• Asbestos Removal: Training-Certification, Regulations, and Resources, Department of Labor and Industries (L&I)

• Asbestos - Resources on Asbestos in Vermiculite Insulation, WA State Department of Health (DOH)

• Asbestos, EPA

  • Asbestos in Your Home, EPA

  • Asbestos and Schools, EPA

• American Lung Association of Washington, Home Health Assessment

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

• Asthma Program, DOH

• Asthma Triggers, Northwest Clean Air Agency, free video or DVD

• Lung, Allergic and Immune Diseases, National Jewish Medical and Research Center

• Occupational Asthma: A Notifiable Condition in Washington State

• Ozone and Asthma, DOH News Release - July 21, 2006

• Your Health and Smoke from Fires (pdf 60 kb)

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Fact Sheet, also available in these languages: Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning General Fact Sheet, DOH

• Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning when using a Generator (pdf), Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Using a Generator During Power Outages, DOH Emergency Preparedness Web site

• Warning about the Dangers from Portable Generators During Power Failures, Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Sources of carbon monoxide in the workplace, L&I

Flood and Storm Hazards and Clean-up

• Flood Cleanup, EPA

• If you've had flooding in your home, what to do, DOH

• Keeping your family healthy after the storms, DOH

• Protect Yourself from Mold, CDC

• Repairing Your Flooded Home, American Red Cross & FEMA

• Formaldehyde, DOH

• Household Chemicals, DOH

• Home Health Assessment, American Lung Association of Washington

• Indoor Air Quality Primer, DOH

• Indoor Air Quality Publications, EPA

• Indoor Air Quality, Reference Guide - Typical Indoor Air Pollutants, EPA

• Indoor Air Quality, L&I

• Landlord and Tenant Law - Chapter 59.18 RCW

• Landlords are required to notify tenants about mold

• Landlord-Tenant Law (pdf 510 kb), Office of the Attorney General, 31-page brochure that provides basic information about the state Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (RCW 59.18.)

• Landlord/Tenant Resources, Washington State Housing Finance Commission

• Hiring a Contractor, L&I, Step-by-step homeowner's guide to help you find a qualified contractor and avoid common problems

• Tenants Union of Washington State

• Washington Law Help, Solutions to civil legal problems concerning landlords or tenants

Mercury

• Mercury, DOH

• Mercury - Health Concerns about Mercury in Necklaces, DOH

• A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home, EPA-also available in Spanish

• A Brief Guide to Mold in the Workplace, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Adverse Human Health Associated with Molds in the Indoor Environment, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

• State of the Science on Molds and Human Health (pdf 73 kb), CDC

• Got Mold? Frequently Asked Questions about Mold, DOH

• Landlords are Required to Notify Tenants about Mold, DOH

• Mold and Homeowner Insurance, Office of Insurance Commissioner

• Mold in My Home: What Do I Do?, Available in Spanish, California Department of Health Services

• Mold in Your Home: Causes, Prevention, and Clean-up, Northwest Clean Air Agency, free video or DVD

• Molds: Your Safe Home, Available in Spanish, University of Minnesota Extension Service

• Protect Yourself from Mold, CDC information about making your home safe from mold after flood water recedes

• Stachybotrys chartarum Mold, DOH

• Stachbotrys chartarum and other Molds, CDC

Mold Information in Spanish

• ?Tiene Moho? Got Mold in Spanish, DOH (Espanol)

• Moho en Mi Casa:  Que Hago? (Mold in My House: What do I Do?) (pdf 48 kb), California Department of Health Services

• El Moho - Su Hogar Seguro (Mold - Your Safe Home), University of Minnesota Extension Service

• Nitrogen Oxides, DOH

• "Air Purifying" Machines, EPA

• That 'something' in the summer breeze just might be ozone,  DOH news release, July 21, 2006.

• Residential Air Cleaning Devices, American Lung Association

• Pesticides, DOH

• Urban Pesticide Education Strategy Team, Department of Ecology

• Radon,  DOH

• Asthma Management in Educational Settings, American Lung Association of Washington

• Asbestos in Schools, EPA

• IAQ Tools for Schools, EPA

• Responding to Indoor Air Quality Concerns in our Schools (word 1.4 mb), DOH Report

• School Indoor Air Quality Best Management Practices Manual (pdf 1.7 mb), DOH Report

• Urban Pesticide Education Strategy Team, Ecology