Home Health

Shelter-in-place ordinances keeping people in their homes more than ever before underscores the importance of home health. And connecting to Earth Day, what’s healthy for the home is also healthy for the environment.

Find resources for interior home health such as information on indoor air quality, building hazards such as lead, and learn behavioral tips and consumer information to keep toxins out of your home and the products you use.

Find resources for exterior home health, such as how to maintain defensible space against wildfires, and how to maintain yards and gardens without toxins so that they’re safe for you, pets, and wildlife.

Home health also includes household resilience and emergency preparedness. With more time at home, this is the perfect time to bolster emergency plans and supplies and complete other home health projects.

Click each below link to access these home health resources.

Establish defensible space around your home against wildfires

Find Alameda County Healthy Homes Program resources to keep your home safe from hazards such as lead, mold, and pests

Find safety ratings for household, health, and food products via the Environmental Working Group

Keep FOG (fats, oils, and grease) out of your kitchen pipes

Learn disaster response skills with the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Learn how your home uses energy and receive a FREE energy savings kit worth up to $70

Make non-toxic pest control sprays with household ingredients for indoor plants (then print and apply this label)

Register for CORE (Communities of Oakland Respond to Emergencies) classes to increase household resiliency and emergency preparedness

Safe and healthy gardening tips; (More info: Building Raised Beds; East Bay Planting Times; Seed Saving for Beginners ; Seed Saving Advanced; Weed Control)

Speak to a Home Energy Advisor and plan a home energy upgrade

Take these easy steps to reduce home toxins

Take this quiz from BayREN to learn about improving indoor air quality

Test your water pipe material and report it to a national study to help priortitize areas for water testing and infrastructure upgrades

Watch short videos to learn about limiting exposure to harmful chemicals in the home

Wipes clog pipes! Trash em’ Don’t Flush em’!