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Home & Garden

Just how safe is the place you call home? Click on the green stars to uncover the toxic hazards that are all too common in everyday household and yard products and to learn how to stay safe. The yellow stars reveal more how to's on a broad array of topics, from using energy and water wisely to reducing waste.

Energy

  • CO2 Smackdown: How to Lose 10 Tons of CO2 in 12 Cash-Saving Steps
  • Energy Efficient TVs: The NRDC Listings
  • Cold Weather Planning: Seven Steps to a Warmer Home
  • Quiz: What Do You Know About Saving Energy?
  • See all Energy content

Water & Air

  • Do You Need a Home Water Filter?
  • Quiz: How Water-Wise Are You?
  • Houseplants: Beautiful, Clean Air Factories
  • See all Water & Air content

Stuff

  • E-Waste: Saving Developing Communities From Our Electronic Junk
  • Safer De-Icers For You and Your Pets
  • My Mother's Shirt and Other Values We Got From Our Parents
  • See all Stuff content

Getting About

  • Plug and Play: A Q&A with Luke Tonachel on Electric Cars
  • How Can I Get Better Mileage Out of My Old Car?
  • See all Getting About content

Yard & Garden

  • Quiz: What’s Crawling in Your Garden?
  • How to Install a Roof Garden
  • See all Yard & Garden content

Chemical Index

  • 1,4-Dioxane
  • Arsenic
  • Asbestos
  • Atrazine
  • Bisphenol A (BPA)
  • Carbaryl
  • Chlorpyrifos
  • Diesel
  • Dioxins
  • Endosulfan
  • Fluoride
  • Formaldehyde
  • Hexavalent Chromium
  • Lead
  • Lindane
  • Mercury
  • Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)
  • n-hexane
  • Nanomaterials
  • Ozone
  • Parabens
  • Perchlorate
  • Perchloroethylene (Tetrachloroethylene, PERC, PCE)
  • Phthalates
  • Propoxur (Flea and Tick Pesticide)
  • Pyrethrins
  • Pyrethroids
  • Styrene
  • Sulfur Dioxide
  • TDCP/TCEP (Chlorinated Flame Retardants)
  • Tetrachlorvinphos (Flea and Tick Pesticide)
  • Trichloroethylene (TCE)
  • Triclosan and Triclocarban (Antibacterials)

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