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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention

CO Poisoning

Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, November 4. As you prepare to set your clocks back one hour, remember to check the batteries in your carbon monoxide (CO) detector. If you don’t have a battery-powered or battery back-up CO alarm, now is a great time to buy one. More than 400 people die each year in Read More >

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Categories Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, Emergency Preparedness, National Center for Environmental Health, Toxic Substances

October is “National Protect Your Hearing Month.”

The outer ear—the part of the ear you see—funnels sound waves into the ear canal.

October is “National Protect Your Hearing Month,” a time to raise awareness about what you need to do to protect your hearing. Did You Know? Repeated exposure to loud noise over the years can damage your hearing—long after exposure has stopped. This is just one of the many informative facts available on CDC’s National Center Read More >

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Categories National Center for Environmental Health

Children’s Environmental Health Day – Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education

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For thirty years, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has traveled to communities throughout the country to conduct investigations at hazardous waste sites to keep communities safe from harmful environmental exposures and related diseases. We’ve learned that in most states, licensing requirements for early care and education (ECE) facilities, such as nurseries, Read More >

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Categories Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Division of Community Health Investigations