People in the U.S. spend as much as 90% of their time indoors. Yet indoor air is frequently 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air. There are many simple steps you can take to improve the quality of air in your home.
Make sure all of your vents and fans are functioning properly.
Test and mitigate for radon.
Use less toxic cleaning supplies - even try making your own!
When doing home repairs, look for supplies labeled "low-VOC" or "no-VOC".
Replace carpet with a smooth surface, such as wood or linoleum.
3 R's: Radiation, Radioactivity, Radon
A two-day course covering basic radioactivity concepts including nuclear emissions (alpha, beta, gamma), half-life, decay series, and ionizing radiation sources in our environment.
June 19-20, 2012 8am – 4:45 pm Pueblo City-County Health Department Please register by June 11, 2012
Any questions or registration information - contact Peg Roding roding.3rs@q.com or 303-420-3244
$25 registration fee (returned at end of class) 1 semester graduate-level relicensure credit from Colorado School of Mines - (by separate form and $50 check submitted during class)
Complete 14 engaging activities (which include short informational readings and concluding questions) that can be easily adapted for your classroom whether Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Earth Science, or Biology, grades 6-12.
"EPA's CARE program is about helping communities where there is a strong local commitment to identifying and solving environmental problems, and we certainly have that here in Pueblo."
- Art Palomares, Director, USEPA Environmental Justice Program, Region 8
Mission
PuebloCAREs (Community Action for a Renewed Environment) is dedicated to improving the health of our community through sustained community action aimed at reducing toxic environmental exposures.
PuebloCAREs (Community Action for a Renewed Environment) is a local partnership of twenty community groups, and is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is a project of the non-profit Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo for Education, Research and Action (CCAP-ERA).
We work to educate the public on ways to reduce exposure to indoor radon gas, mold, lead paint and dust, and hazardous household chemicals.
History
PuebloCAREs spent two years identifying toxic exposures in Pueblo and ranking them according to risk. This was funded by a U. S. EPA Level 1 CARE grant.
The top four risks (radon, mold, lead, and hazardous household chemicals), were chosen to be the focus of the current level II grant from the EPA. In 2009 Pueblo was one of nine communities across the nation to receive a Level II CARE grant to address community identified environmental health issues.
What We Offer
Public Education PuebloCAREs provides public presentations on all of the following Healthy Homes issues:
Radon
Mold
Lead
Household Hazardous Waste/Chemicals
If your organization would like a presentation, any where from 15 minutes to one hour long, please contact us at (719)214-9215. Mitigation: " Do-It-Yourself" radon mitigation Consultations We provide free individual radon system design consultations for homeowners who would like to install a radon mitigation system in their own home. For more information, call our Radon Hotline.
Hotline Our bi-lingual (Spanish and English) promotora, NEHA-NRPP certified in both radon measurement and mitigation, lead renovation and as a Healthy Homes Specialist, answers questions on all aspects of indoor radon. Call (719)252-6258 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Current Partners
U.S. EPA Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo/So. Colorado Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo for Education, Research, Action. Pueblo City-County Health Department Pueblo County Commissioners Pueblo West Metropolitan District Salt Creek Neighborhood Eastside Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Pride Eastwood Heights Neighborhood Association Peppersauce Bottoms Neighborhood Access for All Mountain Park Environment Center Senior Resource Development Agency Christ Congregational Church Diocese of Pueblo Sierra Club, Sangre de Cristo Chapter Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. Habitat for Humanity of Pueblo, Inc. Better Pueblo
CCAP-ERA does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation or disability. If you have a civil rights question regarding our work, please contact our civil rights coordinator, Margaret Barber, at 719-252-6258.
PuebloCAREs,301 N Main St., Ste. 101 Pueblo, CO 81003; (719) 214-9215
