Home Safe Home
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...
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Home Safe Home offers more than 400 tips, including do-it-yourself formulas for inexpensive, safe products to replace harmful substances we are exposed to in our own homes. Whether you suffer from unexplained headaches, fatigue, or depression, or if you worry about the link between increased use of toxics and the rising rate of cancer, the many suggestions in this book can make your life virtually toxic-free! Library Journal Responding to the increasing interest in the effects of chemicals in the myriad products used every day, nontoxic-living advocate Dadd offers a combined revised and expanded edition of two of her titles, published in the mid-1980s as Nontoxic & Natural (LJ 2/1/85) and The Nontoxic Home (LJ 11/1/86) and updated later as Nontoxic, Natural & Earthwise (Tarcher, 1990) and The Nontoxic Home & Office (Tarcher, 1992), respectively. This listing of toxic materials and how to avoid them uses the manufacturers' warnings and mostly resists sensationalism. Dadd's suggestions are reasonable and not too difficult to accomplish. Like Lynn Marie Bower in The Healthy Household (LJ 7/95), Dadd includes extensive resource lists, though Bower covers a wider range of products. An excellent choice for libraries not owning the Bower title.Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio
AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroduction1Ch. 1How Safe is Your Home?7Ch. 2Indoor Air Pollution32Ch. 3Household Cleaning and Laundry Products71Ch. 4Home and Garden Pest Control107Ch. 5Water134Ch. 6Drugs and Medications152Ch. 7Beauty and Hygiene167Ch. 8Food214Ch. 9Textiles268Ch. 10Home Office and Art Supplies294Ch. 11Home Furnishings307Ch. 12Babies and Children328Ch. 13Pet Care341Ch. 14Finding a Safe Home350App. AHarmful Effects of Common Substances369App. BHousehold Poisons382Recommended Resources384Mail-Order Sources401Directory of Product Manufacturers414Bibliography416Index421
\ Library JournalResponding to the increasing interest in the effects of chemicals in the myriad products used every day, nontoxic-living advocate Dadd offers a combined revised and expanded edition of two of her titles, published in the mid-1980s as Nontoxic & Natural LJ 2/1/85 and The Nontoxic Home LJ 11/1/86 and updated later as Nontoxic, Natural & Earthwise Tarcher, 1990 and The Nontoxic Home & Office Tarcher, 1992, respectively. This listing of toxic materials and how to avoid them uses the manufacturers' warnings and mostly resists sensationalism. Dadd's suggestions are reasonable and not too difficult to accomplish. Like Lynn Marie Bower in The Healthy Household LJ 7/95, Dadd includes extensive resource lists, though Bower covers a wider range of products. An excellent choice for libraries not owning the Bower title.Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio\ \
