Safety’s No Accident: A New Year’s Resolution Has Us Buzzing about Alarms and Detectors – Part 2: Dual-Sensor Alarms by Jonathan Wilson This is the second installment in a three-part blog series. Read part one here. As I… More
February 21st, 2018
Introducing NCHH’s State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets: EPA Region 2
Introducing NCHH’s State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets: EPA Region 2 by Sarah Goodwin This is the second installment in a 10-part blog series. Read about EPA Region 1 here. One of the struggles for those of us on… More
February 14th, 2018
Safety’s No Accident: A New Year’s Resolution Has Us Buzzing about Alarms and Detectors
Safety’s No Accident: A New Year’s Resolution Has Us Buzzing about Alarms and Detectors by Jonathan Wilson This is the first installment in a three-part blog series. This past weekend, I began a home project that would improve… More
January 29th, 2018
Introducing NCHH’s State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets: EPA Region 1
Introducing NCHH’s State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets: EPA Region 1 by Sarah Goodwin This is the first installment in a 10-part blog series. Think about your home community. What makes it special? What specific challenges does it face?… More
December 9th, 2016
Decorating for the Holidays: How to Hang Your Lights Safely This Year
by Erin Vaughan, Modernize Jingle all the way…to the ER? According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there are about 12,000 or more reported emergencies involving holiday lighting each year. But that’s certainly not what you… More
October 13th, 2016
Hot Tips to Protect Your Home from Fires
Hot Tips to Protect Your Home from Fires by Patricia Sarmiento, PublicHealthCorps We’ve all heard the phrase “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” at least once in our lives. Most of the time, that smoke is the only… More
May 6th, 2012
How to Prevent Clothes Dryer Fires in Your Home
How to Prevent Clothes Dryer Fires in Your Home by Laura Moreno-Davis If your clothes dryer gets super hot and gives off a burnt smell in the laundry room, does that mean it’s time to buy a… More
April 30th, 2012
Carbon Monoxide – Protect Your Family Against This Silent Deadly Killer
Carbon Monoxide – Protect Your Family Against This Silent Deadly Killer by Laura Moreno-Davis Recently, five lives were lost in a tragedy involving carbon monoxide poisoning in Oxon Hill, MD. What killed them? It was carbon monoxide… More
October 2nd, 2008
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Introduces Nation’s First Comprehensive Healthy Housing Bill
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Introduces Nation’s First Comprehensive Healthy Housing Bill Media Contacts: Phillip Dodge, National Center for Healthy Housing; Patrick MacRoy, Alliance for Healthy Homes WASHINGTON, DC (October 2, 2008) — The National Center for Healthy Housing… More
March 10th, 2008
Senators Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel Introduce Bill to Create Council on Healthy Housing
Senators Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel Introduce Bill to Create Council on Healthy Housing For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Phillip Dodge, National Center for Healthy Housing; Patrick MacRoy, Alliance for Healthy Homes March 10, 2008—Washington, DC. Today, Senators Jack… More