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Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 7: Ventilate

What is Ventilation? Ventilation means bringing fresh air into the house from outdoors and getting rid of stale, possibly polluted, indoor air. During periods of the year when outdoor temperatures…

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Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 6: Think Home Safety

Most Common Home InjuriesInjuries in homes are very common. One-third of all injuries that occur in the United States each year happen at home. Home injuries cause more deaths than any other factor…

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Creating a Healthy Home Step 5: Get Rid of Pests

Household pests like insects and rodents sometimes find their way into our homes. Common insect pests are cockroaches, flies and fleas. Recently bedbugs have been finding their way into more and more…

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Creating a Healthy Home Step 4: Keep Your Home Maintained

Keeping your house or apartment well maintained is important for keeping your home healthy and safe. If you are a homeowner, this will also protect the money you have invested in your home. If you…

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Creating a Safe and Healthy Home Step 3: Eliminate Moisture, Keep it Dry

Water is absolutely essential to our basic survival. We must have clean fresh water for drinking and cooking. And our lives are made much more healthy and comfortable by having clean water for…

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Creating a Healthy Home Step 2: Contaminant Free

Contaminants such as lead, radon, carbon monoxide, asbestos, second hand smoke, and other chemicals impact the healthfulness of your home. Man y of these contaminants can't detected through sight or…

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Creating a Healthy Home Step 1: Clean

Creating a healthy home involves 7 steps. Step one is CLEAN.Why a clean home is an important step toward a healthy home: Houses that are kept clean will help reduce family members’ exposure to many…

Rebuild Healthy Homes

HUD’s Rebuild Healthy Homes is a valuable resource for those who need to clean-up and repair homes damage by any type of natural disaster. The Rebuild Healthy Homes: Guide to Post-disaster…

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Staying Safe as You Return Home

Returning home after a major disaster can be both emotionally challenging and physically unsafe. Here are ways you can navigate your return safely. Follow Local Authority Instructions Before you…

National Radon Action Month and Radon Awareness Week - January 2024

January is National Radon Action Month and Radon Awareness Week is January 22-26, 2024. As a part of this educational campaign, EPA and the CDC encourage you to learn about radon and potential issues…