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What does bed bugs, radon and lead poisoning have to do with healthy homes? Read the  December 2009/January 2010 Edition of the Alliance Alert . It has some cutting edge information every family should know. You can read a copy of the Alliance newsletter here.

In this issue:

* January is Radon Action Month
* Eliminating Lead Exposure in New Jersey Estimated to Save $27 Billion
* EPA Seeks Comment on Use of Canceled Pesticide to Fight Bedbugs
* Advocates Encourage EPA to Add RRP to Enforcement Priorities
* Obama Administration Promotes Anti-Regulatory Economist to Gatekeeper Role
* Appropriations Update

* EPA Seeks to Disclose Inert Pesticide Ingredients

* Winter Weather Brings Reminder to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

* Environmental Community Grants Available

* Recent Research in Healthy Housing

* Alliance News

* Upcoming Events

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The November 2009 edition of Alliance Alert is available online.

The October 2009 Alliance Alert newsletter is now available.

This edition of the Alliance Alert features an in-depth article on the Surgeon General’s call to action to promote Healthy Homes.  Read about this exciting new initiative and much more.

The May 2009 Alliance Alert newsletter is available online.  This issue features:  

* Obama Administration Releases FY 2010 Budget Proposal

* Alliance and NCHH Continue Campaign to Improve Model Housing Codes

* Updates on EPA’s RRP Rule

* HUD and EPA Announce Lead Funding Opportunities

* National Advocates Convene Healthy Housing Policy Summit

* Surgeon General Will Deliver Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes

* Groups Petition EPA to Ban the Production and Use of Lead Wheel Weights

* Recent Research Findings in Healthy Housing

* Alliance News

* Upcoming Events

Alliance Alert Newsletter for January/February 2009 includes the following topics:

* Stimulus Proposal Allocates Lead and Healthy Homes Funds

* Lead in DC’s Water: New Study Shows Children’s Blood Lead Level Increased 2001-2004

* EPA Receives Support for CARB-Like Formaldehyde Regulation; Adds Hearing on New Orleans & Extends Comment Period

* Consumer Product Safety Commission Delays Parts of New Child Product Safety Rule

* HUD Cancels Some Lead NOFAs; Breaks-up SuperNOFA

* Mandatory Blood Lead Testing Starting in Connecticut

* Rhode Island Holds Summit on Carbon Monoxide

* Continuing Push for International Ban of Lead-Based Paint

* Research Briefs

Read this exciting  issue of The Alliance  Alert.