"This is the most comprehensive book on the market about indoor allergens. The authors discuss the potential dangers to health caused by all matter of indoor allergens. This book is informed by the first author's education in chemistry and his thirty-plus years of running a business that identifies and fixes indoor air pollution. This second edition is greatly expanded, with eight new chapters and updated content in the other chapters. New chapters...

Explains the phenomenon of air pollution and discusses the importance of preserving clean air.

Discusses the role of houseplants in filtering poisonous chemicals released by furniture, carpets and building materials, then trapped by ventilation systems, in purifying the air. Rates each plant for its effectiveness in removing various pollutants, and its ease of growth and maintenance.

Scrutinizing house dust and air samples with a microscope, indoor air quality expert Jeffrey May seeks to help people identify what is causing their health problems

Presents more than 850 simple formulas for safe household produts

Ever since I first began landscaping organically in 1980, friends have been asking me for advice about how to solve problems around the home and garden without using chemicals or breaking too much of a sweat; in 1995, after I first self-published Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles: Amusing and Useful Techniques for Nontoxic Housekeeping and Gardening, total strangers began contacting me as well. When asked for housekeeping tips, I always made it clear...