Finally home! We successfully completed our cross-country trek in our vegetable oil car--3522 miles, 138 gallons of waste vegetable oil collected, 3 evening news stories...whew! With my trips to San Francisco and Pasadena, I've been away from home for 4 1/2 months. It was soooo good to sleep in my own wooly bed last night! I've been collecting lots of new information on my travels which I will be sharing with you starting next week and in the weeks ahead. Today here's the update on my Green Living Q&A blog. Debra :-) HEALTH, HOME & HABITAT #145 ~ 29 July 2008 * GREEN LIVING Q&A BLOG: new Q&As / new comments on previous Q&As If the links don't work on this newsletter, you can view it online at http://www.dld123.com/newsletter/newsletterupdateback.html Health, Home & Habitat Back Issues (tables of contents)
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Removing contact paper from wood shelves I have recently moved and am renting a home. The kitchen shelves are wood but have a layer (or two) of contact paper on them. I do not want to use any harsh chemicals to remove the the adhesive that remains. Do you have a "green way" to remove this stubborn stuff? Thank you in advance for your help! Polish for brass Debra, I found a old brass floor flower pot, looks like what you would see in the front door of a funeral home. Some one threw it out but it would look good with some good natural polish. Any suggestions? Thanks Deborah From Tennessee. Joint Compound for Wallboard Do you know of any other product besides MURCO (joint compound for wallboard)? It appears that Murco can only be bought through the company in Texas or other locations in Texas and I am in Florida and I have unexpected work to do asap in my house. NON-organic sheets made in the USA Can anyone recommend a NON-organic sheet manufactured in the US? (The "Still Made in the USA" web site has no companies that manufacture sheets.) polyurethane - how long does it take to offgas? Housing is tight in SF. My partner and I found a house that is perfect in every way EXCEPT - the lovely hardwood floors were just polyurethaned. Is it reasonable to think 3 months might be enough? How long does it usually take? Washing clothes with Epsom Salts Hi.. Advice for calming itchy skin Hi.. ace/elastic bandage I have dislocated my toe and need to have my foot wrapped in an ace type bandage. The one that the doctor put on my foot is causing a burning reaction. Any ideas on where I can find a "natural" ace style bandage? I had hoped to find one made of hemp or cotton but have not been able to find one yet Wooden floor refinishing A friend just moved into an apartment with a beautiful and newly-refinished wooden floor. Beautiful, but the smell was very noticeable when she first moved in. Her eyes became bloodshot and she began having other "allergy" symptoms -- headache, stuffy and runny nose, ect. soon thereafter. She suspects that the floor may be the problem. Short of moving apartments -- which she is considering -- is there a solution? What in the floor might be causing the problem, and how big of a problem? Will it go away? Thank you very much for the advice! titanium cookware Hello Debra, Outgassing odor of bedroom set We have a bedroom set that has been outgassing an odor for years....sometimes we don 't notice it and other times it is powerful....it smells like shoes that need odor eaters badly....anything we can do? It was very expensive and we hate to replace it. City sprays mosquitoes We've moved recently to Perrysburg, OH and to my horror the city started to spray mosquitoes. There are no warnings of any kind and it happened at different times when I was taking a walk with my child. I'm very concern about chemicals released into the air due to obvious health and ecological reasons and in my opinion it is a very ineffective and ignorant way to deal with this problem. So, I'm wandering how best to go about it and if anyone have any experience/suggestions how to fight it. Thanks. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CLASSIFIED ADS to place a classified ad in this newsletter...
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