Are Cleaning Products Making Your Family Ill?

For More Information

  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): This site links to EPA's activities, regulations, and publications such as "The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality," a 47-page EPA online publication covering home air quality issues for the general public.
  • EPA Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP): A website devoted to health and environmental issues as they impact children.
  • EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT): This website offers online fact sheets on a variety of chemicals that are found in household cleaning products.
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): Links to interesting online articles on environmental health issues as well as to summaries about hazardous chemicals called "ToxFAQs."
  • Environmental Hazards Management Institute (EHMI): A nonprofit environmental education organization that sells the inexpensive and handy-to-use: "Household Product Management Wheel", tips on 36 commonly used household chemicals; and the "Kidswheel on Common Household Products," a fun-to-use slide chart for kids about hazardous household products emphasizing the importance of reading product labels.

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