Find-it On the Web Site www.healthy.hartford.gov
Demographic Information
- Asthma – Hartford’s Asthma Problem
- Lead – Hartford’s Lead Problem.
- Environmental Justice
Hartford Specific Information
- Lead – Hartford’s Lead Problem – Map of cases of lead poisoning in
1999 - Number of children screened
- Asthma – Hartford’s Asthma Problem – Reported asthma rates
- Outdoor Air Quality – Hazardous Air Pollutants – Fine Particulate
Matter – Ozone – Hartford’s Hazardous Air Pollutant Concerns.
- Open Space – Vacant lots in Hartford
- Brownfields – Call the Brownfields Coordinator in the Mayor’s Office
for site specific information
- Environmental Justice – Hartford’s medium income levels
Educational Programs
- Asthma – Hartford’s Asthma Problem – Link to American Lung Association
of CT – Education programs for children and adults
- Asthma – what is Hartford’s Asthma Problem – link to EPA's Tools
for Schools program
- Lead – Hartford’s Lead Problem - Kids – Lead Busters Club http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/leadbusters/home.htm
- In English and Spanish
- Lead – Hartford’s Lead Problem – Link to Hartford Health Department
Lead Program – Paint and hardware stores, education for do-it-yourselfers
safe repair and renovation.
- Quiz and Glossary - Found at the end of each section.
- Open Space – Greater Hartford Urban Outdoor Classroom and Nature
Trail
- Open Space – Benefits of Trees
Information in Spanish -Spanish
Version
- Outdoor Air – Hazardous Air Pollutants – Link to CT Department of
Public Health – Health Fish Consumption Advisories – Spanish, Kmer, Lao, Vietnamese,
H’mong
- Environmental Justice – Resources and Links - Hartford Public Library
Advocacy – Taking Action
- Lead - Hartford’s Lead Problem - What Is Hartford doing to prevent
lead poisoning?
- Lead - Lead Poisoning – Lead and Your Health - Questions to Ask Your
Doctor about Lead Poisoning.
- Lead - Testing for Lead in Soil – Lead in the Environment – Links
to: Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station; Connecticut Department of
Public Health's Laboratory
- Asthma - American Lung association of CT – Advocacy for spending
of tobacco settlement money
- Asthma – Hartford’s Asthma Problem - Asthma Call to Action
- Indoor Air Quality – Sources of Air Pollution – Reduce Exposure for
Kids
- Indoor Air Quality – Resources and Links – Link to American Lung
Association – Information on protecting your lungs from air pollution – Air
Quality checklist
- Outdoor Air Quality – Health – Link to CT Department of Environmental
Protection Air Quality Index
- Outdoor Air Quality – Reporting Odors
- Outdoor Air Quality – Ozone – What you can do
- Outdoor Air Quality - Resources and Links – Link to Environmental
Defense Fund – Community Scorecard
- Open Space – Community Gardens – How to start a community garden.
Self Assessments – Screening for Risk
- Lead Poisoning – Lead and Your Health - Assessing a Child’s Risk
for Lead Poisoning
Occupational Exposures
Asthma - Occupational Asthma
Environmental Justice
- Asthma – Hartford’s Asthma Problem – Asthma Rates by Race and Ethnicity
- Lead – Poverty and Unemployment
