(1)
Healthy, Holistic, and Wise	93	(17)
Bolster the Body's Defenses	94	(2)
I Don't Feel So Hot	96	(2)
Stress Less	98	(2)
Complement Your Therapy	100	(2)
To Imbibe or Not To Imbibe	102	(2)
Great Expectations	104	(2)
Nursing Niceties	106	(1)
Fatal Foods Facts	107	(1)
No Smoking Allowed	108	(2)
Beauty and the Beast	110	(11)
Ticking Your Vanity	111	(1)
What Price Beauty?	112	(1)
Polish It Off	113	(1)
The Skinny on Skin Care	114	(1)
Much Ado about Your ``Do''	115	(2)
Deadly Deodorant?	117	(2)
Pearly White Perils	119	(2)
Green Acres	121	(19)
Go Organic	122	(3)
When Plants Think You're a Pest	125	(3)
Down and Dirty	128	(1)
Asphalt Jungle	129	(1)
Playing Around	130	(2)
Where the Wild Things Are	132	(2)
Flea for Your Life	134	(1)
Don't Eat the Fenceposts	135	(1)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	136	(1)
Getting into Hot (and Cold) Water	137	(1)
Odor Here, Odor There	138	(1)
Are Your Having a Bad Air Day?	139	(1)
The Wide, Wide World	140	(10)
Happy Trails	141	(2)
The ABCs of School	143	(2)
Oh, My Aching Building!	145	(2)
Bottoms Up!	147	(1)
Travel Bugs	148	(2)
In Case of Emergency...	150	(5)
Fuel Leaks	151	(1)
Pesticide Exposure	152	(1)
Overdoses and Poisons	153	(1)
Food-borne illness	154	(1)
The 101st Tip: I'm Gonna Wash Those Germs Right Outta...	155	(2)
Consumer's Guide to Toxic Substances	157	(24)
Resources	181	(7)
About the Author	188