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Photo courtesy John Winters Thanks to The Boren Foundation, and Jack and Karen Kay Leonard for making this website possible. |
What's Up At IKE?--June IKE Newsletter available here (6/14/09) --July 2009 Integrated Pest Management Workshop for Schools Registration and Information here (6/4/09) --Environmental Health Summit Presentations available here (5/24/09) --RFP for Facilitator for CARE project available here (4/7/09) --March 2009 IKE Newsletter here (3/11/09) --Materials from Green Congregations workshop here (2/1/09) ---Fact Sheet on Indianapolis Local Air Agency here (1/20/09) --January 2009 IKE Newsletter here (1/5/09) --IKE statement on IDEM decision to cancel local air agency contracts here (12/8/08) --Revised Lead Pamphlets available for Tenants, Contractors and Property Managers here (9/30/08) --August 2008 Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletter here (8/16/08) --Check actions to implement Indiana's 2008 Lead Poisoning Prevention Law here (8/11/08) --Find a contractor trained in Lead Safe Work Practices here (4/17/08) --IKE Op Ed on Lead (2/3/08) --Indianapolis Green Commission issues recommendations, summary (1/28/08) --Lead Safe Work Practices video: watch here (1/28/08) --2007 Supplement to IKE Lead Law Manual available now (11/2/07)
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Welcome to IKE!
Improving Kids' Environment is a non-profit, advocacy organization dedicated to reducing environmental threats to children's health.
IKE will help children reach their full potential by working with citizens, non-profit organizations, governments, businesses, and others to:
Identify environmental threats to children's health;
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Ensure that parents and other guardians have access to information about these threats and how to prevent them;
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Support organizations that remove, reduce, and communicate these threats;
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Promote practical means to remove or reduce environmental threats to children's health.
Use the links below to find information about:
Healthy Homes
IKE Newsletters and Other Documents
Healthy Homes
Lead-Based Paint and Lead Poisoning: Lead Home Page
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EPA Takes First Step to Collect Information on Lead in Children's Products
CLICK HERE for press release
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PRODUCT RECALLS (link to Product Recalls)
Fact Sheet on Lead in Consumer Products and Toys
Fact Sheet on Testing for Lead in Consumer Products
FAQ and Other Resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics
2008 Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Conference
Presentations and Award Winners
How Safe Is the Advice from your Home Improvement Store?
Healthy Communities
Martindale Brightwood Partnership
IKE is working with the Martindale Brightwood Environmental Justice Collaborative to identify and prioritize environmental health threats in their community.
Information about this growing movement--how you can help your faith community practice environmental stewardship
Upcoming Green Congregations Workshop January 31, 2009--more info here
Indiana Environmental Health Summit
Healthy Schools and Childcare
**New: Sign up for Integrated Pest Management Workshop, July 16, in Indianapolis
Register here
Flyer here
Reduce Air Pollution and Asthma At Your Neighborhood School
Childcare (coming soon)
Newsletters and other Documents
IKE Lead-Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletters
IKE Comment Letters and Other Documents
IKE can use your support!
Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution by mail to:
3951 N. Meridian St. Ste 160
Indianapolis, IN 46208
or use Justgive.org.
Janet G. McCabe is IKE's Executive Director.
Contact her at:
3951 N. Meridian St. Ste 160
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-902-3610
Fax: 866-234-8505
Email: mccabe@ikecoalition.org
