At the Neighborhood Scale

  1. Think. What ways could you incorporate healthy living into your daily life? What are potential environmental contaminants that you and your neighbors are being exposed to?
  2. Plan. Adopt a new behavior aimed at increasing wellness every month. Research resources to help reduce negative impacts of these contaminants.
  3. Act. Get your home tested for environmental contaminants. Take advantage of health clinics in your neighborhood. Replace home products with simpler ingredients (cleaning supplies, personal hygiene supplies, lawn fertilizers, etc.).
  4. Maintain. Take care to not increase or exacerbate potential environmental contaminants. Make overall wellness a priority. Change what you can in your home, and encourage your neighbors to do the same. 
  5. ​Go Beyond. 
  • ​​​Organize a public health clinic in your neighborhood. Contact the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department for assistance.
  • Do what you can to avoid adding to potentially contaminated areas. Use and purchase products in your home that are safe to use in any situation for people of all ages. 
  • Advocate for neighborhood-wide testing of environmental contaminants.

Resources

Find local services (social services, health care, food pantries, free clinics) :
United Way 2-1-1, dial 2-1-1

Mental health services: 
Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Lucas County
 
Choose healthy corner stores options: 
Live Well Healthy Corner Stores

Double Up Food Bucks:
Toledo Farmers Market

Have your home tested for environmental contaminants (lead, mold, asbestos, etc.): 
City of Toledo (for City of Toledo residents)
Toledo-Lucas County Health Department

Strive for safer products in your home and community:
EPA Safer Choice

How to dispose of hazardous waste: 
Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful Recycler's List

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