Creating a Healthy Home Step 4: Keep Your Home Maintained
Keeping your house or apartment well maintained is important for keeping your home healthy and safe. If you are …
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Keep Your Pet-Friendly Home Healthy
We love our pets like family. Just remember, pets carry germs and they leave the germs all over our …
Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 3: Eliminate Moisture, Keep it Dry
Water is absolutely essential to our basic survival. We must have clean fresh water for drinking and cooking. And …
Creating a Healthy Home Step 2: Contaminant Free
Contaminants such as lead, radon, carbon monoxide, asbestos, second hand smoke, and other chemicals impact the healthfulness of your …
Creating a Healthy Home Step 1: Clean
Why a clean home is an important step toward a healthy home: Houses that are kept clean will help reduce …
5 Minutes to a Healthier Home
Not all steps to improve your health take a great deal of time. Here are suggestions that take only 5 …
June is National Health Homes Month
In the U.S. today, people spend close to 90% of their time indoors. National Healthy Homes Month (NHHM), created …
FEMA Shares 7 Steps to Prepare Your Home for Summer
In the latest Individual and Community Preparedness eBrief, FEMA shares 7 steps to get your home ready for summer …
May Is #MedMonth
May is International Mediterranean Diet Month (aka Med Month). This month-long celebration creates awareness of the delicious foods and …
Everyone Deserves a Safe and Healthy Home
A variety of hazards exist in homes and they can be a source of, or a contributing factor to …
Safe Plates Certified Food Protection Manager Program
There are an estimated 48 million cases for foodborne illness in the United States every year. Many of these …
March Is Living Well Month
The National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences declares March Living Well month. During this month Family and …
January Is National Radon Action Month
January is Radon National Radon Action Month. During January, the U.S. Surgeon General and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …
Preventing Frozen Pipes
When temperatures drop below freezing – especially for a significant amount of time – the potential for frozen pipes …
Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide for NC Cooperative Extension
In North Carolina, food insecurity affects 1.6 million people, or about 15.9 percent of the population (USDA 2017). Food …
October Is Children's Health Month
October is Children’s Health Month. See how many of these tips you can follow in the 31 days of …
After a Disaster: Mold Clean Up
Restoring your home after disaster can be difficult. That difficulty can be compounded if it includes cleaning up mold. …
It's a Moisture Issue: Moisture and Mold Health Effects
Some, but not all people can have negative health reactions to mold. The NC DHHS Division of Public Health …
Keeping Your Pet-Friendly Home Healthy
June is National Healthy Homes Months. You can keep your pet-friendly home healthy by: 1. Giving your pet regular baths. …
June Is National Healthy Homes Month
This June marks the kick off of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Lead …