Indoor Safety

Use this page to find resources and information on indoor-related health issues.

Asthma

• Find out how to reduce asthma triggers in your home.
• Visit the Maine CDC's Asthma Prevention and Control Program.

Bedbugs and Other Pests

• Identify and control pests with help from the Maine Department of Agriculture and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
• Have Bedbugs? Maine CDC has information that may help you. Get information for schools and learn pest management strategies from our Bed Bug Fact Sheet (PDF).

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

• For steps you can take in your home to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, read our Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet (PDF).
• To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning during power outages visit Maine Emergency Management Agency.
• CO Information Center: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Childhood Lead Poisoning

• Parents, homeowners, landlords, and tenants: Get lead poisoning prevention information
• Providers: Learn about current lead testing recommendations.
• Old home? Young kids? Find out if your home could be putting your child at risk for lead poisoning. Order a lead dust test kit.

Emergency Preparedness

• Make a plan, stay informed, help others. For more: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program.
• You can also visit Maine Emergency Management Agency.
• For info on winter safety, power outages, & floods: Visit University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

Housing Search

• Find rental housing in Maine. Search for apartments by lead-safe and smoke-free status. Find an apartment that accepts rent subsidies.
• Information for people looking for rental housing from the Maine State Housing Authority.

Injuries

• Injuries are preventable. Learn more: Safe Kids USA or Consumer Products Safety Commission
• On average, there are two deaths and 22 hospital discharges that are injury-related each day in Maine.

Mold

• What are the health effects of mold and what can you do about mold problems? Find out: Maine Indoor Air Quality Council.

Poisonings

• Prevent poisonings with help from the Northern New England Poison Center.
• In Maine, about 200 people die and about 1,000 people go to the hospital each year because of poisonings.

Radon

• Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
• High levels of radon gas are in much of Maine's soil and water. Radon can move up into a home from the ground.
• Maine CDC's Radiation Control Program can help you learn how to test for radon and fix radon problems.

Smoke-Free Housing

• Learn more about protecting your family from secondhand smoke at home from the Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine.

Well Water Safety

• What's in your water? Maine CDC has information about what to test for and how often to test. Is Your Well Water Safe to Drink? (PDF)
• Almost half of Maine homes use wells for their drinking water. Many of these wells have too much arsenic, uranium or other contaminants.