The Healthy Home Toolkit

The Healthy Home Toolkit

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You can have a healthy home, even if you don’t own your home. Here are some simple things you can do now and take with you when you move.

Change your behavior.

• Run your bathroom and range hood fans.
• Use natural & green cleaning products like baking soda.
• Store chemicals outside the home or in a container in the garage.
• Don’t use scented candles or artificial fragrances.
• Leave your shoes at the door and don’t wear them inside the house.

Make inexpensive (under $100) upgrades.

• Add a simple faucet attached water filter.
• Buy a plug-in induction cooktop.
• Get allergy covers for your mattress.
• Use a higher quality furnace filter like a pleated MERV 11 filter.

Monitor your air.

• Use a low-level carbon monoxide detector.
• Use an indoor air quality monitor.
• Use an air purifier.