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Planning 2016: 10 tasks for a healthier new year

  Dispose of household hazardous products safely and for free by taking them to HazoHouse . Switch to green cleaning methods by using vineg...

How to have a ‘Green,’ Healthy and Safe Holiday

If you’re like a lot of people around the holidays, you like to decorate! And this can mean strings and strings of colored lights wrapped ar...

12 Steps for Reducing Allergens at Home

Microscopic dust particles People with allergies know that there are things that trigger allergic reactions  all around us. They are practic...

Tacoma Smelter Plume – how to reduce exposure to the legacy pollutants

The Tacoma Smelter Plume (TSP) was caused by a copper smelter run by the company Asarco  in Tacoma. For about 100 years the industrial site...

Wood Stoves: Tips for safe and efficient use

Wood stoves are common in Thurston County. They supply heat and keep us cozy through our long, dark, wet winters. When wood stoves are not ...

10 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality

As the weather gets colder, we tend to spend more time indoors with the windows shut. It’s nice to keep warm and cozy this time of year but ...