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Vietnamese Version of Flood Cleanup and the Air in Your Home Poster

EPA 402-H-07-001: This poster, in Vietnamese gives an overview of Flood Cleanup and the Air in Your Home

Indoor AirPlus and Asthma

Information on ways builders, raters, and others can talk to homeowners about how an Indoor airPLUS home can help minimize exposure to asthma triggers.

Indoor AirPlus

The Indoor AirPlus Program is a partnership among EPA, builders, raters, utilities, and public health and indoor environmental organizations to improve indoor air in new homes green homes.

List of EPA resources related to Indoor airPLUS, is a voluntary partnership and labeling program that helps new home builders improve the Indoor Air Quality by requiring construction practices and product specifications that minimize exposure to airborne.

Coordinator's Guide for Indoor Air Quality: Section 1

IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit - IAQ Coordinator's Guide. This guidance is designed to present practical and often low-cost actions you can take to identify and address existing or potential air quality problems.

School IAQ Assessment Mobile App

Overview of the the Schools IAQ Assessment Mobil App and directions on how to download the app for Apple or Android smart devices.

What guidelines are available to compare air cleaners?

Excerpted from: Residential Air Cleaners With the exception of the DOD method in Military Standard 282 (see reference 1 below), used only to rate particle reduction by high efficiency filters, the federal government has not published any guidelines or standards for use in determining how well an air cleaner works…

Last published: February 18, 2026

Will air cleaners reduce health risks?

Air cleaners may reduce the health effects from some particles - small solid or liquid substances suspended in air, such as dust or light spray mists. Some air cleaners, under the right conditions, can effectively remove certain respirable-size particles (for example, tobacco smoke particles). These invisible particles are of concern…

Last published: February 18, 2026

What are ionizers and other ozone generating air cleaners?

From: Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals Ion generators act by charging the particles in a room so that they are attracted to walls, floors, tabletops, draperies, occupants, etc. Abrasion can result in these particles being resuspended into the air. In some cases these devices contain a collector…

Last published: February 18, 2026

Should you use an air cleaner?

Many factors need to be considered in determining whether use of an air cleaner is appropriate in a particular setting. Therefore, the decision whether or not to use an air cleaner is left to the individual. EPA has not taken a position either for or against the use of these…

Last published: February 18, 2026

Hazard Assessment for Munitions and Explosives of Concern Workgroup Meeting

This document contains the action and consensus items that the workgroup agreed upon at its November 4-5, 2004, meeting in Washington, DC.

Hazard Assessment for Munitions and Explosives of Concern: Workgroup Briefing Book - SectionC

This section contains the issue papers.

Hazard Assessment for Munitions and Explosives of Concern: Workgroup Briefing Book - SectionA

This section contains the introduction and agenda.

Speaker Notes for the Community Training Module about Five-Year Reviews of Federal Facilities

These are the speaker notes pulled from the PowerPoint presentation on Five Year Review community oriented training module for use during RPM's presentation to FYR community groups.

Final Responses October 2007 - Draft Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment Guidance Document - Comment Form

Comments from various individuals and organizations, along with responses from the EPA,Final Responses October 2007.