Great Green Articles
In preparing this resource, we searched the Internet looking for great blogs and websites with information on how to prepare yourself, your home, and your family for going green.
To help you wade through what you might be interested in reading, we've listed articles
and included eco-friendly and redflag keywords, phrases and topics to help give you a clue on the type of information you will find at the urls listed. We've also included other information, when available, that might be of interest to you such as, if glossary words are included, the author and date the article was written, if products are recommended, and whatever else was unique about the site that might influence your decision to visit.
Please note, as information is always being updated, we caution you to always question and check the information you find and read. Companies and products that were once thought not to be green may have revamped their product line to be more eco-friendly. The same way, information when the article was written, if written today may reveal that materials that were once thought to be safe for you, your home, your family and the environment have been shown to be a dangerous.
We hope the sub-menus we've created and the recommendations we listed in each category help you.
In addition, please find below resources you may want to bookmark:
Resources
AQS IAS - Aerias Indoor Air Quality Resource Center
www.aerias.org/
Asthma in Children: MedlinePlus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthmainchildren.html
Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org/
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/
CERHR - NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction
cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/
Children's Health Protection
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OCHP/OCHPWEB.nsf/content/homepage.htm
CPSC - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov/
CRI - The Carpet and Rug Institute
www.carpet-rug.org/
CRI Seal of Approval - CRI Residential Customers Seal of Approval Products
http://www.carpet-rug.org/residential-customers/cleaning-and-maintenance/seal-of-approval-products/
DfE - Designed for the Environment | US EPA Partnership Program
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/projects/formulat/formpart.htm
EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/
EHSO - Environment, Health and Safety Online
www.ehso.com/
EWG - Environmental Working Group
www.ewg.org/
FSC - Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fscus.org/
GEI - GreenGuard Environmental Institute
www.greenguard.org/
Green Homes - EPA Green Homes | US EPA
www.epa.gov/greenhomes/
Healthy Child HealthyWorld
www.healthychild.org
HHI - Healthy House Institute
www.healthyhouseinstitute.com/
NAA - National Autism Association
www.nationalautismassociation.org/
NLIC - The National Lead Information Center | Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil
www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/nlic.htm
www.epa.gov/lead/
NLIC Lead Hotline - The Natinal Lead Information Center Hotline 1-800-424-LEAD [5323]
www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/nlic.htm
NSF Institute - NSF International
http://www.nsf.org/consumer/
NTP - National Toxicology Program Department of Health and Human Services
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/
Rainforest Alliance
www.rainforest-alliance.org/forestry.cfm?id=smartwood_program
SIDS - American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute
www.sids.org/
UNICEF Breastfeeding Initiatives Exchange
www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding
