To support your home healthiness post-Helene, we are hosting a LIVE “Ask Us Anything” Zoom call on Thursday, December 5, at 4 p.m. where you can share your concerns and get answers. In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many residents of western North Carolina are left grappling with the aftermath of this extreme weather event. […]
Now, We Need To Talk About Sick House Syndrome [Event Announcement!]
Join us on August 8, 2024, at 4 PM EST when Rick offers a live, one-hour webinar, “Sick House? Get Expert Advice About Where To Begin.” Admission free; registration required. Do you or others in your home have symptoms that seem to evaporate when you leave? Then it’s likely your home is causing those symptoms. […]
Common Scents: Artificial Seasonal Aromas May Worsen Indoor Air Quality
Nothing says holiday like the scents of the season, don’t you think? But too often, today’s seasonal aromas are not those found in nature. Instead, they’re made up of chemically derived ingredients that can be harmful to indoor air quality and our health. We all love the comforting, warming aromas of pumpkin spice, apple pie. […]
Four Easy Ways to Get Lice Out of Your Family’s House – Fast!
As school rings in across western North Carolina, teachers, students and families look forward to a host of new, shared experiences. With the coming of fall, furry caps and wooly coats comes the inevitable gift of togetherness: head lice. Oh, my! My skin starts to crawl just thinking about head lice. Doubtless, an itch or […]
Got Sick House Questions? Ask the Right Ones When Working With An Environmental Home Health Pro
Ever feel trapped under an avalanche of well-meaning, but not particularly helpful, information and advice about your sick house? You are not alone. Almost every person who reaches out to A Healthier Home sorts through mountains of information. They are in the process of trying to dig out from under the mounds of advice from […]
How Do I Monitor My Indoor Air Quality?
Folks are always asking, “What do you think of this IAQ or indoor air quality device?” Like many common questions, there’s more than one answer. When the response is, “It depends,” I’m not avoiding an answer. There’s no simple response to the question of how to achieve acceptable indoor air quality, also known as IAQ. […]
Breathe Easy Indoors When the Pollen Count Rises
Springtime in the beautiful Southern Appalachians of western North Carolina is a wonder to behold, particularly viewed from any of our area’s exceptional hiking trails or waterfalls. Unfortunately, for those of us with allergies or asthma, there’s also nothing like a high pollen count to drive us indoors. From early April to mid-May, pollen counts […]
9 Asthma and Other Illness Triggers and What You Can Do About Them
According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 7.8% of Americans suffer from asthma. Many folks come to us over concerns about mold. And while it is certainly a problem that could affect one’s health, there are other irritants, allergens, VOCs, toxins, and pollutants that can be just as harmful. […]
5 Holiday Plants That Can Put A Damper on the Season’s Festivities
Let’s take a look at Appalachian traditional plants used to decorate during the holidays, and see how safe and healthy these choices are for children and pets. In WNC, Thanksgiving marks the week that many families bring out the decorations in earnest for the holiday season. The scent of evergreen and spice simply cannot be […]
How ElectroMagnetic Radiation Affects Your Health and Safety At Home
Everybody from building biologists to home health scientists are talking these days about electromagnetic radiation frequency. To simplify the discussion, we are going to refer to the issue as Electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs). Health decline related to electromagnetic sensitivity is considered to be an issue for society as a whole. Let’s check in about this increasing […]