Healthy Home: An Attic to Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living [Paperback]

Linda Mason Hunter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1990

Anyone concerned about their personal living environment now has this practical guide on inspecting the home for potentially health-threatening carcinogens, including an appendix of products and services to aid readers in this process. Also includes tips on soundproofing and general safety.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Here one finds a blend of old-fashioned advice ("Remove onion odors from your hand by rubbing with the cut end of a celery stalk") with multitudinous warnings about pollutants and dangers lurking in our homes. Radon ("an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas"), formaldehyde-infused building materials, petroleum-based products and carbon monoxide-releasing wood fires are among the risks addressed. Hunter, a former editor of Better Homes and Gardens Remodeling Ideas magazine, presents her ideas in a clear and accessible manner, but like many others who suggest there is cause for alarm about our dwellings, she is unscientific. Her anecdotes, for example, greatly fortify her admonitions, but often no numbers are given to substantiate how many people have experienced various problems, or whether the preponderance of evidence would suggest these problems pose a serious danger for the rest of us. Moreover, all perils are seemingly presented with the same sense of importance, rather than ranked in a hierarchy.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

This is a timely and comprehensive guide to the toxin-free home. It draws together thorough scientific information, helpful statistics, and, most importantly, comprehensible advice on how to make one's home safe. Covering everything from asbestos in the toaster oven to chlordane insecticide in crawl spaces, the author gathers more valuable information together in this volume than the average reader could easily access elsewhere. There is an excellent section of "recipes" for homemade nontoxic household products such as scouring powders and dishwater soaps. This book is worth purchasing simply for the first of its two appendixes, "Products and Services," which lists addresses of manufacturers of non- or low-toxic bedding, furniture, building materials, and even pet products. Highly recommended.
- John Creech, Western Carolina Univ. Lib., Cullowhee, N.C.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket (July 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671708198
• ISBN-13: 978-0671708191
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,004,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Mason Hunter (born in San Juan Puerto Rico in 1946) lives in Des Moines, Iowa and Vancouver, BC. Formerly employed by The Des Moines Register, Meredith Corp., and Rodale Press, she has free-lanced for the past 25 years, writing, scouting stories, and supervising photo shoots for major national publications. In addition to writing and editing, she paints in oil pastel. See www.hunterink.com.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can't put this book down., August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Healthy Home: An Attic to Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living (Paperback)

If you ever wanted to learn what those environmental problems in your home are then this is the book. This book will help you make your home healthy. This should be a must have book for every homeowner.