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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: Injury Prevention
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| | Safety tips for all ages, with a special section of Fun & Games for kids. |
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Lead Poisoning Prevention
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| | Information about the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPP)sponsored by the Allegheny County Health Department. |
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Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
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| | Information on poison prevention and emergency 24-hr. phone number for the Pittsburgh Poison Center, the home of Mr. Yuk. |
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The Center for Environmental Oncology
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| | A website from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute provides information on environmental health and cancer prevention. Two interesting features are the "Guide to Green Living" and the "Ask a Question" which allows users to submit questions to experts at the Center for Environmental Oncology. |
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| National Resources |
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Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families
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| | This site from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides a wealth of information about car safety seats for children, including selection and proper use of a wide variety of seats. |
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Car Seats for Children with Special Needs
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| | From the American Academy of Pediatrics. Scroll to the bottom for links to articles about car seats for older children, for premature infants, and for children with casts or wheelchairs. |
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Haz-Map: Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
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| | This searchable database from the National Library of Medicine contains 183 occupational diseases which are linked to disease symptoms and hazardous job tasks. |
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Household Products Database
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| | Searchable by product or ingredient, this database from the National Library of Medicine provides information on the health and safety of more than 4,000 common household products. |
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How to Childproof Your Home
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| | Recommendations to reduce injury to children in the home from the American Academy of Emergency Physicians . |
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MEL Health Information and Resources: General Safety Resources
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| | From the Michigan Electronic Library, this site offers a broad range of resources on safety and accident prevention, from first aid to traffic safety to occupational health and sports medicine. |
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National Safe Kids Campaign
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| | "The National SAFE KIDS Campaign is the first and only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury..." Safety tips and information on childproofing, car seats and product recalls are easy to find at this site from the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. |
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Poisoning and Poison Control
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| | From the Michigan Electronic Library(MEL), this site provides helpful links, covering poisonous animals, first aid and a directory of poison control centers. |
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TOXMAP
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| | An interactive web site from the National Library of Medicine that uses maps of the United States to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. Data comes from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). |
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The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP)
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| | Information on how to protect your child from poisoning, from the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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Tox Town: your health, toxic substances and the environment
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| | An interactive "introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places," from the National Library of Medicine. |
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