Who writes this
The writers
Five householders who read labels closely and check every rule against an official source. None of us is a clinician, and nothing here replaces a poison center.
Rosemary Tilson
Rosemary has childproofed three family kitchens and one very determined toddler's bedroom. She writes the storage pieces here: latches, heights, cupboards and the habits that keep a bottle where it belongs.
3 articles
Anil Kulasekaran
Anil reads product labels the way other people read menus. He covers hazard pictograms, signal words, safety data sheets and the differences between US and European labelling.
3 articles
Joanna Pettit
Joanna writes about cleaning products: what the active ingredients are, which ones must never meet, and how to get a job done with fewer bottles under the sink.
3 articles
Hamish Crowther
Hamish has spent decades in garages and garden sheds, his own and other people's. He writes about fuels, car-care fluids, paints, carbon monoxide alarms and the batteries hiding in everyday things.
3 articles
Leonie Duval
Leonie writes about laundry, disposal and homes shared with pets. She is the one who knows when the next household hazardous waste day is and what to bring.
2 articles