Safer Home Maintenance Alternatives

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Building Materials

Not all "green" building materials or projects will necessarily be compatible with ES persons. Screen to match up with your personal needs.

Light House, Sustainable Building Centre has a searchable green product and professional database. Not all products available are listed.
Mud Girls Natural Building Collective — a non-profit collective — natural building workshops.
Straw Bale Building — workshops, instructional materials.

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Paint

The VOC content of a product is not the only ingredient to consider. Those with ES often do better with paint formulas containing the least toxic ingredients. Test for personal tolerance.

All paints are available in Canada.

AFM Safecoat — no VOC paints and least-toxic sealants.
Farrow and Ball.
Green Planet Paint.
Homestead Milk Paint — Canada's only milk paint company. Online orders or through retailer.
Mythic Paint — no VOC, non-toxic paint.
YOLO Color House — no-VOC paint, least-toxic ingredients.
Top 20 indoor air quality pollutants — acupressure self-help instructions.
Toxnet — Toxicology Data Network.
Volatile Organic Compounds — EPA Introduction to Air Quality.
Hazardous Household Ingredients (PDF–2.77MB) — Prevent Cancer Coalition.

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Pesticides & Herbicides

Simple Steps to Ecological Lawn Care.
Pesticides Facts & Figures — from Beyond Pesticides.
The Bug Stops Here — Steve Tvedten's non-toxic insect control.
Lawn Pesticides Factsheet (PDF–45KB) — The Watershed Partnership, Inc.

See also, "Bed Bugs, Least Toxic Controls" on page 6 and "Non-Toxic Weed Control" on page 7 of Newsletter #30 in our newsletter archives.

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Non-Toxic Household Products

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