Carbon Monoxide Poisoning with Camping Equipment
Each year there are about 30 deaths and 450 injuries because of carbon monoxide poisoning from the use of portable camping heaters, lanterns, or stoves inside tents, campers, and vehicles. Follow thes details...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Chemical Emergencies
This fact sheet discusses the dangers to health associated with chemicals and how you can prepare for a chemical spill at home or in your community. details...
American Red Cross, National Headquarters |
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Childhood lead poisoning remains a major preventable environmental health problem in the United States. The goal of CDC is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning as a major public health problem. Achie details...
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety
This publication has been developed to help consumers understand what steps to take to control pest in and around your home; what alternatives to chemical pesticides are available, including pest prev details...
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Consumer Product Safety Commission Publications
CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe in their homes by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. This site contains frequently updated details...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Find Your Poison Center
There are a variety of ways to search this site for a poison center in your geographical area -- select your state on the map, enter your zip code, or look in the online directory. details...
Nonprofit/Professional Entity--Follow the Resource URL for More Information |
Just Ask!: About Accidental Poisoning
Information, statistics and advice on what action you should take in the case of accidental drug poisoning in the home. details...
U.S. Pharmacopeia |
Lead Acetate Used in Hair Dye Products
This consumer health information document discusses the safety of lead acetate used as a color additive in "progressive" hair dye products. details...
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Lead and Your Health
Information about lead exposure and its effects on health, written for employers and the general public. Describes lead poisoning symptoms, and explains how you can protect yourself from lead poisonin details...
American Academy of Family Physicians |
Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs - Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics/EPA
The information contained on this site is designed to give you access to all aspects of the Federal lead poisoning prevention program, with a special focus on the efforts within EPA's Office of Pollut details...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |