Highlights of Network News and Events
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   •  Pilot Projects Address Asthma in Native American Communities

      Under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. EPA's Indoor Environments Division (IED), the
      Intertribal Council pf Arizona (ITCA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) are initiating five pilot
      projects that addre|ss the diverse indoor environmental triggers and health effects associated with
      asthma in Native American populations. Project activities will consist of on-site asthma education
      workshops as well as the creation of culturally competent asthma and indoor air outreach materials
      for Native American  populations. The pilots are located in New Mexico, Montana, and Arizona.

      ITCA and IHS are Conducting two training workshops currently scheduled for July 9 and mid-
      September, 2002, ;in Phoenix, Arizona. Both workshops will assist Tribal health care providers and
      indoor air professionals in utilizing asthma management techniques to properly identify indoor
      environmental triggers and their remedies.

      Based on the success of the pilots,  other Tribal communities may be approached in the future.

      For further details ian these projects please contact Chris Griffin at 202-564-9421 or
      griffin.chris@epa.dov. You may also visit EPA's website www.epa.gov/iaq for more information on
      indoor air quality and asthma.
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   •  inter-American Air Quality Day - A GREAT Opportunity for Local Activities

       Dedicated to raising consciousness across all of the countries of the Americas, this will be a day for
       informing the general public about  how they can  act both locally and regionally to improve the air in
       their surroundings.  The 50,000-member Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental
       Engineering (AIDI;S) is hosting the  first ever Inter-American Air Quality Day, to take place on
       Friday, August 9, 2002.

     .  According to the World Health Organization, acute respiratory infection, mostly in the form of
       pneumonia, is thei leading cause of death in children under five, killing over two million children
       annually worldwidje. In nearly every case acute respiratory infections are  caused or made worse by
       air pollution - both indoors and outdoors.
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       AIDIS believes that the vast majority of the population in the Americas does not know that air
       pollution causes ill health effects. Consider sponsoring an event on August 9,  2002, in your
       community or with your partners to spread the word about clean air. If your organization plans to
       sponsor activities,; please let AIDIS know by contacting them at aidispr@.coaui.net.  AIDIS will list
       events on its electronic newsletter,  which you can subscribe to at www.e-aidis.org.
United States Environmental Protection Agency                       '                        Indoor Envirrp -nstits Division
Office of Air and Radiation    !                                                            Washington, DC 20460

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  IAQ PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS:
                       "Take the Smoke-free Home Pledge" Campaign Achieves
                       New Success

                       In the month of April, two exciting milestones spurred new success for the "Take
                       the Smoke-free Home Pledge" campaign. The Major League Baseball season
                       guide featured a full-page print public service announcement (PSA) called "Here's
                       the Pitch" which  had President Bush pitching the first ball for the season. The PSA
                       directed readers to take the smoke-free pledge by calling the hotline or by visiting
                       EPA's homepage.

                       Along with the PSA, the Indoor Environments Division launched 2 online pledge
                       sites www.epa.gov/smokefree and www.epa.gov/smokefree/pledge/index.html.
                       This site enables the public to quickly and easily make their commitment to
providing a smoke-free home environment. Visitors can pledge by simply entering their zip code and can
download a pledge certificate to display in their home. In less than two months since the launch, the pledge
>age had more than 1,000 hits and received over 400 pledges!
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affiliates, local chapters, or other contacts to educate the public about indoor air quality and environmental
.obacco smoke with "Here's the Pitch" posters and "Take the Smoke-Free Home Pledge" posters and
brochures. To order supplies, please call the IAQ Clearinghouse at 1-800-438-4318 or order online at
httD://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/index.html.
      Thank you for your continued support on the "Take the Smoke-free Home Pledge'
                          campaign and protecting childrens' health.
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                                                   "Take the Smoke-Free
                                                   Home Pledge" brochure
                                                   (Item X402-K-00-004)
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
                                                                        Indoor Environments Division
                                                                            Washington, DC 20460

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    IAQ PUBLICAtldNS AND PRODUCTS (continued):
July-September, 2002
   •  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pleased to issue the final report, Healthy
      Buildings, Healthy People: A Vision for the 21st Century, which envisions the future of indoor
      environmental quality. In preparing Healthy Buildings, Healthy People, EPA sought the advice of
      many, both within the Agency and outside, to develop the vision, goals, guiding principles, and
      potential actions presented in the report. Healthy Buildings, Healthy People lays out  a blueprint by
      which agencies and individuals across the country, and around the world, can focus  their efforts
      towards improvements in the indoor environment and health.
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      To obtain a copy of Healthy Buildings, Healthy People: A Vision for the 21st Century, (document EPA-
      402-K-01-003), visit the EPA web site at www.epa.gov/iaa/hbhp or contact the Indoor Air Quality
      Information Clearinghouse (IAQ- INFO)  at 1-800-438-4318.

   •  How to Order Media Campaigns: EPA has set up a very easy one-step way to view and order
      PSAs, video news pleases, and radon collateral items.  All three media campaigns (asthma,
      secondhand smoke, and radon) are displayed and available on-line http://www.epapsa.com.

             Special Note:  This site is for EPA stakeholders, partners, states, non-profits and Regions
             who will promote and use our media products - NOT the general public. Please use Internet
             Explorer to get to this website. Netscape is incompatible with the system used to send on-
             line orders^ via the web.

   UPCOMING EVENTS:
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   •  Join us for the 3rd Annual Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools National Symposium,
      August 8-10,2002| Washington, DC - contact your National Indoor Air Cooperative Partner and visit
      http://www.epa.gov/iag/schools.

   •  National Radon Action Week,  October 20-26, 2002 - contact your National IAQ Partner and visit
      http://www.epa.gov/iag/radon/nraw/index.html for activity ideas.
                                                              Lou Witt
                                                      US EPA Program Analyst
                                                 Partner Support Network Coordinator
                                                           202/564-9051
                                                          fax 202/565-2071
                                                          witt. [ou@eDa.aov
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
     Indoor Environments Division
          Washington, DC 20460

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