Ep43 - How to Create a Healthy Home: Caroline Blazovsky

How to create a healthy home, how to deal with mold, and how to keep your home allergy-free with Caroline Blazovsky.

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

  • What we need to remove from our homes.
  • How to create a healthy home.
  • Where mold comes from and how to get rid of it.
  • Why it’s important to control the humidity in your home and the proper range.
  • How many times you need to vacuum a week.
  • How to keep a home allergy-free.
  • Pets in the home.
  • Which environmentally-friendly vacuum to buy. Caroline suggests a Miele Vacuum.

High Five Highlights:

  • What lit your spark and passion for environmental health? I had allergies myself, and I felt there weren’t a lot of answers and people addressing the issue of allergies. We didn’t know enough, so I got into figuring a way to do that.
  • When people find out what you do, what’s the question you get asked the most? What is going on in my home? Can you test my home?
  • What home health gadget should we all own? Relative Humidity Monitor.
  • Do you have a favorite quote? “90% of your health is determined by your genetics, your environment, your socioeconomic status and, of course, your behaviors.”
  • Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned is…” When life gives you a lemon, make it into lemonade.

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Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 1
  • Audio File: which_way_is_life/bk43.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Caroline Blazovsky, Healthy Home Expert
  • Book Title: The Happy Healthy Home
  • Guest Twitter Account: @healthyhomeexp
  • Guest Bio: Caroline BlazovskyCaroline Blazovsky is a National Healthy Home Expert, Certified Mold Remediator-CMR, an indoor air quality specialist/Certified Indoor Environmentalist-CIE, with sustainable design education-SDC from Boston Architectural College.

    She is a Healthy Homes Specialist (HHS), certified through the National Environmental Health Association. She is a member of the Indoor Air Quality Association and also resides on their Public Education Committee.

    As President of My Healthy Home, LLC, he is available for national consultations. Consult on testing for contaminants in the home, reducing the use of chemicals, improving indoor air quality, mold, and using more environmentally-friendly building materials and products.

    She is America’s guru on home health and questions about the home.
  • Length (mins): 33:22
  • Waiver Received: Yes
  • Host: Bill Klaproth