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Ten Tips to Protect Your Children from Pesticides and Lead by EPA
Offers a simple list of things you should do to protect your children from hazardous chemicals around the home.

Tox Town                                                                         An interactive guide to environmental health concerns and toxic chemicals where you live, work and play from the National Library of Medicine.

ASBESTOS
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
Excellent information on asbestos as well as information on contractors who can remove it.

LEAD
Environmental Protection Agency

CLEARCorps
Volunteer organization working to protect children from lead poisoning.

FORMALDEHYDE/PRESSED WOOD PRODUCTS
Washington State Department of Health

Hobby and art supplies: The Toxics in the Home program by Washington Toxics Coalition
One of the few websites with information on hobby and art supplies.

Collaborative on Health and the Environment: CHE Toxicants and Disease Database, is a scientifically based, web-interactive database summarizing the evidence of exposure to chemical contaminants and over 180 associated human diseases or conditions.

EPA Honors MHE
The Master Home Environmentalist © Program has been awarded a 2005 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award! This prestigious honor is given out annually by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to programs and organizations that demonstrate effectiveness, innovation, and longevity in protecting children from environmental health risks.
On April 21, 2005 in Washington D.C. Aileen Gagney, the Asthma and Environmental Health Program Manager and MHE coordinator, will accept the award on behalf of the American Lung Association of Washington, the MHE trainers and volunteers. Over the past few years Aileen has been a driving force in improving and expanding the program from Washington State to Washington D.C.
Congratulations to all those involved in the award winning Master Home Environmentalist Program!
 
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