Asbestos
Biological Pollutants and Allergens
(pet dander, cockroaches, dust mites, mold and pollen)
Carbon Monoxide and Combustion Products
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
(ETS or ‘second hand smoke')
General Indoor Air Quality Resources
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American Lung Association
Information on indoor air pollution, its health effects and steps to take to improve the indoor air quality in your home.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oregon Metro - Sustainable Living
Information on green cleaners, natural gardening, tips for purchasing products.
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EPA's Design for the Environment
Information about safe cleaning supplies and where to find them.
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GreenSeal
Independent third party certification program for safe cleaning supplies and information about where to find GreenSeal-certified products.
Lead
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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
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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.
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EPA Mold and Moisture
Basic information, where you live, frequent questions, publications, image library, mold clean up advice and flood clean up information.
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Northwest Clean Air Agency
Provides educational material specific to the PNW, including the mold video that was shown during the EH@Home presentation.
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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)
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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.
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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
Volatile Organic Compounds