Monday, January 19, 2015

Additional Prohibited Items


IN THE INTEREST OF PRESERVING SAFETY, HEALTH, INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THIS APARTMENT, BE SURE YOU DO NOT BRING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROHIBITED ITEMS: 



I. WEAPONS:

  1. airsoft guns
  2. assault weapons 
  3. baseball bats
  4. bb guns
  5. blowguns 
  6. catapults 
  7. daggers with blades longer than 4 inches
  8. darts
  9. guns
  10. handguns 
  11. knives with blades longer than 4 inches 
  12. lasers
  13. machetes 
  14. microwave guns 
  15. nun-chucks
  16. objects including but not limited to lengths of pipe used as a weapon
  17. paintball guns 
  18. pellet guns
  19. pepper spray
  20. rifles
  21. shotguns
  22. slingshots 
  23. squirtguns
  24. stun guns 
  25. swords
  26. tasers
  27. throwing stars
  28. toy guns
  29. weapons of any kind even though they are considered to be decorative or collectible 
II. EXPLOSIVES, INFLAMMABLES, & INHALANTS:
  1. acetone 
  2. aluminum powder 
  3. ammunition 
  4. amyl nitrate 
  5. ammonia
  6. antifreeze 
  7. black powder 
  8. "Bolt"
  9. bombs 
  10. butane 
  11. carburetor cleaner 
  12. charcoal briquettes 
  13. chemical weapons 
  14. chemicals listed at http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  15. chloroform
  16. "Climax"
  17. "contents under pressure"(with the exception of asthma medication nebulizers) 
  18. cooking spray
  19. dichloromethane 
  20. diesel
  21. diethyl ether 
  22. ether
  23. ethoxyethane 
  24. explosives
  25. fertilizer
  26. fireworks 
  27. flammable/combustible/hazardous/volatile materials/chemicals/liquids/gasses 
  28. flash paper
  29. gasses listed at http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  30. gasoline
  31. gasoline or diesel powered vehicles or devices 
  32. grenades
  33. gun powder 
  34. hairspray
  35. hoverboards (because of repeated incidents of the batteries causing fires. See http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/01/05/hoverboard-buyers-remorse/ )
  36. instant cold packs
  37. lighters containing fluid 
  38. lighter fluid
  39. "Locker Room" 
  40. lye
  41. materials listed at http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  42. model airplane glue 
  43. motor oil
  44. muriatic acid 
  45. nail polish
  46. nail polish remover 
  47. naptha
  48. nerve agents 
  49. nitrate room odorizers 
  50. nitrous oxide
  51. octane booster 
  52. paints (with the exception of watercolors and guache)
  53. paint thinner
  54. paint stripper
  55. paint remover
  56. petroleum distillates
  57. petroleum ether 
  58. "poppers" 
  59. propane 
  60. rubber cement 
  61. "Rush" 
  62. shoe polish 
  63. solvents/inhalants and products containing them including markers and paints 
  64. solvent based correction fluid (the special water based version of WhiteOut is okay) 
  65. "snappers" 
  66. sparklers 
  67. sprays 
  68. spray fabric protector 
  69. spray paint 
  70. spray shaving cream 
  71. spray whipped creme 
  72. sterno 
  73. sulfuric ether 
  74. thermite 
  75. toluene 
  76. "Video Head Cleaner" 
  77. volatile adhesives 
  78. volatile flammable liquids 
  79. volatile solvents 
  80. xylene 
III. FIRE & ELECTRICAL HAZARDS: 
  1. (Additional) air-conditioning units 
  2. burners 
  3. candles 
  4. chemicals listed at http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  5. Christmas/Holiday lights 
  6. clip lights 
  7. clothing irons without auto shut-off 
  8. curling irons 
  9. deep fryers 
  10. e-cigarettes
  11. electric blankets 
  12. electric pans 
  13. electric grills 
  14. extension cords 
  15. fog machines 
  16. gasses listed at http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  17. hair straighteners
  18. heating pads 
  19. hotplates 
  20. immersion coils 
  21. immersion heaters 
  22. incense 
  23. kitchen appliances/teakettles/hotpots made in China 
  24. lamps with plastic sleeves or covers (other than flashlights) 
  25. materials listed at http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  26. microwave ovens 
  27. oil/kerosene lamps 
  28. multi-head lamps 
  29. multiple plug adapters 
  30. paper lanterns 
  31. percolators 
  32. pressure cookers 
  33. refrigerators (There are already refrigerators in the apartment. Additional/incoming refrigerators are prohibited.)
  34. rice cookers 
  35. soldering irons 
  36. space heaters 
  37. string lights 
  38. toasters and toaster ovens 
  39. vaping devices
  40. wax melters 
  41. welding torches 
  42. Note: Do not "piggy-back" surge protectors/do not plug one into another.
  43. Note: Do not plug international converters into a surge protector. International converters must be plugged directly into wall.
