Monday, January 29, 2018
M1.5: My Environmental Health Home Assessment
My family moved us into our home approximately 18 years ago. The house is located in Walnut Creek and was built in approximately 1970. Prior to our initial move in, my Dad preferred to do many cosmetic changes which included in a complete renovation of the home. We had a contractor at the time that helped us be up-to-date with any environmental hazards we may have had in our home. As I was going through the Environmental Health Home Assessment, I realized that while our home was built in 1978, there were a lot of updates that were done to make the house less hazardous in 2001 when the renovations were being done. The only "natural" heating source we have in our home is the wood fireplace which is never used. Our AC unit is connected to an outdoor tankless source. We do not have a carbon monoxide detector since we don't use any gas sources within our home environment. With all the recent natural disasters, it makes me nervous that we do not have an earthquake or any other natural disaster plan in place. I will be having a discussion with my family to put one in place. We do seem to have some small spiders and in the wintertime, mice, that make an appearance in or around our home. We have never had the house tended, but we do sometimes use mice traps. If there is ever a case we cannot handle, we call the exterminator. Through this assessment, I realize we use far too many candles, air fresheners, and plug-ins. Something is always improving the smell of our house, and that is not a safe environment to be around. This assessment helped me realize all the different factors that could help improve my families health and prevent illness in our home. I will use this knowledge to make improvements to my families living.
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Great job Tina. Before completing this assessment I didn't realize there were this many factors that contribute to home health and hazard. I agree with you that an earthquake and natural disaster plan is very important. Since I live in Hawaii, we have a very active hurricane season and earthquakes, therefore basically every family have a natural disaster plan and a survival kit that we keep up to date in case of emergencies. I recommend a survival kit fill with food, water that should last at least 2 weeks just in case you don't get rescued right away.
ReplyDeleteHey Tina,
ReplyDeleteI am glad your dad decided to renovate your house before your family moved in. Reading the questions on the assessment really was an eye opener for me. And you are right, with all the natural disasters that have been occurring, it is important to keep a house up to date as well as have an evacuation plan in place. I agree with Feng, a survival kit right by the front door would be very beneficial in the case of an emergency. I don't mean to be "that person" but you never know what can happen during times like these.