With all the chores on your home improvement list, it may feel like a stretch to add another, but this one could save your life: upgrading home fire safety equipment. It’s easy to take smoke alarms for granted, and if yours are over 10 years old, there’s a 30 percent chance that, thanks to age...
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Do you live in a tornado-prone area? The safest place to seek shelter from the storm is in a “safe room” right in your own home.
The average tornado victim has less than 60 seconds’ warning that a tornado is going to strike their home. Unfortunately, when most people hear that urgent...
In a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, shower heads were found to contain bacteria potentially dangerous to those that had weakened immune systems. Moreover, the researchers found that not only will cleaning with bleach not kill the bacteria, but in...
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