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GLIDE’s Ceclie B Williams house was initially beautiful and now has become difficult because of personal behavior.
How do we establish mandate for healthy housing
How do we support continued healthy housing
-What are community factors that bring down housing (very large issue)
Pests
Bed bugs
Pthalates ban – a plasticizer, makes plastic softer
Louise suggested keeping this portion simple. Focus on
Toxics related to health issues; Toxics that impact asthma; more known dangerous ones
This is part of MOU with SFE – that consultant is available to develop public outreach materials
Goal: Fact sheets that tell How to clean your house without poisoning yourself.
What would be different at the end of the day?
Discussed strategy for ensuring tenants are aware of how to prevent exposures in the home:
ATF wants to create an outline with Broad categories related to consumer choice/products
Things in tenants’ control – IPM, Houseleaning products, furnishings/carpet, building materials, solvent/smoke migration, exhaust
Things out of tenants’ control – IPM (mandates), carpet removal, furnished apts, (building materials, solvent/smoke migration, exhaust – tenant awareness and advocacy to address issues)
Education should be carried out by family resource agencies.
TA provided to FRAs by Depts (mandate via legislation)
SFE is supposed to be coordinator of IPM for
Legislation would mandate SFE to do an awareness campaign, set up a task force,
Look at 10 cleaning products.
Asian Pacific Islander Family Resources Network – they prioritized preventing exposures in the home. Committed $12,200 for trainings, fact sheets (awareness). Actually promoting good habits.
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