At the Neighborhood Scale
- 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?
- Plan. Adopt a new behavior aimed at increasing wellness every month. Research resources to help reduce negative impacts of these contaminants.
- 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.).
- 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.
- 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
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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