Around the Home
Cleaning Products
- Never mix household cleaners. Never, ever mix bleach with other cleaners or soaps, especially ammonia products. These mixtures can create deadly fumes.
- Avoid products with the antibacterial Triclosan. Germs can be stubborn and adaptable. The use of Triclosan may create resistant germs. Simple soap
and water are just as effective. Find more tips on
Cleaning Products from the WA Toxics Coalition.
- Choose a product with little or no scent and avoid aerosols. Perfumes can irritate people who have sensitive skin or respiratory ailments.
Aerosols can send propellants and solvents throughout the air. Pump sprayers or wipe-on liquids are a better choice.
- Avoid air fresheners and fabric softeners. These products can send particles and perfume chemicals into the air and trigger asthma and skin reactions.
- See Guide to Safer Products for safer substitutes to potentially hazardous household products.
Mercury
Mercury is a highly toxic element that is used in many common household items. Find out which products contain mercury. ...more
Motor Oil
It is illegal to put used oil in landfills, down storm drains or sewers, on the ground, or in the surface waters of Washington. Find out the numerous places
throughout the county where you can Recycle Used Motor Oil [PDF].
Painting
Most paints contain harmful solvents, learn more at Healthy Indoor Painting.
In the Yard
Gardening
Discover techniques to keep pest and vegetation problems low enough to limit or eliminate reliance on chemicals. ...more
Heating Oil Tanks
A property owner can be held liable for contamination or environmental damage caused by a leaking tank. Find out how to decommission a
Home Heating Oil Tank. ...more
Pressure-Treated Wood (CCA)
Most pressure-Treated Wood sold before January 2004 was treated with chromated
copper arsenate (CCA for short), which contains arsenic. Find out what you can do to reduce your family's exposure to arsenic. ...more
Tacoma Smelter Plume
Learn how to reduce contact with contaminants in dirt from the former Asarco copper smelter in Ruston, Washington. ...more
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