Healthy Holiday Cleaning The holidays can mean having a lot of people over to the house which means a lot of cleaning. But instead of reachi...

Microbeads: Small Size, Huge Impact

There is an emerging public health threat in the form of tiny plastic particles that are often too small to see with the naked eye. These ti...

12 Steps for Reducing Allergens at Home

Microscopic dust particles People with allergies know that there are things that trigger allergic reactions  all around us. They are practic...

Healthy Holidays: 10 tips for safer gifts

By Kateri Wimsett, Education & Outreach Specialist Making a list?  Checking it twice?  Finding out who’s naughty and nice?  Yes, it’s th...

What is an Asthma Action Plan?

Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs that can be serious and even life threatening. People with asthma have increased sensitivity to th...

8 Tips to Prevent Accidental Poisoning in Children

The Washington Poison Center reported 54,390 instances of human poisoning in 2013. About 51% of these were children under the age of six. ...