Rx for Prevention – NYS IAQ and Asthma English
Improve indoor air quality for asthma prevention: reduce mold, dust mites, and allergens, use safer cleaning products, ventilate homes, and install CO and smoke detectors.
Improve indoor air quality for asthma prevention: reduce mold, dust mites, and allergens, use safer cleaning products, ventilate homes, and install CO and smoke detectors.
Extreme heat safety for babies, children, pregnancy, and athletes: stay cool, hydrate, avoid sun, and recognize heat illness during climate change heat waves.
Protect family health by avoiding secondhand smoke, vaping, cigarettes, and marijuana exposure. Promote smoke-free homes, quit smoking, and prevent youth nicotine use and lung health risks.
Sun safety tips for families: use SPF 15–30 sunscreen, UV-blocking sunglasses, hats, and shade; avoid tanning; check AQI for air quality; encourage healthy outdoor play and nature activities.
Tenant heat rights, safe heating, and wood-burning safety help prevent cold-weather health risks by ensuring indoor heat, reducing smoke exposure, and improving air quality.
Safer pest control tips: prevent cockroaches, bed bugs, and mice by sealing cracks, removing food and water, using bait traps, safe insect repellents, and tick bite prevention.
Safer consumer products: choose fragrance-free personal care, BPA-free containers, phthalate-free plastics, mineral sunscreen, and non-toxic baby care to reduce chemical exposure.
Home environment safety tips: prevent asbestos, lead, radon, and chemical exposure; use safe renovation practices, reduce noise, and support healthy sleep for children.
Teen worker safety and environmental exposure prevention: know workplace rights, avoid hazardous chemicals, use protective gear, prevent take-home toxins, and reduce lead risks at home and work.
Healthy food access, safe fish choices, well water testing, and PFAS awareness. Use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Women, Infants, and Children benefits, follow fish advisories, and protect drinking water quality.