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Volatile organic compounds

Volatile organic compounds are a wide range of organic compounds used in many products that find their way into our homes. Under normal conditions, they vaporize, effectively leaving their host and entering the air where they combine with other airborne compounds to form ozone. VOCs are most well-known for the harm they can cause indoors, where they can be introduced via paint, carpets, furnishings, and cleaning agents. Formaldehyde, used in glues and adhesives, is one of the best known VOCs, and isassociated with cancer. More...

Natural air conditioning

Natural Airconditioning involves using means to maintain a comfortable temperature within a house or building without the use of an energy source. More...

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Eco-Friendly Flooring

• Installation of new carpet and flooring can fill the air with hundreds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including known and suspected carcinogens like formaldehyde and benzene. It can take years for these substances to dissipate.
• When you're looking for eco-friendly flooring options next, try cork -- it's sustainable, beautiful, lasting, quiet and it's the best for allergy sufferers.
• By using Bamboo flooring, you help preserve the habitat of endangered wildlife, which makes it a more eco-friendly choice for flooring than hardwoods.
• Natural linoleum floors are also hypoallergenic and biodegradable. More...