Recommended Web Sites

Home Safety: A Checklist for Parents and Help Yourself to a Healthy Home - Good advice on keeping your home safe.

Safety and Injury Prevention - FamilyDoctor.org offers plenty of information at their site.

Accidents and Injuries - Read about a number of different safety issues at this site sponsored by Merck.

Basic First Aid - Guidelines for proper ways to treat some common emergencies, from the National AgSafety Database.

Carbon Monoxide Online Safety Library - Extensive links to fact sheets and information bulletins about carbon monoxide.

Carbon Monoxide Questions and Answers - The facts from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, on carbon monoxide detectors.

Code RedRover - The Safety Zone at this site for children contains information on a number of safety topics.

EPA-Indoor Air Quality - Serious information from the EPA on the quality of air in offices, homes and schools (see frame on the left of this site for information in Spanish.

EPA Lead Hazard Pamphlet - A good resource if there is possible lead paint in your environment.

Guns and Your Family from FamilyDoctor - A few tips on how and why to lock up your guns at home.

Healthy Toys - This web site shows the results of chemical tests on hundreds of different toys. The site is run by Ecology Center in collaboration with the Washington Toxics Coalition.

Home and Community Safety - FirstGov for consumers highlights information about your home and community, with information such as animals and emergencies, disaster planning, flooding, storm watch, and similar topics.

Home Fire Safety - The U.S. Fire Administration provides these tips on how to keep your home safe from fires.

Home Safe Kids - Great tips for parents on how to protect kids around the house and yard.

Home Safety Council - Through national programs and partners across America, the Home Safety Council works to educate and empower families to take actions that help keep them safer in and around their homes.

Household Chemicals: The Basics and Household Chemicals: What's In My House? - The Cleveland Clinic reviews what sorts of household chemicals can be dangerous.

Household Products Database - What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Do these household products pose a potential health risk to you and your family? Find out what's in these products and what are the potential health effects, and other safety and handling information.

Household Safety Checklists - KidsHealth has created this information for parents.

Lead Poisoning Prevention Resource Guide - From the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a good resource with useful links.

MEDLINEPlus Electromagnetic Fields - Excellent portal to quality sites on EMF information from the National Library of Medicine.

MEDLINEPlus First Aid - Excellent compilation of sites on first aid from the National Library of Medicine.

MEDLINEPlus Safety Topics - Excellent resource for information on all kinds of safety: home, car, bicycle, accidents, first aid, and fire safety. from the National Library of Medicine.

National Safety Council - Home safety information from the industry leader: the National Safety Council. Safety checklists for each room of the house (and the pool too!) Includes links to the magazine Family Safety and Health, and a link to email questions to the expert doctor.

Older Consumers Safety Checklist - Learn more how to keep yourself safe at the site from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Read the Label First! Protect Your Garden
Read the Label First! Protect Your Home
Read the Label First! Protect Your Pet - The Environmental Protection Agency has created these brochures.

Safer Seniors - This brochure gives great tips on keeping yourself and your property safe.

SafeKids.com - This site discusses keeping you personal information and your computer safe.

Safety and Accident Prevention from the AMA - Good list of household accidents which can be prevented, and how to prevent them from the American Medical Association.

Safe and Sound for Baby - This site is from the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products.

ToxTown - The National Library of Medicine has created this interactive site about toxic substances.

ToxMystery - Join Toxie the Cat to explore the toxic problems in a home.

Where You Live - The Environmental Protection Agency provides these tips to keep your home, yard and garden safe.