Question from kris

Greetings Debra,

We relocated to Oregon in part to escape heavy pollution in LA as we have a son who has autism and suffers from enhanced allergy attacks.

Themove has helped a lot, but I’m learning now of toxins potentially in the home and I’m not sure where to start.

Is there testing available on the residential scale that could let me know of contaminants and their levels?

I see lots of kits online but I’m not sure which to choose and we cannot seem to find an air quality service here in Oregon (near Eugene).

Thank you for any help and for your website.

Debra’s Answer

One of the services I offer is home inspections, where I can go to a home or non-industrial workspace, evaluate the toxic chemicals there and tell you how to replace them with safe products. I am available to travel anywhere in the world.

I’ve been doing this for more than thirty years, so I can identify toxic products by looking at them and recognizing toxic materials.

You could have someone come out and take a variety of tests for thousands of dollars. I don’t do those tests and don’t recommend them because they aren’t very useful for finding specific chemicals. Rather, if you know the chemical is there, it can measure how much is there.

It’s not so important to me to know the levels because I like to eliminate any toxic chemicals found.

You could start with any of the home test kits.

The fastest thing to do would be to have me come take a look, as I can tell you what’s toxic, which are most toxic and therefore most important to improve first, and tell you what to replace it with.

I also answer questions over the phone.

www.debralynndadd.com/consultations

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