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The Healthy Home Guides provide advice and guidance on hazardous chemicals to avoid in different types of building materials. The guides include key product features to look out for and recommended alternatives that are healthier and more sustainable.

This handbook is aimed at helping the American architecture and construction sectors select healthier and more sustainable  materials for their projects. The handbook outlines guidelines for evaluating and selecting materials based on factors such as lifecycle assessment, material transparency, and health and wellness impacts. It also suggests useful tools and provides examples from case studies.

PFAS chemicals are found in many product types, including in adhesives, carpets and paints.  The PFAS Guide from ChemSec provides a tool to determine where PFAS may be found, and guidance on regulations, substitution, and engaging the supply chain.

OECD assists countries in developing and harmonising methods for assessing risk to human health and the environment, including methodologies for hazard and exposure assessment.  A range of resources on chemical assessment are available, including a Manual for the assessment of chemicals, Guidance on grouping of chemicals and a Risk Assessment Toolkit.

Digital collection of tools and guides to help designers, architects, homeowners, and developers make more informed choices about building materials and health.

List to identify hazardous substances restricted by the state of California.

More than 100 product guides to support practitioners in selecting products that avoid negative health impacts.

Platform with aggregated information on human health and environmental impacts for products from leading manufacturers, vetted by experts against a sustainability criteria baseline.