Background
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Lung Association, The Christmas Seal People, Biological Pollutants in our Home
Environmental Protection Agency, Biological Pollutants in Your Home
Environmental Protection Agency, Building Air Quality, September 1991
Environmental Protection Agency, Partners in Indoor Environmental Protection.
Environmental Protection Agency, Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and other Disorders, December 1992
Environmental Protection Agency, The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality, April 1995
HUD, Help Yourself to a Healthy Home, 2002
Indoor Air Pollution, An Introduction for Health Professionals
Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air, Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposure
The National Association of Home Builders and the NAHB Research Center, Building Greener, Building Better: The Quiet Revolution, October 2002
National Low Income Housing Coalition, America’s Neighbors: The affordable Housing Crisis and the People it Affects, February 2004
Terry Brennan and Ellen Tohn, Shelter: How Houses Work, September 2004
Keep It Dry and Mold
Environmental Protection Agency, A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home
Environmental Protection Agency, Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings, July 2001
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Drainage Around Your Home
Clean and Cleanable
Environmental Health Watch, Controlling Asthma Triggers in the Home, April 2002
Environmental Protection Agency, Should you have the air ducts in your home cleaned?
Inform-Strategies for a better environment, Cleaning for Health: Products and Practices for a Safer Indoor Environment, 2002
Keep It Contaminant-Free
CRI, CRI Green Label Plus Fact Sheet, June 2004
Design for the Environment, Garment and Textile Care Program, June 1998
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, An Update on Formaldehyde 1997 Revision, Washington, DC 1997
Environmental Protection Agency, Lead in Your Home: A Parent’s Reference Guide, June 1998
Environmental Protection Agency, How Nitrogen Oxide affects the way we live and breathe, September 1998
Environmental Protection Agency, Read the Label First
Environmental Protection Agency, Children and Second Hand Smoke, March 1999
Environmental Protection Agency, Illegal Pesticide Products, September 2004
National Health and Safety Performance Standards, Poisonous Plants and Safe Plants
Keep It Maintained
Asthma Regional Council, Property Maintenance for a Healthy Home
National Center for Healthy Housing, Home Maintenance Checklist
Keep It Safe
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Tips for your Baby Safety
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Household Batteries Can Cause Chemical Burns
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, The “Invisible” Killer
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Infants and Toddlers can Drown in 5-Gallon Buckets
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Home Electrical Safety Audit Room by Room Checklist
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Guide to Home Wiring Hazards
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Poison Cookout Checklist
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Tap Water Scalds
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Think Toy Safety
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Children Can Strangle in Window Covering Cords
City of Mesa Arizona, Gun Safety - a Parents Guide
Parents Guide to Firearm Safety
Keep it Pest Free
Environmental Protection Agency, Citizen’s Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety, September 1999
Environmental Protection Agency, Dos and Don'ts of Pest Control
Environmental Protection Agency, Illegal Pesticide Products
Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides and Child Safety
Environmental Protection Agency, Read the Label First, Protect Your Household
Environmental Protection Agency, Read the Label First, Protect Your Children
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pest Management
Keep It Well Ventilated
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Overheated Clothes Dryers can Cause fires, June 2003
U.S. Department of Energy, Air Sealing-Seal Air Leaks and Save Energy, November 1999
U.S. Department of Energy, Attic Access, February 2000
U.S. Department of Energy, Ceilings and Attics, February 2000
U.S. Department of Energy, Combustion Equipment Safety, October 2000
U.S. Department of Energy, Crawlspace Insulation, December 2000
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency Pays, March 1999
Environmental Protection Agency, Homeowner’s Guide to Ventilation
Environmental Protection Agency, IAQ Glossary and Acronyms
Making It Work
Using Data
Kathleen B. Cooper, Housing Data between the Censuses: The American Housing Survey Washington D.C. 2004
State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Asthma in Maryland 2003, 2003
Errata, Data Error in the American Housing Survey for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area in 1998, December 2001
Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Childhood Lead Registry 2002 Annual Surveillance report Executive Summary, November 2003
State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Child Death Report 2002
Maryland Poison Center, Toxalert 2003 Statistical Report, July 2004
Linda F. McCaig M.P.H. and Catherine W. Burt, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002 Emergency Department Summary, March 18, 2004
Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D.; Robert N. Anderson Ph.D.; Hsiang-Ching Kung Ph.D.; Sherrly L Murphy B.S.; Kenneth D. Kochaneck M.A.; Division of Vital Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 2001, September 18, 2003
National Center for Health Statistics, Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey 2002, March 2004
Legal and Liability
Health Housing Solutions. Protecting the Privacy of Patients Health Information, April 2003
Community Environment Health Resource Center, CEHRC Resident Agreement
Community Environment Health Resource Center, Respecting and Protecting the Rights of Families and Tenants
Covered Entity Charts, July 2003
Environmental Law Institute, Improving Indoor Air Quality In Rental Dwellings, June 2003
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Privacy and Your Health Information
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule