Home Life
Pets and household chemicals: a room-by-room look
Dogs lick floors and cats walk across worktops. A room-by-room look at the cleaners, baits and drips pets find, and who to call if your pet gets into one.
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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.
Safe Storage
Why chemicals stay in their original containers
A drink bottle of weedkiller or an unlabeled spray of bleach is how mix-ups start. Why the original container matters, and how to label a dilution you need.
Safe Storage
Childproofing the cupboard under the sink
The cupboard under the sink is low, latch-free and full of bottles. How to empty it of the worst products, choose a latch that suits it and keep checking it.