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  Formaldehyde: Is Your Flooring Making You Sick? Are your flooring choices making you sick?  When choosing our home flooring options, many of us tend to lean towards laminate flooring as the affordable option.  But, is it the safest option? Studies have shown that laminate …

  Springcheck As we begin to enter into the spring season, people are enjoying with the warm weather and the longer days. Springtime is also a perfect opportunity to check the condition of your home.  Some Springcheck tasks can ensure that your property is in …

  What makes a ‘green’ home With education available to teach us the dangers of formaldehyde off gasses, volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) and other mold and fungal particulates that put a burden on our indoor air quality. Many of us are now wondering what makes …

    When it comes to allergies among people, there are many triggers to consider. Pollen, pets, dust smoke and other air pollutants.  Is it possible our allergies are affected by weather also?   The fall and winter seasons were  rather short this year, resulting in …

  7 Unknown Things That Cause Allergies Allergy sufferers are well aware of the annoyance associated with itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose. Even if you are careful to avoid pollens and dust within your home there may be some other causes of allergies …

Tips To Combat Indoor Air Pollution   The Christmas tree has been taken down, lights packed away. With the cold dark winter nights and valentine’s day upon us, there is no better time to light up the scented candles you were given during the holidays.  …

The Benefits of Using Air Filters With the New Year upon us, many people have made resolutions to improve their health with things like  eating  clean and exercising  more.   However, people often tend to ignore the quality of their indoor air.   It is important to …

Ways to Fight Winter Allergies I had previously posted an article on the rise in fall allergies. Well believe it or not, they have not stopped there.   Apparently with the winter season being upon us, doesn’t mean the allergies are gone.  We often think of …

Carbon Monoxide Awareness The dangers associated with Carbon Monoxide poisoning were outlined November 1 – 7 during Ontario’s second annual Carbon Monoxide awareness week.  Reminding Ontarian’s to install carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in your home. It is important to have a CO detector installed if …