The Healthy House: How to Buy One, How to Build One, How to Cure a Sick One

You and your family deserve a healthy house and this book will show you how you can have one. In it, you’ll learn:

• Why many houses make people sick.
• Why the air indoors is much worse than it is outdoors.
• Why carpeting and kitchen cabinets can be unhealthy.
• How your furnace can be dangerous to your health.
• How to select healthier building products.
• How tight construction can be a healthy idea.
• How to properly ventilate houses.
• What you can do if you live in an unhealthy house.
• How to reduce your exposure to electromagnetic fields.
• What to do about lead, asbestos, radon, and mold.

This 2001 4th edition contains contributions, in the form of sidebars, from 50 healthy house professionals from across North America.

JOHN BOWER has been involved with healthy house construction since 1984. His other books include Healthy House Building for the New Millennium, The Healthy House Answer Book, and Understanding Ventilation. He has also written scores of magazine articles and given dozens of presentations at builders’ conferences throughout North America. John is the recipient of a Professional Achievement Award from Professional Builder magazine, which named him one of “60 Influential People, Products, and Events” in the home building industry. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Indoor Environment Connections and was listed as one of the “Indoor Environment Power 50,” a Who’s Who in the Indoor Environment Industry, by Indoor Environment Review.