Safety and Security
A Guide to Home Security
Short articles on video surveillance,alarm systems, homeowners' insurance, and setting up a neighborhood watch.
Carbon Monoxide Headquarters
Articles provide information about carbon monoxide deaths, poisoning, treatments, and research.
Consumer Information Center: Indoor Air Hazards
Information on identifying problems and their sources including mold, radon, lead, and unhealthy remodeling by-products.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (U.S.)
Safety tips on wide range of issues from backyard pools to electrical hazards, fireplaces to preventing falls from windows.
HSH Homeplans - Environmental Hazards
Information on radon, lead, asbestos, formaldehyde, hazardous waste, and water contamination.
National Crime Prevention Council
Articles on personal safety, securing a home and property, and safeguarding a family.
National Hurricane Center (U.S.)
Disaster prevention advice on developing a family plan, creating a disaster supply kit, having a place to go, and securing a home.
Selecting Household Safety Equipment
Includes general guidelines, determining risks based on label descriptions, respirators, and eye protection.
Silent Shadow
Information on symptoms, sources, prevention, detection, and treatment of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.
This Old House: Installing a Lockset
Illustrations, photographs, and step-by-step instructions.
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