Check Out These Resources!

Pesticides and Children’s Health

• Pesticides and Brain Development
• Children and Pesticides Don’t Mix (Beyond Pesticides)
• Kids and Pesticides Fact Sheet

 Do-It-Yourself Recipes and Tips for Safer Homes

• 2019 Cleaning Product Manufacturer Assessment (Womens’ Voices for the Earth)
• Safer Sanitizers and Disinfectants
• Green Cleaning Recipes (NC Healthy Homes)
• Key DIY Ingredients for Home Recipes
• Non-Toxic Cosmetics Recipes
• Do-It-Yourself Home Recipes
• All Purpose Cleaner Limpiador Multiuso
• Bee-Safe Repellant and other DIY Recipes
• 5 Tips for Avoiding Toxics Every Day
• Smelling Good Without Toxic Chemicals
• Eating Organic On A Budget
• Buying Healthy Food Without Breaking the Bank
• Tips for Cleaning Up After a Meal (Environmental Working Group)
• BPA Policy Brief
• Lawn Care, Mosquito Management and DIY Solutions
• Phytoremediation

Pest Management for Child Care

• Five Questions for Kid-Safe Pest Control in Child Care Centers
• Guide to Contracting for Least-Toxic Pest Control Services
• Haciendo un Contrato de Servicios de Control de Plagas Menos Tóxico
• Avoiding Big Risks for Small Kids (2008) Child Care Survey Report
• Pesticide-free Childcare 

Eco-friendly and nature-based activities and crafts

• Make a Bird Feeder out of a Pine Cone
• Design a Digital Art Gallery from a Nature Photo Shoot
• Be a Nature Detective with this Scavenger Hunt
• Make your own Bee out of a Clothespin
• Recycled Magazine Jewelry
• Building a Water Filter – Science and Engineering Challenge

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