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Document NumberPublicationDescription
423What You Should Know About Using Paint Strippers (HTML)Discusses using paint strippers safely. Explains different types of paint strippers and the potential health effects posed by each.
425Biological Pollutants in Your Home (HTML)Brochure.
452What You Should Know About Combustion Appliances and Indoor Air Pollution (HTML)This booklet answers some common questions you may have about the potential for one specific type of hazard - indoor air pollution - associated with one class of appliances - combustion appliances.
453Asbestos In The Home (HTML)This booklet will help you understand asbestos: what it is, its health effects, where it is in your home, and what to do about it.
454Tips for Purchasing and Installing New Carpet (HTML)Fact Sheet.
466Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet (HTML) (HTML-SPANISH) Discusses carbon monoxide (CO) hazards; and prevention and detection of dangerous CO levels.
725An Update on Formaldehyde: 1997 Revision (HTML) (PDF)Explains how formaldehyde is used in building materials and household products. Tells where you may come in contact with this chemical, how it may affect your health, and how you might reduce exposure to it.
3010Lead and Cadmium (HTML)CPSC Statement on Levels of Lead and Cadmium Present in Vinyl Children's Products.
3011Lead & Cadmium (HTML) (PDF)CPSC Staff Report: Levels of Lead & Cadmium in Children's Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Products.
5008Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Camping Equipment (HTML)Safety Alert: Discusses carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and explains how C0 can cause CO poisoning from camping equipment such as portable camping heaters, lanterns, stoves inside tents, campers and vehicles. Provides steps to take to prevent such poisonings and how to recognize the symptoms of CO poisoning.
5010Carbon Monoxide Detectors Can Save Lives (HTML)Safety Alert: Discusses how (CO) detectors can save your life describes the symptoms of CO poisoning.
5012Deaths From Burning Charcoal in Homes, Vehicles, and Tents (HTML)Safety Alert: Discusses the hazards of carbon monoxide, which causes 25 deaths from carbon monoxide each year in these environments.
5046Care of Room Humidifiers (HTML)Safety Alert: Discusses how dirty humidifier may cause health problems and what to do about it.
5054What You Should Know About Lead Based Paint in Your Home (HTML)Safety Alert.
5055Hazards of "Do It Yourself" Removal of Lead-Based Paint (HTML)Safety Alert.
5056Don't Use Solder That Contains Lead For Work on Drinking Water Systems (HTML)Safety Alert.
5057Mercury Vapors are Hazardous (HTML)Safety Alert.
5059CPSC Urges Ventilation to Reduce Methylene Chloride Cancer Risk (HTML)Safety Alert.
5080Asbestos in Consumer Products (HTML)Safety Alert.
5107Do Not Use Indoors Any Water Sealers Intended For Outdoor Use (HTML)Safety Alert.
5123Portable Generators (HTML) (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH)Safety Alert.
5130Surviving the Aftermath of a Hurricane (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH)Safety Alert.


Neighborhood Safety Library
Document NumberPublicationDescription
426Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH) Discusses sources of lead in homes and gives simple steps to protect your family from lead hazards.
456Healthy Indoor Painting Practices (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH) Safety Guide.
464The Invisible Killer (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH) Discusses sources of carbon monoxide (CO) and clues to a possible carbon monoxide problem in the home.
468What to Know: Generators and CO (Carbon Monoxide) (HTML)Publication.


Technical Reports and Handbooks
Document NumberPublicationDescription
450The Inside Story - A quide to indoor air quality (HTML) This booklet was prepared to help you decide whether to take actions that can reduce the level of indoor air pollution in your own home.
455Indoor Air Pollution: Introduction for Health Professionals (HTML) This booklet offers an overview of indoor air pollution challenges posed to health professionals. The focus is on acute conditions, with patterns that point to particular agents and suggestions for appropriate remedial action.
 Respondng to Residential Carbon Monoxide Incidents (PDF) Guidelines for first reponders to residential carbon monoxide incidents.


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