46 articles on "chemicals"

Travertine Information

Travertine Information by: Joey Lewitin Travertine is a compacted form of limestone that forms in rivers and hot springs. Water, especially river water, has a lot of minerals in it. Sometimes these minerals become deposited on the river bed. The...

Home Improvement  home improvement stone travertine chemicals minerals colors often
Fibromyalgia and Environmental Triggers

Although there has been a great deal of recent interest and writing on the subject of Fibromyalgia and how to mange the painfulsymptoms, it is almost never suggested that avoidance of certain environmental triggers may be an important management prac...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation symptoms fibromyalgia pain chemicals
Toxic Chemicals, Are Your Children Being Exposed?

Toxic Chemicals, Are Your Children Being Exposed? by: Shelly Platt You do what you can to keep your little ones safe and healthy in this world we live in. You put your household cleaners out of reach and make sure the front door is securely lock...

Health  health chemicals pbdes these
Four Homemade and Eco-friendly Cleaning Solutions

When cleaning your home it is important to consider all the effects of the cleaning products you choose to use, particularly their expense and safety. Chemical cleaners can be toxic as well as expensive, especially considering that they can all be ma...

Environment  environment cleaning products chemicals poisonous
A Home Water Filter - Do We Need To Filter Our Drinking Water?

A Home Water Filter - Do We Need To Filter Our Drinking Water? by: Andie Klein Do we really need a home water filter? Can't we just assume the water that flows from our kitchen and bathroom tap is sufficiently treated for contaminants by ou...

Health  health water chemicals contaminants body
My All Natural Oasis

My All Natural Oasis by: Randy Martin About 7 years ago, I decided that my budget could stretch, just enough, to fulfill my lifelong dream of owning my own hot tub. Like most perspective spa owners, my biggest concern was whether the hassle of a...

Health  health products company chemicals enzyme
How Secure And Chemical Free Are Your Dry Cleaning Products

Perchloroethylene, better known as perc, is utilized by 80 % of dry cleaners within the United States as being a solvent to wash clothes which are "dry clear only." Regardless of its effectiveness, the use of this chemical has been linked to a range ...

Family  family cleaning perc chemicals greenin
Darkroom Photography Guide to Getting Started

These days, developing film and making prints in a darkroom seems a little outdated. Why would we want to spend hours in a dark, smelly room, sweating over our images and struggling for the perfect print when we can just upload them to our computers,...

Hobbies  hobbies paper chemicals itaposs print prints
To Clean Or Not To Clean

To Clean Or Not To Clean by: Debi Nelson In my younger (much younger) days, I dabbled in the world of beauty pageants. I did not, however, (much to the chagrin of my husband) win the coveted “Miss Queen of Clean” title. I have two small chil...

Kids And Teens  kids teens products children cleaning chemicals
Book Review Toxic Deception

In the book, TOXIC DECEPTION, authors Dan Fagin and Marianne Lavelle talked about the ways and means today's manufacturers were able to hide their "deceptive practices", and keep harmful products in the market even with the availability of safer...

Legal  legal chemical manufacturers book chemicals products