Healthy Homes
Most people spend over 90 percent of their time indoors and more time at home than anywhere else. Home is also where an environmentally friendly lifestyle is taught and lived. Most of our homes contain household chemicals, such as pesticides and old homes could contain asbestos and lead. These things may harm children, pets or the environment. Consider making your home a healthy environment by taking small steps to prevent and reduce pollution.
Choices:
- Hire a state-certified asbestos abatement professional to remove any asbestos from your home.
- Test homes built before 1978 for lead-based paint.
- Get the Mercury Out! Exchange old mercury thermometers for digital ones at local health departments. Visit: www.deq.utah.gov/Mercury/
- Read labels before you buy, use, store or dispose of household pesticides and chemicals.
- Test your home for radon.
- Install carbon monoxide and smoke detectors.
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The Take Care of Your Share Program was started as a means to provide solutions for every citizen that is ready to help "take care of their share" of the environment… their own homes and yards.
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