Home & Health

Author: Wang Sheng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Home is where we rest and live, but do you know how to choose and create a happy, healthy, and pollution-free living space? How to buy a house, select a location, renovate, choose materials, and arrange your home to build a warm and healthy living environment? The answers are in this book.
Part 1: Choosing a Home Location
1. Areas closely related to the health of residents
2. How to choose a living area with a favorable wind direction
3. Is the water environment around a new home safe?
4. A green neighborhood is beneficial to health
5. Avoid low-lying areas when choosing a home
6. Public service facilities should be complete
Part 2: Selecting a Home with Care
1. What is a healthy home?
2. How to make home heating more economical and comfortable
3. What size living space is suitable?
4. What height of living space is comfortable?
5. Which direction is best for a home?
6. What size living space area is appropriate?
7. Lighting is very important for a home
8. Why should you consider sunlight when choosing a home?
9. What factors affect ventilation?
Part 3: Home Renovation and Health
1. What are the principles of eco-friendly renovation?
2. What are eco-friendly building materials?
3. How to choose eco-friendly paint and coatings
4. Don’t be deceived by the beauty of stone surfaces
5. There is wisdom in buying large-core boards
6. How to use color to decorate your home
7. The living room, which is “crucial”
8. How to make children’s rooms safer during renovation
9. Create a home environment that is convenient for people with disabilities
10. Home renovation should be convenient and comfortable for the elderly
11. How to detect renovation quality
12. How to detect radioactive substances in your home
Part 4: Beware of Potential Home Pollution
1. Where does formaldehyde in the home come from?
2. The “aromatic killer” in the home
3. Light pollution in the home
4. The harm of ozone in the home should not be ignored
5. The “annoying” noise in the home
6. Volatile organic compounds are highly harmful
7. The pungent gas—ammonia
8. Don’t bring “dangerous” furniture home
9. Electromagnetic radiation from household appliances
10. How to reduce electromagnetic radiation in the home
11. Learn how to use computers safely
12. Building ceramics hide radioactive hazards
13. “Dangerous” plants in the home
14. 11 common misconceptions about indoor pollution
15. What physical discomforts can air pollution cause?
Part 5: Home Environment and Health
1. Indoor air quality is alarming
2. Prevent colds by improving the indoor environment
3. In winter, be careful of carbon monoxide poisoning
4. Pollen from home plants can also cause illness
5. Dust mites that “accompany” you
6. The “troublesome” inhalable particulate matter
7. Beware of hypoxia caused by carbon dioxide
8. Air pollution caused by secondhand smoke
9. What common pathogens are in the home?
10. Use air conditioners carefully to avoid legionnaires’ disease
11. Fungi in the home can also cause illness
12. Cute but dangerous pets
13. Viruses in the home are highly harmful
14. “Home killers” that harm children’s health
15. Lead pollution in the home threatens children’s health
16. Good ways to prevent indoor pathogens
Part 6: Creating a Warm Home Environment
1. Carpet, your warm companion
2. Green plants that are beneficial to the home environment
3. Smart greening of children’s rooms
4. How to use air conditioners more healthily in summer
5. Comfortable room temperature in winter
6. 7 good habits for home life
7. Air vitamins—negative ions
8. Make indoor lighting more warm and cozy
9. A variety of indoor air purifiers
10. Disinfect the home to prevent bacteria
11. Small tricks for getting rid of mosquitoes and insects in the home
12. Smart ways to remove odors in the home
13. Small tips for cleaning the kitchen
14. How to stay away from the harm of grease
15. Cleaning carpets is simple