• Household products database (National Institute of Health)
• Tips on finding the safest household products (King County)
• Healthy Homes and Lead Hazards Control Office (US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development)
• Consumer Reports Greener Choices (Consumer Reports)
• Mercury-containing light bulbs/lamps (Washington Dept. of Ecology)
• Compact fluorescent lightbulbs - frequently asked questions (Energy Star Partnership)
• Environmentally preferred purchasing for art departments, schools, maintenance depts., public buildings, etc. (INFORM, New York)
• Pesticide Information for Kids, Students, and Teachers (US EPA)
• Mercury in home products (Thurston County Environmental Health)
• Healthy home information and materials (Thurston County Environmental Health)
• Making Homes Healthier for Families (US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development)
• A Healthy Home brochure (Washington Dept. of Health)

Cleaning Tips and Recipes

• Toxic Free Tips Recipe Cards for safer cleaners (Washington Dept. of Ecology)
• Household cleaners and alternatives for around the home (US EPA)
• Green cleaners, hazardless home handbook (Portland Metro, Oregon)
• Tips for non-toxic cleaning (Thurston County Environmental Health)
• Green cleaning kit recipes (Tacoma Pierce County Health Department)
• In the Home + Garage, Safer Alternatives: Reducing the Risk brochure (Clark County, Washington)
• Green household cleaning recipes (Dakota County, Minnesota)

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• Design for the Environment (US EPA)
• Green Seal certification (Green Seal)
• Independent review of organic products intended for use by organic growers, manufacturers, suppliers (Organic Materials Review Institute)
• Read the Label First! Campaign with free materials on protecting kids, pets, your garden, and households (US EPA)
• Eco-labels center (Consumer Reports)
• Buying Green Guides (National Geographic)
• Pesticide Information Center On-Line (PICOL) for labels (Washington State University)
• Wild vs. Farmed Salmon (Washington Dept. of Health)

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• Green building resources in Washington (Washington Dept. of Ecology)
• Built Green of Washington
• Sustainable building products and materials (Minnesota Building Materials Database)
• MetroPaint 100% recycled (Portland, OR Metro government)
• Green Home online (Children’s Environmental Health Coalition)
• Build green schools (US Green Building Council)

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• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing - Product Fact Sheets (Washington Dept. of Ecology)
• Environmental Purchasing - Products (King County)
• EPP for art departments, schools, maintenance depts., public buildings, etc. (INFORM, New York)
• Tox Mystery house (US National Library of Medicine)
• EcoConsumer Waste Calculator (King County)
• Green Screen for Safer Chemicals (Clean Production Action)

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• Pesticide Information for Kids, Students, and Teachers (US EPA)
• About Pesticides (US EPA)
• 10 Tips to Protect Children from Pesticide and Lead Poisonings (US EPA)
• Consumer Alerts for Pesticides (US EPA)
• Hazards of Bug Bombs (Washington Dept. of Health)
• Controlling Pests at home, schools, childcares, multi-family housing (US EPA)
• Children’s Pesticide Right to Know Act (RCW 17.21.415) (Washington State Legislature)

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• Full listing of recalls and sign up to receive notices (US Gov't.)
• Spanish (US Gov't.)

• Consumer Alerts for Pesticides (US EPA)

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• Poison helpline (24-hours/day, $30 fee) (Washington Poison Center)

1-800-222-1222

• Poison helpline (24-hours/day, $35 fee) (University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center)

1-800-213-6680

• Poison helpline (24-hours/day, $50 fee) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ASPCA)

1-800-213-6680

• Protecting Pets – Pesticide Health and Safety (US EPA)
• What you know about household hazards brochure (American Veterinary Medical Association)
• Read the label first - protect your pets (US EPA)
• Safer products store (Children’s Health Environmental Coalition, CHEC)
• Common household dangers (Humane Society of the United States)
• Pet owners guide to poisons (American Veterinary Medical Association)
• Healthy pets, healthy people (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC)
• Play Cooper the Careful Canine game and remove household hazards (ASPCA)
• Hazards in the garage and yard (Animal Planet, Discovery Channel)
• Holiday hazards (Animal Planet, Discovery Channel)
• What you should know about flea and tick products (Humane Society of the United States)
• First aid for pets (American Red Cross)
• All types of pets and household toxins, diseases (Foster & Smith, Inc.)
  • Teflon toxicity (PTFE toxicosis) in birds
  • Mercury exposure: health concerns, clean-up and disposal
  • Prevent poisonings from pesticides, insecticides

Pet Product Recalls

• Product recalls (US Food and Drug Administration)
• Product recalls; sign up for email notices (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• Pet food – the lowdown on labels (US Food and Drug Administration)

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