{"id":9831,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hhinsidemb\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:37:56","slug":"hhinsidemb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hhinsidemb\/","title":{"rendered":"hsp\/hhinsidemb ~  Inside Healthy Homes &#8211; Mothballs  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n    \n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hhinsidemb.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Delaware Healthy Homes<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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According to the US Environmental\n\n\n        Protection Agency, this chemical can cause headaches, swollen eyes, loss of appetite, nose and throat irritations and even cancer.\n\n\n        When you inhale and are able to smell that &#8220;mothball odor&#8221;, you are actually inhaling small amounts of the chemical. Additionally,\n\n\n        mothballs pose a poison risk if you have small children in the house.\n\n\n      <\/p><em><strong>What you can do&#8230;<\/strong><\/em>\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        To prevent moth damage and freshen air, use cedar chips, cedar blocks, dried lavender and whole peppercorns. Consider using air\n\n\n        tight containers for storage. (Note: Cedar chips must be sanded every year or refreshed with cedar oil to increase the odor they\n\n\n        give off. 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