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Healthy Homes, Healthy Kids : Protecting Your Children From Everyday Environmental Hazards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vitale, Charity.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Housing and health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Island Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- This comprehensive and authoritative handbook, written by scientists, identifies many hazards that parents tend to overlook. It translates technical, scientific information into an accessible how-to guide to help parents protect children from even the most toxic substances.
- Contents:
- Intro
- About Island Press
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Healthy Playroom
- CHAPTER 1 Limiting Lead Paint and Dust
- CHAPTER 2 Ridding Your Home of Radon
- CHAPTER 3 Controlling Crumbling Asbestos
- CHAPTER 4 Getting Rid of Toxic Art Materials
- Part 2. The Healthy Yard
- CHAPTER 5 Maintaining a Chemical-Free Yard
- CHAPTER 6 Keeping Biting Pests at Bay
- CHAPTER 7 Breathing Defensively Outdoors
- CHAPTER 8 Sunning Safely
- Part 3. The Healthy Meal
- CHAPTER 9 Purging Pesticides from Produce
- CHAPTER 10 Reducing Hazards in Poultry, Fish, and Milk
- CHAPTER 11 Subtracting Additives from Processed Foods
- CHAPTER 12 Curbing Contaminants in Water
- Part 4. The Healthy Nap
- CHAPTER 13 Reducing Harmful Gases
- CHAPTER 14 Battling Bio-Nasties
- CHAPTER 15 Avoiding Electromagnetic Fields
- Part 5. The Healthy Cleanup
- CHAPTER 16 Choosing Safer Household Products
- CHAPTER 17 Eradicating Indoor Pests Safely
- CHAPTER 18 Disposing of Hazardous Household Products
- Appendix: EPA Regional Offices
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- Board of Directors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781610912778
- 1610912772
- OCLC:
- 1244624211
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