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92Homemade Toys: Safe, Inexpensive and Wonderful
With the latest recall of over 1.5 million toys by Mattel there is a new concern for the safety of toys. Safe, homemade toys are great gifts and they are classics, having stood the test of time.
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90Health Hazards of Home Demolitions and Renovations
Can't wait to start that demolition job or renovation project? Just know that you can be jeopardizing your health. In fact, the dust created is a known and very serious health hazard.
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89What is Green Interior Design
An article explaining the guiding principles of Green Interior Design and how it a discipline that is focused on ethics more than aesthetics.
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76Conflicting Green Issues
An examination of some of the conflicting values of the environmental movement and a call for better science and a clear green agenda.
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79Eco-Friendly Paints: Low-VOC Options for the Environment
Conventional paint has never had a good reputation. It’s smelly, messy, old versions contained lead of all things and over the past decade it’s been tagged as a major indoor air pollutant. Today, thanks to consumer demand for healthier paints that perform, manufacturers are offering low-VOC options that are better people and the environment.
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750 VOC Paints for a Greener Living Environment
VOCs are Volatile Organic Compounds that are released into the environment everyday. Greenhouse gasses are made up of VOCs but beyond that, nearly every item in our home releases these toxins into the air we breath. There are two truly 0 VOC paints on the market. Read about them here.
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81Indoor Air Pollution: 10 Steps to Healthier Air Quality in the Home
Indoor air quality is usually much worse than outdoor air quality. Despite this, your indoor time does NOT have to be an unhealthy time -- if precautions are taken.
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79The influence of the Dutch on the English language
"Probably no nationality has come in for so consistent a torrent of verbal abuse from the English as their neighbors across the channel : the Dutch..." (from "I Hear America Talking" by Stuart Berg Flexner) Born and raised in the Netherlands and...
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77Using Zero VOC Red Paint in My Living Room
Indoor air can be toxic because of the paint you use. Some years ago I thought I was coming down with the flu and it turned out to be the paint I had just used in my living room. There are safer options now.
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76The Dutch Golden Age: a short history of The Dutch East India Company (or VOC)
A short history of the Dutch East India Company or VOC. And some information about their most well-known ships.
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