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Release Date: 3/30/2009
Source: National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Millions of injuries and illnesses
- Total number of chemicals: 4,000
- Toxic or cancer-causing: 250
- Other pathologies caused in adults: heart disease, lung cancer
- Other pathologies caused in children: lung disease, ear infections, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Other hazards: fire deaths
- Prevention measures: installation of smoke alarm on every floor, especially near bedrooms
- How to keep them away:
• Proper hand washing
• Cleaning of kitchen utensils
• Cleaning of food preparation surfaces
• Not leaving food or water where they can nest
- What they carry: deadly diseases
- What they trigger: asthma attacks
- Follow label instructions
- Use only when necessary
- Keep out of reach of young children
- Store medication safely in locked cabinets
- Follow dosing directions
- Read warning labels
- Lead poisoning
- ← paint chips ground into tiny bits that become part of dust & soil
- → delays child’s ability to learn, grow & develop
- Carbon monoxide gas
• colorless & odorless
• use CO detector placed near bedrooms
- Radon gas
• has been linked to lung cancer
• buy an inexpensive home kit to test for radon gas
• reduce harmful radon in case of high levels
Good health begins at home, have a clean, well-maintained home
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Route 66 to Medical Literature, Félicie Pastore 2017