Health and Wellness Blog

Spring is here and so is spring cleaning!  Now is the time to clear out the toxins and allergens in your home. 

Does your home make you sick  Do you feel heavy-headed and miserable when you're at home? Do you sneeze, cough, feel dizzy, fatigued and have have frequent headaches?  These may be the signs of poor indoor air quality. The Canadian Lung Association — Pollution and Air Quality site contains information about signs and symptoms and sources of indoor air pollutants. 

Clean air is important to your health and well-being.  Canadians spend almost 90% of our time indoors so it is important to reduce the amount of mould, dust mites, bacteria and household pollutants.  Look at Health Canada — Indoor Air Quality for information and tips about eliminating mould and reducing indoor air pollutants.

Household plants can help to clean the air.  The Toronto Botanical Garden — Clean Air Plants factsheet contains a list of the 20 best plants that will help remove chemical vapours in the home and office.

Check out the Library's new books about maintaining a healthy home .  To see which branch has a copy of the book and to place a hold, click on the title link.

The following titles contain tips for identifying and clearing your home of unhealthy molds and toxins and cleaning with green products.

Jeff May's Healthy Home Tips	Easy Green Living	Healthy Child, Healthy World

Ecoholic Home	David Suzuki's Green Guide	What's in this Stuff?

Pets can be a major source of allergens in the home.  Check out the following titles to help you choose a sneeze-free pet.

The Sneeze-Free Cat Owner	Sneeze-Free Dog Breeds