RESOURCES FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
The first years of a child’s life can have a profound effect on their future development and health. Child care providers can be active partners with families to minimize contact with toxic chemicals, but it isn’t always obvious where they lurk, or how to avoid them. Clean+Healthy partners with child care resource and referral agencies to educate child care providers about common toxic chemicals and how to choose safer products. Thus far, we have trained over 700 providers from more than 300 facilities.
Check out these great resources for ideas on how to make your child care program safer and healthier!
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Chemicals+You What To Do
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Safe Baby Products Guide
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Selling Safer Products for Early Care and Education
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Eco-Healthy Child Care® Checklist
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Sample Letter to Parents about Eco-Healthy Child Care®
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Do It Yourself Recipes for Eco-Friendly Cleaning
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EPA-Registered Sanitizers and Disinfectants
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Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: Curriculum for Early Care and Education
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Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: Checklist for Early Care and Education
PRODUCT + CHEMICAL SAFETY FACT SHEETS
Go beyond the basics and educate yourself and your staff about chemical hazards. Use these fact sheets to build your knowledge of product and chemical safety. And find more fact sheets for child care providers at the Children’s Environmental Health Network website.
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Healthy Cleaners for Safer Child Care
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Healthy Electronics for Safer Child Care
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Healthy Furnishings for Safer Child Care
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Healthy Kitchens for Safer Child Care
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Healthy Toys for Safer Child Care
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Heavy Metals and Safer Child Care
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