Healthy Home Needs of Children

Here is a checklist to assist in making home environments as healthy as possible.

Choose natural alternatives to pesticides and herbicides- Try not to live in a home that has large amounts of pesticide placed beneath the slab/floor.
Provide good ventilation to exhaust bad air.
Reduce particulate matter in the air.
Control mold and its neurotoxic gases.
Avoid unhealthy building materials, furnishings, household cleaning products, air deodorizers, and synthetic fragrances.
Make sure there is adequate oxygen in the home.
Make sure sleep and play areas are electromagnetically quiet.
Minimize exposure to high frequency and microwave radiation.
Use adequately filtered drinking water, free of dissolved toxins.
Provide healthy toys and art supplies.
Provide good quality light. Open the windows for sun light to enter the home 1 hr. day.
Spend time outdoors daily.
Provide quiet areas for resting and recharging.

Children are close to ground-level toxins and are prone to hand-to-mouth contact. Children breathe at a faster rate than adults, inhaling more toxins. A child's body weight is less than an adult's, so toxins can have greater impact on the child. Children are still developing neurologically and therefore are at greater risk from toxins than adults.

There is much that parents can do on their own to improve the home environment.
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