Protect Children from
                                      Environmental Threats
           Help children breathe easier
           • Don't smoke and don't let others smoke in your home or car
           • Keep your home as clean as possible. Dust, mold, certain household
             pests, secondhand smoke, and pet
             dander can trigger asthma attacks and allergies.
           • Limit outdoor activity when air pollution is bad such as on ozone alert days

           Protect-children from lead poisoning
           • Wash children's hands before they eat and wash bottles, pacifiers, and
             toys often
           • Wash floors and window sills to protect kids from dust and peeling paint '
             contaminated with lead—especially in older-homes
           • Run the cold water for 30 seconds to flush lead from pipes
           • Get kids, tested for  lead—check with your doctor
           • Test your home for lead paint hazards if'it was built before 1978

           Protect, children from  carbon monoxide (CO)
           poisoning
           • Have fuel-burning appliances, furnace flues and chimneys checked once a year
           (/, Never use gas ovens or burners fpr .heat and never use barbeques/.grills
             indoors or in the garage
           • Never sleep in rooms with unvented gas or kerosene space heaters
           • Don't run cars or lawnmowers in the garage
          V".-Install a UL- approved CO alarm in sleeping areas

           Keep pesticides  and other toxic chemicals away
          from children
          • Put food and trash away in closed containers to keep pests from coming"
             into your home                           ^                  ^
          • Don't use pesticides if you don't have to—look for alternatives       *
          • Read product labels  and follow directions
          • Use bait & traps instead of bug sprays when you can and place the bait &
             traps where kids can't get them              ~                 ,  *
          • Si ore pesticides and toxic chemicals where kids can't reach them and
             never put in other containers that kids can mistake for food or drink
          • Ksep children, toys & pets away when using pesticides and don't let them
             play in fields, orchards and gardens after pesticides have been used
          • Wash fruits and vegetables under running water before eating—peel them
             when possible "

          Protect children from too much sun
          • Have them wear hats, sunglasses, and protective clothing
          • Use sunscreen on kids over 6 months and keep infants out of the sun  /
          • Keep them out of the mid-day sun—the sun is most intense between^
             10 and 4,
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          Safeguard them from high levels  of radon          , _
          ><£ Test your home for radon with a home test kit                     ~~
          • Fix your jiome if your radon level is 4 pCi/L or higher. If you need help, - -
            call your  state radon office or I -800-644-6999 ,

          Protect children from contaminated fish and "\   s *.
          polluted  water                    *                   >y ^
          • Gilj> the local or state health department to learn about any loca{
            advisories for limiting the amount of fish to be eaten or beach closings
          • Take used motor oil  to a recycling center and properly dispose of toxic _, ~
            household chemicals                                         ,
          • Find out what's in your local drinking water—call your local water system
            for your annual drinking water quality report or, if you have a private
            home drinking water well, test it every year
Call toll free  i -O f i OVU-KJ UO for
more information or check out EPA's web site at
www.epo.gov/children

EPA Office of Children's Health Protection
EPA/100/F-00/008

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                                     i Proteger a  los N/nos  de
                                       las Amenazas Ambientales
              Ayude a Ips ninos a respirar mejor
              • Np fume nj permita a otrps fumar en su casa p automovil.
              • Mantenga su casa y sus mascotas tan limpias como sea posible. El polvo, el moho,
                los insectos, el humo  del tabaco y la caspa de las mascotas pueden causar ataques
                de asma y alergias.
              • Evite las actividades al aire libre cuando haya mucha contamination en el aire, comb
                cuando haya anuncios de dlas de alerta por los altos niveles de ozono.

              Proteja a los ninos del envenenamiento eon plomo
              • Lave las manos^de los ninos antes de corner y lave con frecuencia los biberones
                chupones y juguetes.
              • Lave pisos y marcos de ventanas para.proteger a los ninos del polvo y pintura
                descascarada contaminada con plomo, especialmehte en viviendas viejas.
              • Deje abierto el chorro de la Have del agua frla por 30 segundos antes de usarla para
                dejar salir el agua contaminada con plomo de las tuberfas.
              • Haga examinar a sus ninos para saber si tienen plomo en la sangre. Hable con su
                medico sobre la prueba necesaria.
              • Realice una prueba en su vivienda, si  fue construida antes de 1978, para saber si
                existen peligros.por pintura con plomp.

              Proteja a los ninos del envenenamiento  con monoxido de
             carbono  (CO)               .
             V Revise.una;vez al anp todas las tuberfas de salfda de humps de calderas de calefacci<5n
                ycnimeneas, y asf cpmo tambieri otros aparatos que usen combustible.
            ,:•(/;, Nurica use'el horrio 6 los quemadores de. la estufa como calefacci6n. Tampoco
                prenda braceros para asar o cpcinar alfmentps dentro de la casa...        .
           ... • Nurica duerma eri.cuartos en doride haya calentadores de gas o:de q'uerosenb sin
              •; , ventilaciori; ••'.'.••• v'••'' ' ••;*.   " .'   .'      :-.       .' '•' ,      •. ..  ,
            ' • NP deje funcionando el motor de un autom6vil o et de una cprtadpra de pasto
            ., . dentro de uhgaraje cerradp. •'
             I/ Instate, eh las areas de  dprmir detectores de mon6xido de carbono (CO) que hayan
           .:   . sidp aprobados por UL y terigah el sello UL cprresppndiente

             Mantenga los pesticidas y otros qufmicos toxicos fUera del
             alcance de los  ninos 'r
             •;<3uarde la comida y;basura-ert recipientes cerrados para evitar las plagas dentro de
           .'•'. :su casa.;... ••;.•...•.''.'.•..•.'.;.•••:•-•.'/••.'••
             • No usep^sticrdasisi hoes indispensable usarlos  Busque inforonaci6n sobre alternatives
            •'Y. Lea lasetiquetas de los productos y siga-las iristrucciones
             j/ Use .ce.bb.y.:traWpas..en-vez de.jnsecticidas en aerosol ( spra/) siempre que sea
           -,?:..posiibje^rnantengalosfueradel alcance de los ninos
           .,V! Guarcje IPS, pesticidas y otros^qufmicos toxicos en un lugar seguro donde los ninos
           •   n& IPS puedan;.agarrar y .nunca los ponga en envases de refrescos o recipientesi de
               cbrnida.diarst'brevenir.jque los ninos los ingieran por errpf
                                             mascPtas" alejados cuartdo este^usan^o pestici
                                             luertps o jardines-donde pesticidas hayan «Tdo
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Para mayor informacion, llame gratis al telefono I -877-590-KIDS
6 visite la pagina del Internet www.epg.gov/children (informacion
disponible solamente en Angles).

Agenda de Protection Ambiental de los £UA
(US Environmental Protection Agency)
                                                                EPA/IOO/F-00/008


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