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Unique self-help environmental manuals by Enviro Health Consulting, Inc., are designed for the
layperson who wants a healthy home and is glad for the chance to do something
about it. Topics include air quality, mold, and electromagnetic field issues.
 Now there is a professional
inspection packet available for the individual who has the background to become an environmental home inspector - see last title below.
Using the self-help manuals - Key Benefits
 | You will be walked through the empowering process of improving your indoor air quality and reducing electromagnetic fields.
Doing your own evaluation first is interesting and fun. You will enjoy a satisfying feeling of accomplishment.
Make it a family project. |
| In these self-help manuals, I share my thought processes as if you and I were inspecting your home together. I take you carefully step-by-step through the inspection. |
| Where you can easily purchase equipment, I tell you what equipment you will need and where to buy it. |
| If the equipment is costly or unavailable, the manual specifies the additional information that you would learn from a professional inspection. This way, you better understand the limitations of what you can do and what is further available to you.
In some cases, you can make "guesstimates." |
| If desired, you can make a list of questions and arrange for a telephone consultation with me after completing the
manuals - see Services section, Phone Consults. |
| If you proceed with an Enviro Health professional evaluation after completing your workbooks, you will get more out of
our assessment - see Services section, Enviro Inspections. |
| You will learn a great deal "thinking through" a home inspection - an
education useful for the rest of your life.
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Pricing - see descriptions below
| Description - Diagnostic Manuals |
Price |
| Improve the Air Quality in your Home - Step-by-Step Guidance |
$28.00 |
| Evaluate and Reduce EMFs in Your Home - For the Homeowner,
Renter, Home Inspector, and Electrician |
$28.00 |
| Before You Build or Remodel: Planning for a Healthier Electrical System |
$10.00 |
| Hunting for a Healthy Home - Mistakes to Avoid when
Moving In |
$14.00 |
| Teach Yourself Environmental Home Inspecting - includes the above titles, report formats, etc. |
$299.00 |
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Improving the Air Quality in Your Home
 | This manual addresses odors and particulates, including issues such as formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds, asbestos and lead, mold and dust mites, ventilation, heating and air conditioning ductwork, combustion gases and carbon monoxide, dust and animal dander.
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How to Evaluate and Reduce Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) in Your House
| This 200+ page manual deals with AC and DC magnetic and electric fields, high frequency, microwave radiation, and ionizing radiation. Topics include wiring and grounding issues, microwave ovens, computers, and cellular phones. Order a gaussmeter separately.
Readers can decide which of three levels they want to inspect on. They can do a basic inspection without a licensed electrician and purchasing or renting only a minimum of equipment, about
$100-250, or they can get more involved with an electrician if needed. Equipment costs are about $350 for a Level 2 inspection and about
$1000 for a Level 3 inspection. Level 3 is close to what I would do on-site, only I have still more equipment.
Levels 2 and 3 may require some work with a licensed electrician.
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| Hunting for a Healthier Home - Mistakes to Avoid when Moving In
| What can't be changed once you buy the house or rent the apartment is
first addressed: issues of location, power lines, and dampness (mold).
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| The manual then walks you through an EMF evaluation of a prospective home.
A gaussmeter and a sensitive voltmeter are recommended. Although most people will stop after the AC magnetic field section of the manual, other types of radiation are discussed that are measured in the standard Enviro Health EMF pre-purchase inspection.
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| Other pre-purchase environmental concerns, such as mold, asbestos, lead, buried fuel tanks, gas leaks, etc., are discussed.
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| Tips are given to avoid costly mistakes involving your health as you
move into a house. If you have chosen a healthy home, don't harm the
environment by what you change as you move in.
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Before You Build or Remodel: Planning a Healthier Electrical System
| Guidelines are presented so that your new home will have as low EMFs as possible. This manual should be reviewed with your licensed electrician to assure compliance with local electrical code requirements.
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| Improving your Drinking Water Quality
| There is no manual planned for water treatment systems. See the reverse osmosis product page for information.
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Teach Yourself Environmental Home Inspecting
| This professional package takes you through the process of becoming an environmental home inspector. This is not a correspondence course but is intended to supplement whatever relevant formal studies you may be undertaking.
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| After completing the self-education workbooks, you are encouraged to arrange for in-person consultation with Enviro Health staff to advise you as you conduct one or more sample inspections.
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| Your credentials may come from an environmental college course of study, membership in a professional organization, home inspector school, etc. Enviro Health is not an accredited school.
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| This package includes:
 | All of above manuals |
| Overview of setting up business - no legal or accounting advice |
| Investigation-oriented form of study, i.e., you will be walked through various types of situations, with discussion of equipment sources, cost, and use |
| Investigation and report forms, supplemental materials on CD, Office 2000 format |
| Suggestions for marketing |
| Overview of health issues relating to environmental concerns |
| Consultation, at an hourly rate, is available as you continue your preparation |
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Bower books:
Lynn Bower is chemically sensitive. Her husband is builder who learned how to
build a healthy house to accommodate his wife. This was years ago, and they have
built a career helping others to healthier homes. He specializes in
house-building and renovating concerns, while she offers guidance about
household maintenance.
| The Healthy House, 4th edition - How to buy one, How to
build one, How to cure a sick one - by John Bower |
$23.95 |
| Creating a Healthy Household, Lynn Marie Bower |
$23.95 |
Another useful book is The Truth about Where You Live - An atlas for action
on toxins and mortality, by Benjamin A. Goldman. Mortality rates from many
diseases are compared to geography, air quality, water quality, hazardous
wastes, pesticides, and socioeconomic demographics. The book is out-of-print,
but it can be rented here for $10/2 weeks - or try to find a used copy at
Amazon.com.
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