Home Safe Home Fact Sheets

(Note: 30 of our popular Home Safe Home fact sheets have been compiled in a 131-page 25th anniversary book, Safer Alternatives for the home and Garden, available for purchase -- see bottom of this page for details.)

Cleaning Products and Antimicrobials

• Safer Cleaning Products (34kb PDF file)
  
• Antimicrobial Products: Who Needs Them? (67kb PDF file)

Personal Care

• Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products: Avoiding Bodily Harm (69kb PDF file)
• Getting Ahead of Lice (66kb PDF file)

Lawn and Garden Pests and Chemicals

• Tales from the North Side: Problems with Moss (500kb PDF file)

• European Crane Fly: Lawn Pest or Bird Food? (48kb PDF file)
• Removing a Lawn without Herbicides (361kb PDF file)
• Mosquito Megabites: Effective Mosquito Control (70kb PDF file)
• Keeping Molehills from Becoming Mountains (80kb PDF file)
  
• The Fruitful Northwest Home Orchard (80kb PDF file)
• Preventing Plant Diseases: Roots (43kb PDF file)
• Preventing Plant Diseases: Leaves (52kb PDF file)
• Choosing Fertilizers for the Lawn and Garden (35kb PDF file)
• Aphids - Safe and Successful Control (41kb PDF file)
• Lawn Care (38kb PDF file)
• Weed Management for the Lawn and Garden (39kb PDF file)
• Appropriate Plants for Northwest Landscapes (39kb PDF file)
• Garden Insect Pests (37kb PDF file)
• Managing Tent Caterpillars Without Chemicals (42kb PDF file)
• Getting Along with Yellowjackets (48kb PDF file)
• Protecting Your Plants From Slugs (90kb PDF file)

Indoor Pest Control Chemicals

• I Smell a Rat: Solving Rodent Problems (43kb PDF file)
• Managing Fleas in Your Home (43kb PDF file)
• Clothing Moths - Prevention and Control (39kb PDF file)
• Protecting Your Home From Carpenter Ants (42kb PDF file)
• Spiders, Ants, Flies, and Cockroaches: Four Common Household Invaders (188kb PDF file)

Art and Hobby Materials

• Art and Hobby Supplies (38kb PDF file)

Home Repair and Building Materials

• Vinyl Exam: Eliminating PVC in your Home (88kb PDF file)
• Paints and Wood Preservatives: Protecting your Wood and Your Health (36kb PDF file)
• Reducing Exposure to Lead in Older Homes (42kb PDF file)

General Household Topics

• Household Guide to Protecting Clean Water (58kb PDF file)
• Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids (50kb PDF file)
  

Also available, our new book:

• Safer Alternatives for the Home and Garden: The Complete 30 Home Safe Home Fact Sheets. This special 25th anniversary compilation contains updated versions of our hugely popular and informative Home Safe Home fact sheets, in a handy and easy to use spiral-bound format. Valuable tips on cleaning your home, healthy lawn and garden care, controlling indoor pests, and safer products in a broad range of categories. 131 pages. $19.95