I own, so no pesticides and I don't use air fresheners or anything that smells really because it's lethal to birds and I have a parrot. I didn't even use the hair dryer to tighten plastics on the windows as that can also kill a bird with just the fumes. I use unscented detergent, non-Teflon pans (Ceramic). Nothing recent has changed with what I do in or around the house.