IV. POISON GASSES, AIR POLLUTANTS, ASPHYXIANTS & NERVE AGENTS:
  1. any gas which is asphyxiant and/or produces narcotic effects 
  2. argon
  3. black light bulbs 
  4. carbonated beverages (with the exception of sparkling spring water in glass bottles, as it has considerably less CO2 than other carbonated beverages)
  5. cigarettes 
  6. compact fluorescent light bulbs 
  7. fluorescent lightbulbs 
  8. foam mattresses 
  9. foam mattress toppers 
  10. foam pillows (use cotton/polyester mattress toppers and pillows instead) 
  11. neon 
  12. halogen light bulbs 
  13. hats made before 1943 (the year the US outlawed the use of mercury in hat making)
  14. helium and/or helium filled balloons; infrared mercury light bulbs 
  15. insecticide 
  16. inkjet cartridges
  17. sun lamps 
  18. ultraviolet light bulbs 
  19. liquid crystal displays (including TVs, computer monitors, clocks and wristwatches) manufactured before 2009 (and thereby containing mercury) 
  20. mercury thermometers 
  21. "non-stick" pans (other than ceramic) 
  22. pesticide 
  23. plastics that give off a strong chemical odor (LDPE and HDPE are relatively benign food container grade plastics -- so seek them instead) 
  24. polyurethane 
  25. printers 
  26. printing ink 
  27. rolling tobacco 
  28. rolling papers 
  29. smoking pipes 
  30. "The Essential Photon Sound Beam" or any other device which uses noble gasses 
  31. urethane 
V. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS: 
  1. items manufactured/grown in Japan or stored in Japan any time from March 2011 to the present 
  2. mushrooms (which tend to soak up radioactive contamination at levels far beyond background radiation)
  3. organic cotton of unspecified origin (it's being grown in the radioactive zone near the melted-down nuclear plant in the Fukushima district of Japan) 
  4. radioactive materials
  5. radioactive minerals sand/dirt/debris/materials from White Sands, New Mexico and/or any other nuclear testing site and/or site of nuclear melt down such as Chernobyl, Ukraine 
  6. seafood/seaweed from Pacific Ocean/coasts of Pacific Ocean and all areas worldwide possibly contaminated by nuclear plant/nuclear weapons fallout/waste/materials 
  7. spray computer keyboard cleaner (which contains polonium)
  8. brazil nuts
VI. INSECT INFESTATION RISKS and OTHER BIOHAZARDS: 
  1. Clothing and furniture found on the street or in the trash (Even clothing purchased in stores must be kept inside air tight plastic bags until it is laundered, as many retail stores in this city have experienced bed bug infestations) 
  2. Furniture and mattresses(the room is already furnished) 
  3. Items which may be infested with bedbugs/roaches/spiders/insects/infectious diseases 
  4. Cardboard boxes, as brown recluse spiders and other insects love to make them their homes and/or may hitch a ride in them into the apartment. Also, cardboard boxes from grocery stores may be contaminated with food, and therefor pose a mold risk.
  5. House plants. Sorry, I'm very careful about where I buy my plants and which species I choose. Some plants are prone to mold and mildew, which can spread through the air to other plants and can trigger allergy and asthma in me. I can't risk my health and the health of my own plants.
VII. ALLERGY, ASTHMA, RESPIRATORY DISTRESS TRIGGERS AND OTHER IRRITANTS: 
  1. Aerosols 
  2. Absinthe 
  3. "Air freshener" (clean/launder, expose to sunlight and/or use baking soda instead) 
  4. Alfalfa 
  5. Alpaca and/or angora (wool, cashmere, silk, cotton, linen, hemp, acrylic, polyester, rayon and micro fibre are okay) 
  6. Items with animal fur and/or dander on them (remove it with tape or wash the item before bringing it into the apartment, and in the case of horse hair, the item must be laundered/cleaned before bringing it into the apartment)
  7. Beer 
  8. Bergamot (smells nice, but makes skin more vulnerable to sun damage and skin cancer)
  9. Cottonwood 
  10. Dandelion 
  11. Eucalyptus and eucalyptol 
  12. Azalea 
  13. Camphor 
  14. Carpet cleaner 
  15. "Cedar"/juniper and/or any item smelling of "cedar" or "red cedar"
  16. Chemicals and/or items containing chemicals listed here: http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
  17. Colognes other than specific essential oils approved by the tenant on a case-by-case basis 
  18. Cut flowers that were not raised organically (and are therefore probably sprayed with pesticide) 
  19. Dry cleaning fluid 
  20. Dryer sheets 
  21. Fabric softener (instead, add a quarter cup of baking soda to wash cycle to soften fabric )
  22. Feathers 
  23. Fragrance and items listing fragrance as an ingredient
  24. Fur 
  25. Gardenia
  26. Gin
  27. Goose down 
  28. Glow sticks 
