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Document Number	Publication	Description
423	What 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.
425	Biological Pollutants in Your Home (HTML)	Brochure.
427	Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools (PDF)	Brochure.
453	Asbestos 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.
466	Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet (HTML) (HTML-SPANISH)	Discusses carbon monoxide (CO) hazards; and prevention and detection of dangerous CO levels.
725	An Update on Formaldehyde (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.
5008	Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Camping Equipment (PDF)	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.
5046	Care of Room Humidifiers (PDF)	Safety Alert: Discusses how a dirty humidifier may cause health problems and what to do about it.
5123	Portable Generators (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH)	Safety Alert.

Neighborhood Safety Library

Document Number	Publication	Description
426	Protect 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.
456	Healthy Indoor Painting Practices (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH)	Safety Guide.
464	The Invisible Killer (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH)	Discusses sources of carbon monoxide (CO) and clues to a possible carbon monoxide problem in the home.
468	What to Know: Generators and CO (Carbon Monoxide) (HTML)	Publication.
469	Carbon Monoxide Warning (PDF)	Doorhanger
470	Portable Generators Pose a Serious Carbon Monoxide Hazard (PDF)	Safety Alert
5130	Surviving the Aftermath of a Hurricane (PDF) (PDF-SPANISH)	Safety Alert.

Technical Reports and Handbooks

Document Number	Publication	Description
450	The 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.
455	Indoor 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.
	Responding to Residential Carbon Monoxide Incidents (PDF)	Guidelines for first reponders to residential carbon monoxide incidents.

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Indoor Air Quality Publications

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