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Publication NamePublication Description
A Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon
This guide is for anyone buying or selling a home who wants to learn about radon.
EPA 402-K-00-008
July 2000
Booklet, 38 pages
Age Healthier, Breathe Easier
Indoor air quality and asthma information for older adults and family caregivers.
EPA 100-F-04-001
April 2004
Fact Sheet; 2 pages
Age Healthier, Breathe Easier - Chinese
Indoor air quality and asthma information for older adults and family caregivers.
EPA 100-F-04-016
April 2004
Fact Sheet; 2 pages
America's Children and the Environment: A First View of Available Measures
Children's health update.
EPA 240-R-00-006
December 2000
Book, 86 pages:
An Update on Formaldehyde
Describes how formaldehyde found in the indoor air.
EPA 402-F-04-026
1997
Booklet, 12 pages
Asian & Pacific Islander Seafood Consumption Study in King County, WA
Exposure information obtained through a community-centered approach. Study results and educational outreach.
EPA 910-R-99-003
May 1999
Technical Study
Asthma Home Environment Checklist, provides a list of questions and action steps to assist in identifying asthma triggers.EPA 402-F-03-030
February 2004
Flyer, 7 pages
Buying a New Home? How to Protect Your Family From RadonEPA 402-F-98-008
April 2002
Brochure, 6 pages
Chemicals in Schools – Community Partners,
What the community can do to help develop a school chemical cleanout program.
EPA 530-F-05-016
April 2006
Brochure; 6 pages
Chemicals in Schools – K-12 Schools,
Helping schools develop a chemical cleanout and
prevention program.
EPA 530-F-05-012
April 2006
Brochure; 6 pages
Children's Environmental Exposures
Discusses children's exposures to environmental chemicals and other agents, such as radiation, sunlight, and infectious organisms.
Office of Children's Health Protection
1999
Paper, 25 pages
Children's Environmental Health 2006
A summary of EPA activities
EPA 100-F-06-011
October 2006
Booklet 15 pages
Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers
Your children will breath easier.
EPA 402-F-99-005
July 1999
Brochure, 6 pages
Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers (Chinese)
Your children will breath easier.
EPA 402-F-99-005A
February 1999
Brochure, 6 pages
Consumers Guide to Radon Reduction
How to fix your home.
EPA 402-K-03-002
February 2003
Booklet, 17 pages
Controlling Heat Stress Made Simple
For agricultural workers. Colorful poster shows how to avoid heat stress and what to do if it occurs. English/Spanish
EPA 750-H-93-001
September 1995
Poster
Effective Control of Household Pests
Responsible pesticide use indoors
EPA 100-F-04-009
July 2004
Fact Sheet, 2 pages
Effective Control of Household Pests (Chinese)
Responsible pesticide use indoors
EPA 100-F-04-018
September 2004
Fact Sheet, 2 pages
Environmental Contributors to Heart and Lung Disease (Chinese)
This fact sheet summarizes environmental factors and how they can affect the health of older adults.
EPA 100-F-05-022
2005
Fact Sheet, 4 pages
Environmental Hazards Weigh Heavy on the Heart, How environmental hazards can contribute to heart disease and stroke and how to reduce exposure.EPA 100-F-05-025
December 2005
Fact Sheet; 4 pages
Framework for Assessing Health Risk of Environmental Exposures to Children, Addresses the questions of why and how an improved children's health risk assessment will strengthen the overall risk assessment process across the Agency.EPA 600-R-05-093F
September 2006
Report; 270 pages
Healthy Buildings, Healthy People.
A vision for indoor environmental quality in the 21st Century.
EPA 402-K-01-003
October 2001
Booklet; 99 pages
healthy homes
This brochure offers ways to make your home a healthy place. It includes information on indoor and outdoor air quality, pesticides, toxic household products, mold, tobacco smoke, radon, drinking water contaminants and making your home "green".
EPA 901-K-06-001
May 2006
Brochure, 16 pages
healthy schools
This brochure can help school employees and parents recognize potential environmental health issues at schools, both indoors and outdoors. It includes basic information about a broad range of topics, and links to web sites that offer more information
EPA 901-K-08-001
January 2008
Brochure, 13 pages
Healthy Indoor Painting Practices
A safety guide for residents, property managers and painters.
EPA 744-00-011
May 2000
Brochure; 5 pages
Indoor Air Hazards
Homeowner tips for Healthy Air
EPA 402-K-98-002
1998
Pamphlet, 19 pages
Keep Your Paws Off Mercury
Clancy the Mercury Detecting Dog, EPA, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency teamed up to create the Keep Your Paws Off Mercury campaign to teach students across the country about mercury and its dangers.