  29. Hair coloring products 
  30. Hair remover products (other than razors) 
  31. Hair permanent curling products 
  32. Hair straightener products 
  33. Horsehair and anything made with horsehair, including but not limited to horsehair shoe brushes;
  34. Household cleaning products other than"pure baking soda" and "Ajax cleansing powder with bleach" (which are encouraged)
  35. Incense
  36. Juniper 
  37. Live animals
  38. Magnolia 
  39. Laundry detergent (Whole Foods 365 brand powder laundry detergent is provided) 
  40. Lavender 
  41. Mothballs and/or any item smelling of cedar or mothballs 
  42. Narcissus 
  43. Orchard grass 
  44. Pigweed 
  45. Pony/cowhide with horsehair/cow hair still attached to it (sheepskin is okay) 
  46. Perfumes other than specific essential oils approved by the tenant on a case-by-case basis 
  47. Printer ink cartridges  
  48. Ragweed
  49. Redtop grass 
  50. Rosemary 
  51. Rye grass 
  52. Sage 
  53. Shampoos/conditioners with ingredients listed as hazardous to health/allergenic on www.ewg.org (Shampoo and conditioner are provided) 
  54. Most commercial soaps (Peppermint and Almond soaps mixed together with olive oil soap/coconut oil soap are provided) 
  55. Spot remover
  56. Stain remover
  57. Sunflowers, sunflower seeds, sunflower oil
  58. Sunscreen with ingredients listed as hazardous to health/allergenic on www.ewg.org (Shampoo and conditioner are provided) 
  59. Vinegar 
  60. Wine 
  61. Wormwood
VIII. AMMONIA, FORMALDEHYDE & OTHER NOXIOUS CHEMICALS:
  1. Ammonia and products containing ammonia 
  2. Formaldehyde and products containing concentrated amounts of formaldehyde
  3. Windex and other designated glass cleaners 
  4. Taxidermed animals
  5. Memory foam products/pillows/mattresses
  6. Chemicals and/or items containing chemicals listed here: http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
IX. DUST & PARTICULATE PRODUCING MATERIALS: 
  1. asbestos
  2. charcoal
  3. pastels
  4. talc or talcum powder (use corn starch instead) 
X. MOLD RISKS: 
  1.  Aquariums
  2. Peanuts in the shell (which are usually contaminated with Aspergillus molds)
  3. Waterbeds 
XI. PARASITE, BACTERIA, VIRUS VECTORS: 
  1. pork 
  2. sponges (use cleaning cloths instead) 
  3. dish scrubbing brushes (use supplied bamboo dish cleaning tool instead)
XII. ILLEGAL/ILLEGALLY OBTAINED DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA & POISONS:
  1. blowfish, pufferfish and any other poisonous animal 
  2. bongs 
  3. controlled substances and pharmaceuticals for which you have no prescription 
  4. hookahs
  5. materials/substances/plants/herbs from which controlled substances are commonly derived/extracted 
  6. street drugs and drug paraphernalia 
  7. pipes
  8. poisonous plants 
  9. rolling papers 
  10. syringes (unless you have proof you are diabetic) 
  11. tobacco products and paraphernalia 
XIII. ILLEGAL, DEGRADING, DEHUMANIZING MATERIALS: 
  1. kiddie porn 
  2. porn that poses obvious danger to life and/or health of the models/actors 
  3. porn made and/or distributed without consent of participants
  4. snuff porn 
XIV. MATERIALS PLACED OUTSIDE OF APARTMENT:
  1. TV antennae, satellite dishes or other implements or materials (no wires or other implements of any kind may be placed on the outside of the building, out the window or through the hallways)
XV.  PROHIBITED CHEMICALS, GASSES AND MATERIALS LISTED AT: 
  1. http://cleanhealthysafe.blogspot.com/2015/01/prohibited-chemicals.html
XVI. AUTOMATIC AMBIENT SOUND RECORDING DEVICES:
  1. Amazon Echo
  2. Mattel "Hello Barbie"
  3. X-Box Video Game Console
  4. Samsung Smart TV
  5. Canary Connect
  6. Nest Cam 
First Violation: 
Confiscation and/or disposal of item(s) plus $30.00 fine due immediately per item. You will not be compensated for any item on this list that is seized and removed from the apartment. 
Subsequent Violations: 
Confiscation and/or disposal of items(s) and $150.00 fine per item due immediately per item. You will not be compensated for any item on this list that is seized and removed from the apartment. 
NOTICE:
Tenant reserves the right to inspect all bags, boxes, cabinets, containers, items and rooms in her apartment and all bags, boxes, containers, and items occupant intends to bring into her apartment. 

For more information regarding these items, please see:
http://www.gardenguides.com/136472-white-mold-ferns.html
http://www.gardenguides.com/130685-english-ivy-mildew.html
http://www.livestrong.com/article/115039-allergy-symptoms-mold-mildew/
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6db_1439913580
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/uk-man-scarred-life-e-cig-explodes-pocket-article-1.2537188
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