California Study Finds New Homes Are Toxic

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Sources of Formaldehyde: Home purifier expert

A year ago we complained that energy efficiency was obviously a good thing, but not at the cost of air quality and the health of occupants. Energy efficient houses are built to be as airtight as possible, filled with materials and cleaning products that release all kinds of hazardous chemicals, and yet there is no legal requirement for heat recovery ventilators.

Now Linda Kincaid at Green Building Elements points us to a new study (<a href="http://www.arb.ca….Read the full story on TreeHugger


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2 Responses to “California Study Finds New Homes Are Toxic”

  1. I’ve enjoyed reading through these types of blogs. Intriguing stuff! Solar energy has constantly been a fascination with me.

  2. Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

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