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| My Health My World Explorations for Children and Adults is a publication of the Division of School-Based Programs, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine , and was made possible by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. For more information, contact Center for Educational Outreach, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Thanks to Baylor for allowing NIEHS to reproduce portions of those articles here on the NIEHS Kids' Pages! |
| Things in Dust | May come from ...? |
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| Tiny pieces of dead insects are in dust! | |
B
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| Pollen grains are made by flowering or cone-bearing plants. Pollen sometimes gets inside too. | |
C
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| Spores are made by molds in damp places like bathtubs! | |
D
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| Dust mites like to live in our pillows and mattresses! | |
E
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| This is a flake of dead skin. Your skin, and the skin of your pets "flake" off and become part of dust! |
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