Pamphlets and other useful free information are available from government and other agencies. When you order a pamphlet, request an updated publication list, as there may new titles available.
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse, (800) 438-4318, free:
Residential Air Cleaning Devices
Residential Air Cleaning Devices: Summary of Available Information
Asbestos in Your Home
Asthma, Air Quality, and Environmental Justice
Biological Pollutants in Your Home
Indoor Biological Pollutants (7 chapters)
Flood Cleanup: Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems
Combustion Appliances and Indoor Air Pollution
Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Should You Have the Air Ducts In Your Home Cleaned?
An Update on Formaldehyde
Use and Care of Home Humidifiers
The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality Basics for Schools
Ozonator information packet (#108345)
What You Should Know About Using Paint Strippers
Consumer’s Guide to Radon Reduction: How to Reduce Radon Levels in
Your Home
A Citizen’s Guide to Radon: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from
Radon
Home Buyer’s and Seller’s Guide to Radon
EPA Map of Radon Zones and Fact Sheet
Secondhand Smoke: What You Can Do.
Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking
Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other
Disorders
Setting the Record Straight: Secondhand Smoke Is a Preventable Health
Risk
Sick Building Syndrome
Ventilation And Air Quality in Offices – Fact Sheet
Note: There are more extensive guidelines for building managers and schools available for a fee.
American Lung Association
Call your local chapter for a set of information pamphlets.
National Lead Information Center, (800)LEAD-FYI, free
pamphlets:
Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home
Reduce Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home
Real Estate Disclosure Form information
Superintendent of Documents, fee, (202) 512-1800
Questions and Answers About EMF – Electric and Magnetic
Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power - DOE/EE-0040. $4.
EMF in the Workplace – DOE/GO-10095-218
Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc., (800) 878-4403
Newsletter and reprints of many practical articles
Environmental Protection Agency, (202) 775-6650
Energy Star Program information packet - Note: Lower energy use usually would point to lower magnetic fields, but not always. The highest levels of magnetic fields I measured at a computer were at a small Energy Star notebook computer. Bring a gaussmeter along when purchasing an electrical device.
Environmental Protection Agency, (800) 858-7378 – call for list of publications and pamphlets.
This list is a joint project of Healthy Interiors Incorporated and Enviro Health Environmental Home Inspections, Inc.
