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Healthy Homes

Most of us spend much of our time indoors. The air that we breathe in our homes, in schools, and in offices can put us at risk for health problems. Some pollutants can be chemicals, gases, and living organisms like mold and pests. Visit our pages in this section to learn about some common indoor air issues and how to address them.

Asbestos sheets

Asbestos

Asbestos is a common yet toxic material. Learn how to identify it and protect your home.

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Fiestaware mini-disk pitchers; lead-glazed pottery

Lead

Lead is highly toxic and dangerous. Learn how it can affect you and what you can do.

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New Orleans resident searches for salvageable items in her home following Hurricane Katrina. Many homes were like this one with mold damage to the ceiling. 
mold

Mold

Mold can cause great damage to your home. Click here to learn more about this organism and how to control it.

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Radon

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Do you know what radon is? Where it is? How to test for it? Learn about it here and how to get a free radon home test kit.

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Last updated July 26, 2019

Healthy Homes

  • Asbestos
  • Lead
  • Mold
  • Radon

Care For Your Air

Learn about indoor air quality in homes, schools and offices, in the EPA's FREE 4-page publication, "Care for Your Air: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality".

Cover of EPA publication, "Care for Your Air: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality"
online at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pdfs/careforyourair.pdf

Safe & Healthy Homes

This Consumer Guide from HUD is 12-page publication that includes the basic principles of healthy homes with helpful action steps, checklists, graphics, and links for supplemental information.

Cover to HUD publication "Everyone Deserves A Safe & Healthy Home"

Events

    Tractor safety photo from Marie Anselm/ brochure
  • 4-H Tractor Safety Certification Program
    Tuesday, February 21
    9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Fruit Tree Pruning
    Saturday, March 25
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Beyond Honeybees: The role of wild and native bees as pollinators
    Wednesday, March 29
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Spotted Lanternfly-What You Need to Know
    Thursday, March 30
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Why Landscape with Native Plants?
    Wednesday, April 5
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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CCE-Ontario Offices
480 North Main Street
Canandaigua, New York 14424-4424
TEL: (585) 394-3977
FAX: 585.394.0377
ontario@cornell.edu
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