Pest Problems After Storms and Other Disasters
Hurricanes, heavy storms, tornadoes, and other similar natural disasters can lead to problems with a variety of insects and vertebrate …
Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 7: Ventilate
What is Ventilation? Ventilation means bringing fresh air into the house from outdoors and getting rid of stale, possibly polluted, …
Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 6: Think Home Safety
Most Common Home Injuries Injuries in homes are very common. One-third of all injuries that occur in the United States …
Creating a Healthy Home Step 5: Get Rid of Pests
Household pests like insects and rodents sometimes find their way into our homes. Common insect pests are cockroaches, flies …
Creating a Healthy Home Step 4: Keep Your Home Maintained
Keeping your house or apartment well maintained is important for keeping your home healthy and safe. If you are …
Keep Your Pet-Friendly Home Healthy
We love our pets like family. Just remember, pets carry germs and they leave the germs all over our …
Keeping Your Home Dry -- How Water Enters Your Home
One of the key principles to a healthy home is keeping the home dry. In order to do this, …
Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 3: Eliminate Moisture, Keep it Dry
Water is absolutely essential to our basic survival. We must have clean fresh water for drinking and cooking. And …
Creating a Healthy Home Step 2: Contaminant Free
Contaminants such as lead, radon, carbon monoxide, asbestos, second hand smoke, and other chemicals impact the healthfulness of your …
Creating a Healthy Home Step 1: Clean
Why a clean home is an important step toward a healthy home: Houses that are kept clean will help reduce …
5 Minutes to a Healthier Home
Not all steps to improve your health take a great deal of time. Here are suggestions that take only 5 …
June is National Health Homes Month
In the U.S. today, people spend close to 90% of their time indoors. National Healthy Homes Month (NHHM), created …
FEMA Shares 7 Steps to Prepare Your Home for Summer
In the latest Individual and Community Preparedness eBrief, FEMA shares 7 steps to get your home ready for summer …
Everyone Deserves a Safe and Healthy Home
A variety of hazards exist in homes and they can be a source of, or a contributing factor to …
Preventing Frozen Pipes
When temperatures drop below freezing – especially for a significant amount of time – the potential for frozen pipes …
October Is Children's Health Month
October is Children’s Health Month. See how many of these tips you can follow in the 31 days of …
What Flooding Does to a Home
The devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey has caused many homes to be uninhabitable in Texas and Louisiana. But …
It's a Moisture Issue: Moisture and Mold Health Effects
Some, but not all people can have negative health reactions to mold. The NC DHHS Division of Public Health …
Lead Testing in the Workplace: Why Is It So Important?
Lead is a heavy metal found naturally in the earth’s crust; and for many years it was used extensively …
Keeping Your Pet-Friendly Home Healthy
June is National Healthy Homes Months. You can keep your pet-friendly home healthy by: 1. Giving your pet regular baths. …