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Links
Lead Poisoning
City resources
Hartford
Health Department,
Lead Poisoning Prevention and Education Program, 131 Coventry Street, Hartford,
CT 06112, 860-543-8817 (phone), 860-722-6719 (fax)
Hartford Public
Library,
500 Main St., Hartford, CT 06103, 860-543-8628
State resources
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Federal resources
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Children's Health
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Urban Environmental Initiative
U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development
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U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Lead Information Hotline. 1-800-424-LEAD
Other resources
For a list of State-certified
lead professionals (people who can perform lead hazard screenings, lead inspections
or lead risk assessments), call 1-888-LEADLIST
Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
Alliance to End Childhood Lead
Poisoning
Lead-Safe America
Campaign
National Center for
Lead-Safe Housing
National Lead Information
Center, Environmental Health Center
National Library of Medicine ToxTown:
an interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic
substances.
Connecticut
Lead Hazard Awareness Coalition
Asthma
Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Online
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Online
American Lung Association of Connecticut
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
Indoor Air Quality
American Lung Association: Air Quality Section
- Air Pollution and Exercise: Who is Vulnerable?
- Air Pollution: Protecting Yourself
- American Lung Association Fact Sheet - Minorities And Air Pollution
- American Lung Association Offers Tips Healthier Homes
- American Lung Association Report Offers Advice on Achieving Healthy Indoor Air
- Health House, ALA of Minnesota
- Home Indoor Air Quality Checklist
- Major Air Pollutants
- When You Can't Breathe, Nothing Else Matters: The Truth About Indoor Air
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health: Environmental Epidemiology and Occupational Health
Targeting
Indoor Air Pollution: EPA's Approach and Progress
Summarizes the relationship between indoor air quality and health, EPA's program
and approach for dealing with indoor air pollution, and authorizing legislation.
EPA ' s Indoor Air Quality Hotline 1-800-438-4318
- IAQ
INFO Clearinghouse
Describes sources of air pollution in the home and office, corrective strategies, and specific measures for reducing pollutant levels. - Indoor
Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals
Assists health professionals (especially the primary care physician) in diagnosis of patient symptoms that could be related to an indoor air pollution problem.
American Society of Home Inspectors
Center for Building Science News
Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
Outdoor Air Quality
Air Quality Index
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards - Air Quality Index
What are EPA and the States doing about Air Toxics?
Air toxic
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Source for environmental resource and waste management data
Environmental Defense Fund Scorecard's Source for Environmental Resource and Waste Management Data
Toxics Release Inventory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory: Community Right-to-Know Homepage
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Envirofacts Warehouse Toxics Release Inventory: TRI Overview
RTK Net: The Right-to-Know Network
Mobile sources
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Office of Transportation and Air Quality
U.S. EPA Green
Vehicle Guide
Ozone
Federal resources
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
Open Space
Hartford Parks
Community Gardens
American Community Gardening Association
The Metropolitan District (MDC)
Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station
Vacant Lots
Other
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
Organizations and Publications of Interest
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/org-pub.htm
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/index.html
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the Guide to Federal Brownfield Programs
National Livability Resource Center
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Federal funding resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
U.S. Small Business Administration
Connecticut funding sources
Connecticut Development Authority/Connecticut Redevelopment Authority
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Remediation and Insurance Fund
Nonprofit organizations
Environmental Justice
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 1
One Congress Street
Boston, MA 02203
Environmental
Justice Program
James Younger, Director, Office of Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, 617-918-1061
Art Wing, EJ Coordinator, 617-918-1347
Ronnie Harrington, EJ Grants Program Manager, 617-918-1703
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Pew Environmental Health Commission
Institute of Medicine, Towards Environmental Justice: Research, Education, and Health Policy Needs (1999)
Hartford Environmental
Justice Network
Contact: Mark
Mitchell, M.D., MPH
860-548-1133
Connecticut Coalition for
Environmental Justice
ONE/CHANE
Contact: Larry Charles,
Executive Director, 2065 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06120, phone 860-525-0190,
fax 860-522-8266