Pacific Northwest Center for Translational Environmental Health Research

Asbestos

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  Health effects of exposure to asbestos.
• EPA - Indoor Air Quality - Asbestos
  Sources, health effects, steps to reduce exposures.
• National Cancer Institute
  General information about asbestos and health risks.
• Oregon DEQ
  Information and rules about safe handling of asbestos-containing materials.

Biological Pollutants and Allergens

(pet dander, cockroaches, dust mites, mold and pollen)

• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, Tools for the Public
  The National Allergy Bureau is responsible for reporting current pollen and mold spore levels to the public.
• EPA Indoor Air Quality Biological Pollutants
  What are they, sources, health effects, and actions in the home that keep air clean.
• Consumer Products Safety Commission - Biological Pollutants
  Sources (pet dander, pollen, mold, cockroaches and dust mites,), helpful image and suggestions for actions to take to protect health.
   

Carbon Monoxide and Combustion Products

• Consumer Products Safety Commission - Combustion Appliances
  What You Should Know About Combustion Appliances and Indoor Air Pollution.
• EPA Burn Wise
  Resources for consumers choosing combustion products and the federal tax credit.
• EPA Indoor Air Quality Sources of Combustion Products
  Information on sources, pollutants and health effects of combustion products.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

(ETS or ‘second hand smoke')

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Smoke-free homes initiative.
• American Lung Association
  Information on ETS, health effects and ways to avoid health problems.
• EPA - National Center for Environmental Assessment
  Information about the health effects of ETS.

General Indoor Air Quality Resources

• American Lung Association
  Information on indoor air pollution, its health effects and steps to take to improve the indoor air quality in your home.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission - A Guide to Indoor Air Quality
  A detailed booklet on indoor air pollution, including where it comes from, what the health risks are, and ways to improve the air quality in your home.
• EPA Addressing Indoor Environmental Concerns During Remodeling
  Information to follow when remodeling or improving the energy efficiency of your home, steps to minimize pollution from sources inside the home, either from new materials, or from disturbing materials already in the home.
• EPA Indoor Air Quality - IAQ House
  Interactive house, click on rooms and sources of indoor air pollution and messages about how to reduce the sources and actions to take pop up.
• Oregon Metro - Sustainable Living
  Information on green cleaners, natural gardening, tips for purchasing products.
• EPA's Design for the Environment
  Information about safe cleaning supplies and where to find them.
• GreenSeal
  Independent third party certification program for safe cleaning supplies and information about where to find GreenSeal-certified products.

Lead

• Oregon Public Health - Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  Provides information on how to prevent lead exposure in the home and at work. The program is working to prevent and reduce lead-based paint exposures by overseeing certification and training of professionals working with lead-based paint and enforcing lead-based paint regulations.

Mold

• Community Alliance for Tenants
  Statewide, grassroots, tenant-controlled, tenant-rights organization. Educates, organizes and develops leadership of low-income tenants to directly challenge unjust housing policies and practice. Household Mold Prevention infographic.
• EPA Mold and Moisture
  Basic information, where you live, frequent questions, publications, image library, mold clean up advice and flood clean up information.
• Northwest Clean Air Agency
  Provides educational material specific to the PNW, including the mold video that was shown during the EH@Home presentation.
• Oregon Health Authority - Mold in Your Home
  Information on the causes of and treatments for mold in the home.

Outdoor Air

(which influences your indoor air)

• Oregon DEQ Air Quality Index
  This online resource provides current information about the outdoor air quality around Oregon based on measured concentrations of the 6 pollutants regulated by the Federal Clean Air Act. See the Oregon DEQ Air Quality Index Basics for more information on understanding the Air Quality Index.
• AirNow Fire and Smoke map.
  The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map provides information that you can use to help protect your health from wildfire smoke.

Radon

• American Lung Association - Radon
  Information on radon, health effects, steps to take in your home and radon tests, including an affordable radon test kit program. 
• EPA - Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction
  Information on what methods to use to test radon and reduce the levels in your home, including estimates on costs for the different methods.
• Oregon Public Health - Radon Awareness Program
  Provides information and educational materials to the public on the hazards of radon gas.

Volatile Organic Compounds

• EPA Indoor Air Quality - Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
  This site is dedicated to education on VOCs that come from thousands of household products. Studies have found homes with VOC levels 2 to 5 times higher than outdoor air.