GET THE FACTS ~ Healing Homes Guru

CONCLUSION

I go back to what Healthy Building Network says about their work:.”.….when we KNOW better, we DO better.” Please get to know the resources listed within these pages and you too will do better and lead a healthier, more productive life. If you are looking to purchase healthy home building materials locally, there are only a couple places left in the Chicago area that specialize in healthy sustainable building materials and who can advise those wishing to create a healthier home. The local expert on this topic is Andy Pace who founded the Green Design Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Coming from a family that worked in construction, no one knows this field better. I trust his judgment and sage advice. I would not hesitate to call Andy about any healthy home problem or situation you want to address. Another resource locally is E.L. Faust in Elmhurst. They built a local niche by primarily helping those who suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. Faust focuses on air purifiers, water filters, and like Mr. Pace, is a local supplier of AFMSafecoat products. A second local option is Karen Kalmek’s eco-friendly interior design services known as Green Home Chicago at her very handsome West Loop design center. And finally, I urge everyone to read fellow Bau Biologist Paula Baker Laporte’s book, Prescriptions for a Healthy House, which provides comparison lists and makes numerous explicit material recommendations for your healthy home. In the Resource section of this eBook I have additional links to organizations that have either specific expertise in evaluating toxic building materials or have long advocated for building with safer alternatives. These references include links to groups like architectural firm Perkins & Will, an advocacy group called the Green Science Policy Institute, and the Chicago Tribune which produced an excellent 2012 Watchdog Report on Flame Retardants (and I might add, an excellent 2019 report on excessive cell phone radiation).

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