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Test Your Home for Radon: Quick Tips

Breathing radon can increase your risk of lung cancer. Follow these steps to check your home's radon level. ... Details >

National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Home Safety Month Toolkit

Find information and ideas that can help keep you and your family safe if a flood, fire, flu pandemic, terrorist attack, or other public health emergency strikes. ... Details >

National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Carbon Monoxide Questions and Answers

Also available in: Spanish 

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a deadly, colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. This page provides information on what the symptoms of CO poisoning are, how CO is produced, what one should do to prevent CO pois... Details >

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

A CO Alarm Can Save Your Life

Also available in: Spanish - (PDF) 

Learn about the importance of replacing batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms annually. ... Details >

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

A Healthy Home Checklist - (PDF)

Everyone can have a healthy home. This checklist and accompanying illustration show some key action steps to take in each room and area of the home.... Details >

Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults - (PDF)

Also available in: Chinese-Traditional - (PDF)  Spanish - (PDF) 

Falls are often due to hazards that are easy to overlook but simple to fix. This checklist will help you find and fix those hazards in your home.... Details >

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

A Safe Home is No Accident:: Quizzes for Your Family  External Link

More than 20,000 Americans die every year due to home accidents. Approximately three million more are disabled. Many of these deaths and injuries are easily preventable. Take a few moments right now ... Details >

Easter Seals Inc.   External Link

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention

Learn how you can prevent harmful exposure to carbon monoxide (CO), an odorless, colorless gas that can cause illness and death.... Details >

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

CodeRedRover.org - Home Safety Council  External Link

CodeRedRover.org offers interactive home safety tools including games, activities, home safety checklists and tips for parents and kids. ... Details >

Home Safety Council  External Link

Emergency Preparedness: Safety at Home  External Link

It is important to identify and learn about the hazards most likely to occur in your community. Making a plan and sharing this information with your loved ones may prevent needless confusion, worry an... Details >

National Safety Council  External Link

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