Healthy Homes Partnership: Consumers

Help Yourself to a Healthy Home

Some of the most serious health problems for children may start at home. This website introduces some of these concerns and provides resources to help you learn what you can do about them. Did you know your home might have hidden dangers to your children's health?

Is the air in your home clean and healthy?
Do your children have breathing problems, like asthma?
Is someone in your home allergic to mold?
Do you know the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning?
Is there lead anywhere in your home?
Is your tap water safe to drink?
Do you have household products with chemicals in them that can make you sick?
Do you use bug spray or other products to keep away pests?
Do you keep poisons where your children can reach them?

The answers to questions like these will help you learn if your home is safe and healthy. We offer several resources.

Help Yourself to a Healthy Home Some of the most serious health problems for children may start at home. This website introduces some of these concerns and provides resources to help you learn what you can do about them. Did you know your home might have hidden dangers to your children's health? Ask yourself: Is the air in your home clean and healthy? Do your children have breathing problems, like asthma? Is someone in your home allergic to mold? Do you know the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning? Is there lead anywhere in your home? Is your tap water safe to drink? Do you have household products with chemicals in them that can make you sick? Do you use bug spray or other products to keep away pests? Do you keep poisons where your children can reach them? The answers to questions like these will help you learn if your home is safe and healthy. We offer several resources.
	Help Yourself to a Healthy Home: Protect Your Children's Health - 2nd Edition Click to view Help Yourself to a Healthy Home Click to view Contribuya a Tener un Hogar Sano (Spanish version). Help Yourself to a Healthy Home can make it easier to answer important questions about your home and how you live in it. Topics covered in this edition include: Indoor Air Quality, Asthma and Allergies, Mold and Moisture, Carbon Monoxide, Lead, Drinking Water, Hazardous Household Products, Pesticides, and Home Safety. For more information about this publication call Pat Kennealy, 334-844-2422, or email: kennepj@auburn.edu.

	Healthy Homes Web Tool The Healthy Homes Web Tool takes users through a series of questions about their daily living habits. It then gives a personalized "action checklist" of easy, low-cost steps for protecting children from hazards such as lead poisoning and improper pesticide use. Click here to begin!
	Healthy Homes Issues and Links View a summary of the common environmental health issues around the home, and for each, a list of links to useful web sites.
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Help Yourself to a Healthy Home

Help Yourself to a Healthy Home: Protect Your Children's Health - 2nd Edition

Healthy Homes Web Tool

Healthy Homes Issues and Links