chemical issues and health

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Thought I might give some idea of how our coping systems have worked out in our current home (we are now living with my wife's parents, which is giving her issues because their house is not that safe for her, but her mom needs her right now--but we do have a small home of our own). It was built in the 1940s, the subfloor is the old pine boards, with hardwood on top for most of it. Most of the walls and ceilings are plaster over gypsum lath. Our kitchen has a restaurant-style single bowl stainless steel sink and counter, about 4' wide. There's a metal cabinet above it, given to us by a friend--it was originally made to store small parts in an auto shop. We have one wood kitchen cabinet in the room, a drawer unit by the range, probably 30 years old with a plywood body. Our big counter area is made from a steel workbench frame, topped by a thick butcher block top salvaged from a work table a restaurant was throwing away, with a couple of small steel drawers from IKEA under the top and a shelf. The big storage area is a pantry in a closet (our kitchen was originally a bedroom) with varnished plywood shelves. It is not a traditional kitchen (pretty much of an industrial look) and it isn't big, but it worked for us while we lived there.