Blogs: Chemicals in building products

Biophilic design is the practice of connecting people and nature within our built environments and communities. It prioritizes integrating innovative building materials and techniques into living spaces that are beneficial to our health. People spend around 90....

THE ZEM PROGRAM: USING BETTER MATERIALS TO IMPROVE OCCUPANT HEALTH Over the next few weeks, Building Clean will be releasing a series of case studies highlighting successful programs across the country that incentivize buying local or buying healthy! Buy Local....

The Building Clean project is interested in shaping research and educational materials that can help builders take a health-centered approach to understand building products, including what chemicals of concern are in building products and how to identify and....

A new website released today examines the healthy building practices in more than 20 residential building certifications. The site, BuildingHealthy.org, focuses on healthy building practices that have a direct impact on occupants and that are considered....

That’s right. It failed. Water Quality Awareness Month is the perfect time to look at how our nation’s failing water infrastructure is impacting health. Turns out that U.S. cities rely on pipes that are, on average, a century old. Age combined with strain from....

1. Closer to the ground means more exposure to chemicals. Our pets are at a higher risk to chemical exposure in our homes than we are. Because many pets spend the majority of their lives in the home, are (usually) smaller than people, and live (usually) mostly....

With an average $3,300 in medical expenses per person a year, asthma is a costly condition that often leads to missed days of school or work, hindering education and advancement. In 2013, children ages 5 to 17 missed 13.8 million days of school—with an average....

Advancing health equity involves not only addressing issues of health care access and affordability, but also looking at housing and communities. To this day, a person’s zip code is still the single largest indicator of health. Part of the reason is that....

Not only do school-aged children spend a large portion of their day in school buildings, they are uniquely susceptible to the complex environmental threats that abound today. According to the Healthy Schools Network, children are particularly vulnerable....

Unlike most previous studies, the Duke study investigated links between specific products and children’s exposure to chemicals that have previously been associated with health problems—such as flame retardants, phthalates, BPA, and pesticides. Together with....