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Homes, Consumers, Communities

Toxic Free Tips - Information about hazardous substances in our homes, schools, work places and communities.

What You Can Do To Reduce Toxic Exposure - Tips to help you reduce toxic exposure.

Children's Safe Products Act - limiting the amount of lead, cadmium and phthalates permissible in children's products sold in Washington.

Fish Advisories - Which fish are safe to eat?

Recycling – Search for recycling opportunities in your neighborhood.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs - How to clean up a broken mercury-containing light bulb

Woodstove Information - information about which wood burning devices are legal in Washington, why wood smoke is harmful to health, and how to reduce the smoke from your wood burning device.

Outdoor burning - hazards of burning and what can you do instead of burning debris.

Natural Yard Care (pdf)

Integrated Pest Management - Smart use of insect poisons.

Dirt Alert! - Protecting our childern from exposure to lead and arsenic.

Clean cars 2009 - Learn what Washington's new clean car law means to you.

Car Washing - Ways to wash cars and still keep soapy water from washing into storm drains.

How To Report Environmental Incidents – pollution problem

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