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The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 Most Commonly Asked Questions

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The Healthy House Answer Book is a tiny volume that packs a huge punch. Although small in stature, this book has much to offer on an extremely important subject. It reads well -- very well indeed! -- and offers simple, accurate explanations of many complicated topics.

In the Healthy House Answer Book, the authors -- healthy home experts, John and Lynn Bower -- tackle 133 commonly asked questions. Don't be fooled by this book's brevity, though. If you're new to the subject, this book should be a fantastic resource. I know, I read it early in my research on healthy homes for my books on natural homes and passive solar heating and cooling and felt that it brought me up to speed on the topic quite rapidly.

I especially liked the question-answer format and found it to be a delightful respite from the typical book style. The authors get right to the point. No wasted words!

Unless you're looking for an encyclopedic treatment of the subject, you should find this book to be a goldmine of valuable information. If you want a more encyclopedic treatment, the Bowers offer that option, too, in some of their other books.

Topnotch: informative, honest, clear.
I commend this Handbook as a great resource for anyone seeking the least toxic way to build, renovate or live in a home or apartment, so that is everybody.
The authors cover basic, major topics often left out of how-to's, for example, which foundation, construction and insulation materials are the safest, as well as indoor choices such as cabinetry and furnishings.
While the handbook often talks about how non-toxic choices will help all of us, especially people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, its sound advice will particularly result in protecting the most vulnerable -children -- from toxic harm.
Co-author,Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children [POISONED PROFITS]

I'm sorry I didn't discover anything in this book that wouldn't be "common sense" to anyone over the age of twelve who has ever owned a house. Don't waste your time unless you are totally clueless...then again the price was right
free so why not read it just in case you learned something.

Even if you don't have chemical sensitivities, it is probably better to live your life without the added out gassing that many home products give.

If you are so fortunate to build your own home, then this book is a must read for ideas and ways to make it less chemically and more ventilated. The ventilation sections were some of my favorites as I currently rent and am always looking at methods to keep my old (and probably chemically laden home) well ventilated.

It would be difficult and potentially extremely expensive to implement all the ideas, but even a few could make a huge difference in your well-being and your children should you have them.

The Healthy House Answer book is authoritative, comprehensive, concise and clearly written. This invaluable reference guide provides easy-to-follow steps to creating and maintaining a healthy home. Everyone should read this book!

This book is tremendously useful for anyone trying to determine whether chemical sensitivities to indoor pollutants in the home are making them sick and, if so, what alternative solutions are available. It's quite comprehensive, but also concise. The authors come by their expertise through personal experience - this gives the book credibility. In my profession I frequently write educational content about the health effects of various chemicals used around the home. I am happy to have this book as reference material for my work as well as for my personal health. The Healthy House Answer Book is easy to navigate and easy to understand. And....easy to afford!

"This little Q&A book is packed with information by two of the country's most respected pioneers in Healthy House Building. A must read primer for anyone contemplating building or renovating."

Paula Baker-Laporte FAIA
principle author of
"Prescriptions for a Healthy House"

It is an extremely interesting volume... of iummense use... to Built-Design professionals as well as amateurs. But personally speaking, it is not the amateurs, but the professional built-design professionals, who have to be bull-dozed into accepting green architecture. Wish something more can be done about it. H K Verma Editor Interiors Today - India's only Magazine for Built Design professionals Bombay interior@bol.net.in