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HOUSE DUST ABOUT DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS
and easy to clean House dust seems harmless But...dust may, in fact, be to your health hazardous 5-year-old Eleanor shares
what she learned about
dust from her dad -
an environmental health scientist.
in house dust today still found but they are in America in the 1970s, Chemicals often were banned Some chemicals for years get stuck to dust particles Chemicals are everywhere around the house Kids crawl around and play on the floor. Chemicals in dust can increase the risk of asthma eczema At home, kids are cancers endocrine and
neurodevelopmental
to be exposed to toxic
chemicals than adults.
more likely disorders They put hands and toys in their mouth and can accidentally swallow dust.
is without - at least a little bit of - Follow these simple rules to reduce toxic dust in your home: toxic dust No home a lot to protect your family from toxic chemicals home In your and You can do beyond Including helping change public and corporate policies Created by: Julia Vassey multimedia producer Todd Whitehead, PhD environmental health scientist Julia Vassey Todd Whitehead Julia Vassey As a consumer, when you choose to buy safer products, you encourage manufacturers to make more of them juliavassey.com circle.berkeley.edu As a citizen, you can support public policies for environmental regulations and vote for political representatives who are committed to protecting families from toxic chemicals Funding provided by the NIEHS
(grants P01 ES018172 and P50ES018172)
and the USEPA (grants RD83451101 and RD83615901),
as part of CIRCLE.
As a community member, you can join groups that work for safer chemicals and pollution reduction. CIRCLE is solely responsible for this content and does not represent the official views of NIEHS and USEPA.

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and easy to clean House dust seems harmless 5-year-old Eleanor shares
what she learned about
dust from her dad -
an environmental health scientist.
hazardous to your health But...dust may, in fact, be
to dust particles get stuck for years Some chemicals were banned Chemicals often in America in the 1970s, but they are still found in house dust today Chemicals are everywhere around the house Kids crawl around and play on the floor. disorders Chemicals in dust can increase the risk of chemicals than adults. more likely to be exposed to toxic eczema asthma endocrine and
neurodevelopmental
cancers At home, kids are and can accidentally swallow dust. They put hands and toys in their mouth
is without - at least a little bit of - Follow these simple rules to reduce toxic dust in your home: toxic dust No home a lot change Including helping beyond You can do and In your home a to protect your family
from toxic chemicals
public and corporate policies Julia Vassey multimedia producer Julia Vassey Todd Whitehead Julia Vassey environmental health scientist Todd Whitehead, PhD As a consumer, when you choose to buy safer products, you encourage manufacturers to make more of them juliavassey.com circle.berkeley.edu As a citizen, you can support public policies for environmental regulations and vote for political representatives who are committed to protecting families from toxic chemicals Funding provided by the NIEHS and the USEPA, as part of CIRCLE. As a community member, you can join groups that work for safer chemicals and pollution reduction. CIRCLE is solely responsible for this content and does not represent the official views of NIEHS and USEPA.