Healthy Homes Resources for Indoor Air Quality#
Learning about Indoor Air Quality is a great way to keep yourself and your family healthy. Here you’ll find a list of links of additional resources that can come in handy.
Healthy Homes Program Downloads
- Be Air Aware - Healthy Homes Program Brochure
- Recipes for Healthy Household Cleaners (Español)
- 7 Ways You Can Improve Indoor Air Quality (Keep-It Principles)
- National Center for Healthy Housing Maintenance Checklist (Español)
- Cleaning Vs Disinfecting Infographic
General/Miscellaneous
- Indoor Air Quality & Environmental Health: ConsumerNotice.org
- Environmental Working Group Healthy Home Guide
- City of Fort Collins Air Quality Web Site
- National Tribal Air Association: Indoor Air Quality
- Healthy Indoors Magazine
Air Cleaners
Asbestos
Asthma and Allergy Prevention
- Colorado Asthma Coalition: Communities in Action
- EPA: Learn About Asthma
- CDC: Learn How to Control Asthma
- HUD: About Asthma
- National Jewish Health
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Carbon Monoxide
Chemical Contaminants
- Fort Collins Utilities: Hazardous Waste Collection
- Larimer County Landfill: Household Hazardous Waste
- EPA: Safer Choice
- CDC Indoor Environmental Quality
- HUD: About Home Safety
- OSHA: Chemical Hazards and Toxic Substances
- National Institutes of Health: Household Products Database
Energy Efficiency
- Home audit for Fort Collins residents (Efficiency Works)
- Home audit for renters and county residents (Larimer County Workforce Center)
Extreme Weather Events
Indoor Air Quality
Lead
Mold
Outdoor Air Quality
- City of Fort Collins: Outdoor Air Quality Page
- CDPHE: Ozone Season
- EPA: Air Now Air Quality Index
- Pollen.com: National Allergy Map
Pests
- CSU: Integrated Pest Management in Colorado
- CDC: Rodents
- CDC: Healthy Housing Reference Manual: Disease Vectors and Pests
- CDC: Integrated Pest Management
- EPA: Introduction to Integrated Pest Management
- HUD: Integrated Pest Management
Radon
- City of Fort Collins: Radon Home Page
- CDPHE: Testing and Mitigating Your Home for Radon
- HUD: About Radon
- EPA: Radon
- CDC: Protect Yourself and Your Family from Radon
Safety
- Emergency Alerts in Larimer County (NoCoAlert/LETA911)
- Poudre Fire Authority: Fire Safety
- HUD: Home Safety
Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
- City of Fort Collins: Frequently Asked Questions about Smoking in Fort Collins
- Larimer County Health District: Step Free From Tobacco
- CDPHE: Smoking and Tobacco
- EPA: Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Smoke-free Homes
Tenant Laws
Volatile Organic Compounds