http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us-med--leadpoisoning-advice,0,4831767.story
Advisors to the CDC are urging that agency to lower the definition of lead poisoning from blood lead levels of 10ugm per deciliter of blood to 5 micrograms.
In the U.S. most children get lead poisoning from dust from peeling, chipping, lead-based paint in buildings built More...
Statistical data on the burden of asthma in 36 states currently funded by CDC's National Asthma Control Program.
http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/stateprofiles.htm
An interview with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and HUD's Raphael Bostic on why housing policies are important to health. As the research group Children’s HealthWatch aptly states: “A safe, decent, affordable home is like a vaccine — it literally keeps children healthy.”
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_75/raphael_bostic_risa_lavizzo_mourey_h More...
http://epa.gov/childcare/
Learn about major environmental health issues in child care settings and find resources to promote and maintain environmental health. Information for child care providers, parents and state and local agencies.
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?mode=disppage&id=HHGUIDANCEMANUAL
The HUD Healthy Homes Program Guidance Manual pre-release draft is based on proven approaches and techniques, and the most current research. It is written for everyone interested in developing or expanding a Healthy Homes program.
http://www.extension.org/feeds/content/home%20energy
The average family spends $2,200 a year on energy bills, nearly half of which goes to heating and cooling. With winter approaching and Americans heading indoors, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program is offering easy energy saving tips that increase household efficiency while helping Americans save money and stay warm.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_118390.html#
Children with asthma who live in single-parent homes are 50 percent more likely to return to the hospital for treatment within a year than those who live in two-parent homes, a new study finds.
Protect your children from secondhand smoke and test your home for radon to lower lung cancer risk.
http://action.lungusa.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=39222.0&dlv_id=51041
EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment requires us to continue to pay special attention to the vulnerabilities of children, and especially to children living in disadvantaged communities
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/chm-home.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Don't return to your flood-damaged home before the area is declared safe by local officials. Information from FEMA:
http://www.fema.gov/rebuild/recover/return.shtm
An article in the National Environmental Health Association's Journal of Environmental Health, April, 2011 explains how bed bugs are a public health concern.
http://www.neha.org/pdf/JEH/articles/JEH4.11 Feature Bed Bugs Public Health and Social Justice A Call to Action.pdf
To connect with experts from Universities across the country and for objective, research-based and credible information you can use every day to improve your life.
Among the Resource Areas to visit: Home Energy, Pest Management In and Around Structures, Gardens. Lawns and Lan More...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44209660/ns/health-childrens_health/
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-07-26/html/2011-18510.htm
The Healthy Homes Partnership is a collaboration of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University.