Carbon monoxide is the leading cause of poisoning deaths in the United States. By helping parents maintain their homes, you can help protect children's health!

Many of the strategies used to protect children from carbon monoxide are also strategies that help make our community's housing greener and cleaner. Newer furnaces that function well are not only energy efficient, but they are also healthier.

How can your organization help promote both green and healthy homes?

Partnership is a core value for the Healthy Homes Coalition. We'd like to partner with your organization to make sure all children's homes are free of poisonous carbon monoxide.

Below are a few links to documents that might help us partner:

• Healthy Homes Carbon Monoxide Plan (PDF 78 KB)
• Hazardous Substances Emergency Events - Surveillance in Michigan 2006 (MDCH, Published Nov. 2007) (PDF 400 KB)
• Unintentional Non-Fire-Related Carbon Monoxide Exposures - United States, 2001-2003, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, January 21, 2005 / 54(02);36-39 (PDF 268 KB)

To learn more about how you and your organization can join us, contact the Healthy Homes Coalition at (616) 241-3300.