The Home Environmental Sourcebook: 50 Environmental Hazards to Avoid When Buying, Selling, or Maintaining a Home

Davis, Andrew N., Ph.D.; Schaffman, Paul

ISBN 10: 080504177X / ISBN 13: 9780805041774

Published by Owl Books, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Home Environmental Sourcebook: 50 Environmental Hazards to Avoid When Buying, Selling, or Maintaining a Home
• Publisher: Owl Books
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080504177X
• ISBN 13: 9780805041774
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Covers interior and exterior health threats, including lead-based paint, radon, landfills, and incinerators

Reviews

Prospective home buyers need all the help they can get, and a good look at environmental hazards that may threaten their investments is welcome. Davis and Schaffman's example of such a thing is a bit of a tough read, but then, most readers will use it as a handbook to consult about particular concerns. It explores an impressive array of those, ranging from drinking water to radon to the proximity of radio and communication towers. It explains each potential hazard, assesses the risks to health and wealth each can pose, and advises means for addressing the problems associated with each. The information relayed is likely to remain timely, for while technology stumbles forward at a merry pace, both eliminating and causing environmental problems as it does, existing homes--especially "vintage" ones--just get older, eventually manifesting or perhaps magnifying their original drawbacks and pitfalls. Armed with this heroic guide, domicile consumers may enter the contemporary real estate jungle with a bit more assurance that they will emerge safe and (financially) sound. Mike Tribby