healthy, healing home
From issue #230 of Resurgence magazine, p. 40:
- Get rid of your microwave oven, which can leak radiation.
- Don’t seat your children near to elecctrical sources.
- Install a point-of-source water filter on your kitchen tap. Either we filter the contaminants in water before we use it, or our bodies will be forced to do this for us.
- Get rid of non-stick-coated cookware, such as Teflon.
- Switch from plastic bags to cellulose bags.
- Avoid the use of PVC.
- Store food in glass jars.
- Run your tap water first thing each morning to flush out the water than has been standing in pipes overnight.
- Get rid of synthetic detergents and cleaners, Use lemon juice, vinegar and bicarbonate of soda instead.
- Never lay carpet in a kitchen or bathroom where mold can accumulate.
- Unplug all electrical appliances at night.
- Replace particle-board furniture with solid wood.
- Open living-space windows every day.
- Don’t use fragranced personal hygiene products.
Remove televisions, computers and other electrical appliances from bedrooms.
- Use radiant floor heating in a closed loop, hot water system. Heat objects, not air.
- Granite work surfaces emit radiation. Use natural stone, slate or wood instead.
- Replace PVC floor coverings with linoleum, cork or wood.
- Fiberglass insulation contains toxins; use wool or recycled newspaper instead.
- Purchase only clothing and bedding that can be washed. Dry-cleaning uses toxic chemicals.
- Use two tablespoons of baking soda in a wash cycle to soften fabric. Dry clothes naturally on a clothes line.
- Replace PVC shower curtains with a glass screen.
- Use non-chlorine bleached, recycled paper towels and tissues.
- Sit a minimum of 30 inches away from your computer screen.
- Keep houseplants in office environments to purify the air.
Matthew Agy said,
May 6, 2005 @ 8:47 pm
30 inches from you computer screen?! How am supposed to type?! I agree with the majority of these points, but some are not as practical as others. For one, opening the windows in the house each day lets in pollen and pollution (we’ve had a few days where there were pollution alerts). Not a terribly big deal. Too bad there isn’t money in clean/free living - would be more popular. Thanks as alwasy for you blog,
Matthew
Shaula Evans said,
May 8, 2005 @ 4:35 pm
I was surprised that I am already doing almost everything on this list (renting aparments precludes me from exercising some of the building material options.)
Extended bouts of ill health have brought me here, while I worked on diet and lifestyle management to stay away from doctors, drugs, and invasive medical treatments…and, it has worked!
Vickie said,
May 9, 2005 @ 7:43 pm
Hi, I tried to post something in one of your older blogs but it wouldn’t let me. This may still interest you though I apologise it being off-topic for this blog entry. This is in response to something from April 2004.
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I don’t know if anyone will see this, it’s been so long. I was doing a search for Happy Rhodes and this page came up. I keep a samples page of Happy Rhodes songs at http://wretchawry.com if anyone wants to take a listen. She has an amazing voice and I love her music and lyrics.
I’m also a big fan of Lisa Germano and I like Hannah Fury and Imogen Heap. I’m not too familiar with Veda Hille or Emily Bezar, though lots of Happy Rhodes fans are huge fans of each.
Carlos Shirah said,
March 17, 2010 @ 6:32 am
Interesting insight, amazed I never thought of that by myself