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Healthy Hartford Detailed Site Map
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Lead Poisoning ---What is lead poisoning? ---What does lead do to children? ---What does lead do to adults? ---Who is most affected by lead poisoning? ---Chart: Children Hospitalized for Lead Poisoning in Connecticut 1996 ---How does lead poisoning affect my health and the health of my children? ---What are the symptoms of lead poisoning? Children Adults Unborn children ---How can you tell if someone has lead poisoning? Testing Assessing a child's risk Questions to ask the doctor Screening agencies Results Reporting ---How is lead poisoning treated? Getting medical treatment Eliminating the sources of lead in the environment Changing behavior Ensuring proper nutrition to help reduce the effects of lead Getting educational and behavior help for children ---Where do we find lead in the environment? Older housing Lead in the air Lead in the water Lead in the soil Other sources of lead in the home ---What is Hartford doing about lead poisoning? Why is Hartford at risk? Hartford's Population Poverty and Unemployment (map) Old Housing Stock (map) How many Hartford children have been lead poisoned? Where is lead poisoning treated in Hartford? Hartford Regional Lead Treatment Center Lead-Safe House ---What Is Hartford doing to prevent lead poisoning?(video) ---The Hartford Health Dept.’s Lead Poisoning Prevention and Education Program Lead hazard abatement Screening Education and Outreach Enforcement What remains to be done? ---City resources ---State resources ---Federal resources ---Other resources |
Asthma ---What is asthma? ---Why is asthma a major health problem? ---Economics Family and social costs ---Who is affected by asthma? ------Children ------Low-Income Populations ------People of Color ------Gender --What causes asthma? ---How is asthma treated? ---See your doctor (video) Take the medicines your doctor prescribes (video) Identify your asthma triggers Monitor your asthma ---What are asthma triggers? ---What substances in indoor air can trigger asthma? ---What substances in outdoor air can trigger asthma? ---Are there other asthma triggers? ---How do changes in time and season affect asthma? ---How can schools assist children with asthma? ---What is occupational asthma? ---What kinds of substances can cause occupational asthma? ---What is the asthma problem in Hartford? ---Asthma Rates ---What is Hartford doing about asthma? ---Asthma management ---Education and outreach ---Improving School Environments ---Initiatives ---What remains to be done? |
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---Why is indoor air quality a concern? ---What are the sources of indoor air pollutants? ---What are Hartford's risk factors? ---What are some of the common indoor air pollutants? ---Why is indoor air quality in schools a special concern? ---What is Hartford doing about indoor air pollution? ---Tools for Schools ---What remains to be done? |
---Why is outdoor air quality a concern? ---What are the sources of air pollution? (chart of emissions in Hartford County) ---(Map of air releases) ---How does air pollution affect your health? ---Health standards: what do they mean? ---What do we know about the health effects of air pollution? ---What can a citizen do? ---What are hazardous air pollutants? What are the sources of hazardous air pollutants? ---What are the health effects of hazardous air pollutants? ---How do ordinary activities contribute to hazardous air pollutants? ---Hartford's hazardous air pollutant concerns Overall (map comparing air to other urban areas) ---North Meadows Landfill ---What is being done in Hartford? ---What is fine particulate matter? ---What are the sources of fine particulate matter? ---What are the health effects of fine particulate matter? How do ordinary activities contribute to fine particulate matter? Hartford's fine particulate matter concerns (chart) ---What is Ozone? ---What are the sources of ozone? ---What are the health effects of ozone? ---How do ordinary activities contribute to ozone? ---Hartford's ozone concerns ---How can I report odors? |
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---What Is Open Space? ---Open Space in Hartford (map) ---Parks in Hartford ---(Many links and maps) ---Community Gardens currently in Hartford (maps) ---What are the benefits of a community garden? ---How can I start a community garden in my neighborhood? ---Hartford's Urban Forest (tree species and locations) ---What is a vacant lot? ---Why are vacant lots a problem? ---What is Hartford doing about vacant lots? |
---What are brownfields? ---Why does Hartford have brownfields? ---What is Hartford doing about its brownfields? ---Who is helping Hartford? ---Brownfields Tax Incentive in Hartford ---What is Hartford doing about its brownfields? (chart with location of sites) ---How can I evaluate a brownfield site for development? ---Steps toward Redeveloping Brownfields Property ---Phase I Environmental Assessment ---Phase II Environmental Assessment |
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---What is environmental justice? ---Hartford’s background (chart of income compared to CT and US) ---(Map of households in poverty) ---(Map of Blood Lead Levels) ---How do environmental justice issues affect Hartford? ---Asthma ---Lead poisoning (Map of Blood Lead Levels) ---Indoor air quality ---Outdoor air quality ---Brownfields ---What are the goals of the environmental justice movement? ---Hartford Environmental Justice Network (HEJN) ---Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ) ---Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: Environmental Equity Program |