Before it gets too warm, it’s time to make sure you’re ready for hot weather. This doesn’t mean running out and buying the latest swim wear. It means checking your home’s heat and air-conditioning system. First, change your filters in your heating/cooling system. Change them regularly as recommended by the manufacturer. Next change your thermostat
There are basic things any house needs to be prepared if the power goes out – both winter and summer. First, know where your circuit breakers are located and how to check to see if a breaker switch is tripped. Have a number of flash lights with fresh batteries in your home, and know where
Remove Mosquito Habitats An important part of mosquito control around your home is making sure that mosquitoes don’t have a place to lay their eggs. Because mosquitoes need water for two stages of theirlife cycle, it’s important to monitor standing water sources. Get rid of standing water in rain gutters, old tires, buckets, plastic covers, toys
About Mosquitoes General Information Life Cycle Information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on mosquito-borne viruses: Zika virus Dengue virus West Nile virus Preventing Mosquitoes Removing Mosquito Habitats Preventing Mosquito Exposure Mosquito Repellents Using Repellent Products to Protect against Mosquito-Borne Illnesses How to Use Repellents Safely Search for the Repellent that is Right
EPA’s children’s environmental health research is conducted in-house, with our federal partners like NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS), and by external researchers through a research grants program administered through the agency’s Office of Research & Development. EPA/NIEHS Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers Children are likely to be more vulnerable
The center of this confusion is the sun’s ultraviolet A (long-wave) and ultraviolet B (shortwave) rays. Our understanding of exactly what kinds of damage each causes to the skin, and how best to protect ourselves, seems to shift every year as new research comes out. For example, it was once thought that only UVB was
