Want More Information?

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): This site (www.epa.gov) links to EPA's activities, regulations, and publications such as "The Inside Story - A Guide to Indoor Air Quality": A 47 page EPA online publication covering home air quality issues for the general public (www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html)
  
  
• EPA Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP): A website devoted to health and environmental issues as they impact children (www.epa.gov/children/whowe.htm).
  
  
• EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT): This website offers online fact sheets on a variety of chemicals that are found in household cleaning products. (www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemfact)
  
  
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): Links to interesting online articles on enviromental health issues as well as to summaries about hazardous chemicals called 'ToxFAQs' (www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html)
  
  
• Environmental Hazards Management Institute (EHMI): A nonprofit environmental education organization that sells the inexpensive and handy-to-use "Household Product Management Wheel" -tips on 36 commonly used household chemicals, and the "Kidswheel on Common Household Products" - a fun-to-use slide chart for kids about hazardous household products emphasizing the importance of reading product labels.(www.ehmi.org/tools/tools.asp)