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 leadespecially in older-homes
Run the cold water for 30 seconds to flush lead from pipes
Get kids, tested for leadcheck 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 tolook 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 eatingpeel 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 sunthe 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 watercall 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
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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
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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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