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Publication NamePublication Description
Action Steps for Sun Protection
In cooperation with a number of leading public health organizations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing these action steps to help you and your family be "SunWise".
EPA 430-F-99-026
September 1999
Fact Sheet, 2 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
A Guide to Healthy Eating of the Fish You Catch
Health Notes on preparing fish
EPA 823-F-02-005
April 2002
Pamphlet, 6 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:
America's Children and The Environment - Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illnesses
This report marks the progress we have made as a nation to reduce environmental risks faced by children.
EPA 240-R-03-001
February 2003
Report, 172 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: 2007
Highlights: Environment, Health, and a Focus on Children
EPA 100K-07-002
September 2007
Booklet, 17 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
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
Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction - Revised 2006
Information for those who have tested their home for radon and confirmed they have elevated radon levels.
EPA 402-K-06-094
December 2006
Booklet, 17 pages
Diabetes and Environmental Hazards
Information for Older Adults and Their Caregivers
EPA 100-F-07-020
August 2007
Fact Sheet, 4 pages
Dusty, the Asthma Goldfish
An educational activity book to help parents and children learn more about asthma triggers.
EPA 402-F-04-008
February 2004
Brochure, 6 pages
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
Fish Facts for Good Health
Answers questions about fish
WA Dept. of Health
May 2003
Brochure, 8 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
HealthySeat
Quick information guide to EPA's Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (SEAT).
EPA 402-F-05-022
December 2005
Fact Sheet, 1 page
HealthySeat - Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool
Explanation of EPA's unique, free software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues.
EPA 402-F-05-023
December 2005
Leaflet, 4 pages
Help Your Child Gain Control Over Asthma
This brochure provides parents and caregivers that have children with asthma the information they need to improve their children's quality of life.
EPA 402-F-04-021
November 2004
Booklet, 32 pages
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
How Smoke from Fires Can Affect Your Health
The biggest health threat from smoke comes from fine particles. This explains the Air Quality Index and how to protect yourself and others.
EPA 452-F-02-002
May 2003
Brochure, 1 page
Indoor Air Hazards
Homeowner tips for Healthy Air
EPA 402-K-98-002
1998
Pamphlet, 19 pages
Keep Your Home and Car Smoke-Free (English/Spanish)EPA 402-E-04-008
2004
Place Mat
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
Live Learn Play
Tune in to your health and environment
EPA 100-K-04-001
October 2004
Booklet with CD, 32 pages
Particle Pollution and Your Health
Airborne particles, the main ingredient of haze, smoke, and airborne dust, present serious air quality problems in many areas of the United States.
EPA 452-F-03-001
September 2003
Brochure, 8 pages
Pesticides and Food
What you and your family need to know.
EPA 735-F-98-001
1998
Brochure, 4 pages
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
Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Information for older adults and their caregivers.
EPA 100-F-09-001
January 2009
Fact Sheet, 4 pages
Protect Children Where They Live, Learn, and PlayEPA 100-E-04-001
2004
Stickers, 1 page
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 Your Children - Take the Smoke-Free Home Pledge (English and Spanish)
Protecting children from secondhand smoke.
EPA 402-F-04-002
February 2004
Brochure, 6 pages
Protect Yourself, Protect Others
Safe options for home needle disposal.
EPA 530-F-04-004
October 2004
Brochure, 4 pages
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
Safe Steps to Rid Your Home and Garden of Pests
Fact sheet with information about types of pesticides and your health.
EPA 100-F-05-018
July 2005
Fact Sheet, 2 pages
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
Should I Eat The Fish I Catch (Cambodian, English, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese)
A guide to healthy eating of the fish you catch
EPA 823-F-98-018
1998
Brochure, 8 pages
Smoke Free Home Kit
Developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist you in educating communities about the dangers of secondhand smoke.
EPA 402-K-04-001
February 2004
Kit
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
Take the Smoke-Free Home Pledge
Be a Hero To You Children! English and Spanish
EPA 402-H-04-001
February 2004
Poster
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
These Doors Can Help Your Kids
These doors can actually protect your kids from diseases like bronchitis, pneumonia, lower respiratory infections, and even asthma.
1999
Poster
Tips to Protect Children from Environmental Risks (English and Spanish)
Suggestions for protecting children from environmental risks.
EPA 100-F-02-004
2002
Fact Sheet, 2 pages
Tips to protect children from environmental risks (Spanish)
Suggestions for protecting children from environmental risks.
EPA 100-F-04-012
2004
Growth Chart, 1 page
Tips to protect children from environmental risks
Suggestions for protecting children from environmental risks.
EPA 100-F-04-013
2004
Growth Chart, 1 page
Tips To Protect Children From Environmental Threats
Growth Chart for kids of all ages.
EPA 100-F-00-001
2000
Growth Chart, 2 pages
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
Women and Environmental Health
Information for Older Audlts and Their Caregivers
EPA 100-F-07-028
October 2007
Fact Sheet, 4 pages

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