Increase Filtration with a DIY Filtered Box Fan
View full size DIY filtered box fan image and instructions here UPDATED 10/01/20 Air cleaners (also called air purifiers) can be...
COVID-19: Dos and Don’ts for a Healthy Home
Your home is the foundation for good physical and emotional health. Now that many people are finding themselves, and their...
Lessons from Florence Nightingale (part 3)
Florence Nightingale emphasized community and home as the third factor for health and healing. Modern life makes this challenging...
Healthy Home, Healthy Occupants: Managing COVID-19 Challenges
The Hayward Score team joined Bob Krell from Healthy Indoors for a special 90-minute episode focused on managing COVID-19...
Lessons from Florence Nightingale (part 2)
Florence Nightingale’s world no longer exists but her insights are as true today as they were during her lifetime. She would...
Hayward Score Advice on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
What is Coronavirus (COVID-19)? The COVID-19 virus has many similarities with the other corona-type viruses, plus those for the...
Lessons From Florence Nightingale (part 1)
The COVID-19 pandemic is at the top of everyone’s mind, both by public health mandate and for personal survival. COVID-19 is...
Hear from Bill Hayward: Make Healthy Home Choices – Boston Globe
Read what Hayward Score Founder and CEO Bill Hayward had to say in the Boston Globe in this excerpt from: Some building...
9 Easy Things to Help Take Control of Your Indoor Air Quality
Whether you own or rent, are in a home for a short time or it is your “forever” home there are simple, inexpensive things you...
“Clean” Shouldn’t Smell!
It might surprise you to learn that the only thing you should smell when something is clean is NOTHING. A home that is both...
Cook Up a Healthier New Year!
The new year is a great time to start practicing new, and healthier, habits and the kitchen is a great place to start! For many...
Environmental Pollutants and Breast Cancer: How to Limit Exposure
Once disputed as a contributor to breast cancer, environmental pollutants are now known to play a significant role. According to...
Quick Tips for a Healthy Dorm Room
Heading back to college? Here are some tips on keeping a healthy dorm room! Thinking about indoor air quality is probably not the...
Removing Mold Odor From Car Ventilation
The first clue that something may be off with your car’s ventilation system is usually odor. A “musty” odor typically...
Houses are filled with chemical additives. Here’s how to find...
From the Washington Post (8/1/2019) By Roy Furchgott It is nearly impossible to avoid chemical additives in your home — they...
Heal Your Home (and Yourself)
Hayward Score’s Bill and Adriana Hayward are featured in the July/August issue of HauteLiving SF! Read about how their...
The Health Impact of Scented Candles
For many people, home decor wouldn’t be complete without scented candles. But these ubiquitous home items have a darker...
Finding a Healthy Rental: 10 Things To Look For!
Moving is stressful enough without having to worry whether conditions in your newly rented home might impact your health. While...
Asthma Season is Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
When your child has asthma, it’s rough. Every changing season can play havoc with their symptoms, as climate change shifts...
6 Steps to Minimize Dust at Home
Dust is a common sight in any home, and it naturally gathers on top of shelves, tables, or counters as the days pass. It can be...
Managing Asthma Through Integrated Pest Management
Pests: A Common Asthma Trigger Pests can range from a nuisance to a serious health concern. They can carry disease-causing...
Ask an Expert: Asbestos
Ask an Expert is an occasional feature where we pose a question submitted by a reader to our Healthy Home Director Carl Grimes...
Why Bother With a Clean Crawlspace?
While not as sexy as solar panels on the roof or a remodeled bathroom, a clean crawlspace can significantly increase the...
Lead Dust Testing Outside?
Dust Settling on Outside Patio or Furniture? I was sitting on my porch in San Francisco watching kids play on the wooden deck and...
Make How you Cook as Healthy as What you Cook
For many people, cooking “healthfully” means choosing hormone-free dairy products, organic vegetables, and beef raised...
Is Your House Making You Sick?
The symptoms most commonly reported by those affected by a “sick house” are many and varied, depending on the sensitivity of...
5 More Things to Improve Home Health Today!
Since you spend about 90% of your time indoors, the air you breathe inside is really important - especially if someone in your...
5 Things to Improve Home Health Today!
The air you breathe is as important as the food you eat to keeping your body and mind healthy. There are lots of easy things you...
Avoiding Endocrine Disruptors in your Home
Many people are aware of the benefits of keeping what they eat and drink free of chemicals, including pesticides, mercury, and...
Keep Healthy Home Fires Burning
For many people, a bright, crackling, wood fire is as much a part of the fall and winter season as hot apple cider and a cozy...
Resolve to Make your Home Healthier in 2017
Resolve to Make Your Home Healthier in 2017 The new year is the time when many people make resolutions to get healthier. In...
did you know
Indoor air can be 5x more polluted than outside affecting allergies, asthma, concentration, sleep quality and more.
