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Healthy Homes

Most of us spend much of our time indoors. The air that we breathe in our homes, in schools, and in offices can put us at risk for health problems. Some pollutants can be chemicals, gases, and living organisms like mold and pests.

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Asbestos

Asbestos is a common yet toxic material. Learn how to identify it and protect your home.

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Prevent Lead Poisoning

Our new video shows the impacts of lead exposure and how you can protect yourself and your family.

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New Orleans resident searches for salvageable items in her home following Hurricane Katrina. Many homes were like this one with mold damage to the ceiling. mold

Mold

Mold can cause great damage to your home. Click here to learn more about this organism and how to control it.

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Radon

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Do you know what radon is? Where it is? How to test for it? Learn about it here and how to get a free radon home test kit.

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Last updated February 18, 2022

Healthy Homes

Care for Your Air

Learn about indoor air quality in homes, schools and offices, in the EPA's FREE 4-page publication, "Care for Your Air: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality".

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Safe & Healthy Homes

ThisHUD-Help Yourself to a Healthy Home is 58-page publication that includes the basic principles of healthy homes with helpful action steps, checklists, graphics, and links for supplemental information.undefined

Guide: How to get bedbugs out of your belongings

How to get bedbugs out of your belongings
Guide: how to get bed bugs out of your belongings

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