Indoor Air Quality
The School Health and Indoor Environments Leadership Development Summit (SHIELDS)
The summmit was a gathering of over 80 green and healthy school leaders whose mission is to advance the future of the healthy indoor environments in schools movement. The SHIELDS initiative is to inspire action to promote healthy children and improve student achievement, staff productivity and facility performance. Learn about the vision and movement inspired by school environmental health leaders across the country.
Obama Administration Working to Close Racial, Ethnic Gap on Asthma: Asthma disproportionately affects minority children, children living below poverty level.
Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities
Please support us in communicating this plan to broaden engagement among federal agencies and non-federal partners and increase its reach and impact. The following resources are available to assist your communication efforts:
- Download the Action Plan one-page fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 288 K)
- Read the EPA News Release
- Get a Web button for your website.
Protecting People and Families from Radon: A Federal Action Plan for Saving Lives
Federal partners release a Federal Radon Action Plan Scorecard
Get a glimpse of the current status of commitments made by federal agencies to reduce radon risk.
Learn more about this collaborative effort by federal agencies to protect people and families from radon.
Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades
EPA has developed a new voluntary guidance document, Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades, that provides a set of best practices for improving indoor air quality in conjunction with energy retrofit work in homes. Read more about the Protocols. Download the Protocols (PDF, 48 pp., 4.27 M, about PDF). Read the EPA Press Release.
The guidance was developed in collaboration with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Recovery Through Retrofit Initiative and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiative to develop Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals.
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EPA Awards $1.2 Million to Improve Indoor Air Quality
Thirty-two assistance agreements, totaling approximately $1.2 million, were selected and funded by the 10 EPA Regions through a competitive grant announcement announced in early 2012. Read the EPA Press Release.
In October and throughout the year, we will work with parents, teachers, and health providers to promote healthy environments where children live, learn and play.
To learn more about children's environmental health, visit The Office of Children's Health Protection website and view the Presidential Proclamation for Child Health Day.
Ten Things You Should Know About Mold
#2 - There is no practical way to eliminate all mold and mold spores in the indoor environment; the way to control indoor mold growth is to control moisture.
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