Healthy Home Living

Explore everyday living through a Building Biology lens. Discover how our homes, building materials, furnishings, household products, technology and daily habits influence the indoor environment, with practical observations and choices that support healthier living.

Discovery of New Mould Linked to Disease in Pets and Humans

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Six years of investigation by University of Sydney researcher, Professor Vanessa Barrs, has discovered a brand new species of mould, named Aspergillus felis that produces life-threatening infections within humans, cats and dogs and is particularly resistant to usual treatment. Vanessa Barrs first noticed this fungal infection present in three cats she treated in 2006. Aspergillosis is […]

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Wireless Technology – A Danger We Can’t Live Without . . .

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The wireless revolution has effectively changed the way we communicate with one another, enabled us to access information around the globe at the touch of a button, dramatically changed the face of the workforce and positively influenced medicine and education and for that matter, almost every other profession. Questions about the safety of electromagnetic fields

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Natural is Best but Does this Mean it’s Safe?

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What does the term natural really mean? If you think a food is “all natural” just because the label says it is, think again. The term natural is widely used in food labeling as well as a variety promotional techniques in personal care and cleaning products. I found natural definitions and contexts being rather vague.

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It’s Hypoallergenic!

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The US Food and Drug Administration (2023) defines hypoallergenic cosmetics as goods whose producers maintain that they cause fewer allergic reactions than other cosmetics. Is it possible for consumers to think that these goods will be kinder to their skin than non-hypoallergenic cosmetics, both those with “normal” skin and those with hypersensitive skin? So what

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The Link Between Food Additives and Hyperactivity

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Are Food Additives a cause of Hyperactivity? In 2007, the well respected journal Lancet published a study funded by United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency which supported varying degrees of hyperactive behaviour in the children after they consumed fruit drinks containing mixture of food colourings and preservatives. The additives are: allura red (E129) an orange /

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The Connection Between Indoor Air Quality And Your Health

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Outdoors, we can see air pollution. Indoors, the air is not as clear as you may think, five to twenty times more polluted than outside. The most polluted environment you are exposed to is inside, so watch out for indoor air quality standards. With the increase use and exposure to chemicals in recent years, the

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