EPA 530-H-07-001
2007
Poster
Learning About Radon: A Part of Nature Basic Family Guide to RadonEPA-402-K-02-002
February 2002
Booklet; 13 pages
Mercury Education and Reduction Act
Provides information regarding the new law and how we can all help to clean-up mercury in Washington state.
WA Department of Health
May 2004
Fact Sheet, 2 pages
Mold in Schools
Why is mold growing in your school?
EPA-402-F-03-029
January 2004
Fact Sheet
Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings
Identifying mold problems for building maintenance workers; March 2001
EPA 402-K-01-001
2001
Booklet, 48 pages; illustrations
Prevent Eye Damage: Protect Yourself from UV Radiation
Explains the potential effect of UV radiation and suggestions to follow to avoid damaging your eyes.
EPA 430-F-06-018
October 2006
Leaflet; 2 Pages
Protecting Children's Health from Asbestos Exposure in Schools: What Your School and School District Should Be Doing About AsbestosEPA 910-F-08-001
2008
Brochure, 6 pages
Protect Our Health From Source to Tap
National drinking water program highlights.
EPA 816-K-01-001
May 2001
Protect Yourself from Pesticides
Guide for agricultural workers (English and Spanish)
EPA 735-B-06-001
June 2006
Book
Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke harms everyone in the house!
American Lung Association
March 1994
Pamphlet; 1 page
Protecting Yourself & Your Family From Secondhand Smoke
Ways to protect your family from secondhand smoke.
American Lung Association
March 1994
Pamphlet, 6 pages
Quick Reference Guide, Worker Protection Standard
Outlines regulations designed to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers.
EPA 3035-F-05-005
November 2005
Brochure; 6 pages
Radon In Schools
Every school should be tested for Radon.
EPA 402-F-94-009
October 1994
Pamphlet; 1 page
Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders Summary and conclusions.EPA 600-8-90-006F
December 1992
Report; 16 pages
Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and the Health of Your Family (English/Spanish)
Explains the basics of secondhand smoke and health.
EPA 402-F-06-004
March 2006
Pamphlet: Fold-out
Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and the Health of Your Family (English Spanish)
Keeping a smoke-free home for health’s sake.
EPA 402-F-06-004
March 2006
Brochure; 3 pages
Senseless Killer (Carbon Monoxide)
Can you tell what it is?
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
1993
Brochure; 1 page
Summertime Safety: Keeping Kids Safe From Sun and Smog, Fact sheet about the UV and air quality indexes and actions you can take to protect kids and yourself.EPA 430-F-06-012
July 2006
Fact Sheet; 2 pages
Sunscreen: The Burning Facts, How does UV radiation affect my skin? What are the risks?EPA 430-F-06-013
September 2006
6 Pages
SunWise: A school program that radiates good ideas
Grades K-8. Consists of a variety of fun, developmentally appropriate activities that combine education about sun protection and the environment with other aspects of learning.
EPA 430-F-00-004
2000/2003
Folder
Take the Smoke-Free Home Pledge
Pledge to Keep Your Home and Car Smoke-free in 3 easy steps
EPA 402-K-03-001
January 2003
Brochure, 6 pages
The EPA Children's Environmental Health Yearbook Supplement
Provides information to the public about the EPA's work in children's health protection.
EPA-100-R-00-0018
August 2000
Booklet; 217 Pages
The Sun, UV, and You: A Guide to SunWise Behaviour
SunWise Protection Tips
EPA 430-K-06-002
September 2006
Booklet; 12 pages
Tips to Protect Children from Environmental Risks
(Bilingual: English and Spanish)
EPA 100-F-02-004
2002
Fact Sheet, 2 pages
Tips To Protect Children From Environmental Threats
(Bilingual: English & Spanish)
EPA-100-F-00-008
2000
Fact Sheet; 1 page
Tribal Nations Children's Environmental Health Resource Guide
List of resources
U.S. EPA Region 10
August 2007
Booklet, 19 pages
Water Works: Information for Older Adults and Family Caregivers, Fact sheet. Learn how to protect your health by reducing or eliminating exposure to contaminants in water.EPA 100-F-05-042
December 2005
Fact Sheet; 4 pages
Water Works: Information for Older Adults and Family Caregivers (Chinese)
Fact sheet. Learn how to protect your health by reducing or eliminating exposure to contaminants in water.
EPA 100-F-07-001
2007
Fact Sheet, 4 pages
What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish
Advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children.
EPA 823-F-04-009
2004
Brochure, 6 pages
What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (Chinese)
Advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children.
EPA 823-F-06-004
2006
Brochure, 6 pages
What is the UV Index?
Explains how ultraviolet radiation can cause immediate and long-term health effects.
EPA 430-F-06-014
July 2006
Fact Sheet; 2 pages

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