Special Topics

Related pages (with more topics):

• Land and Water Quality Special Topics
• Remediation and Waste Management Special Topics

Air Quality Forecast

Blue Ribbon Commission on Solid Waste Management

Brownfields

Computer Recycling

Drinking Water Protection

Dioxin

Fluorescent light bulb information

Gulf Island Pond

Green House Gas Initiative

Lead in consumer products, toys

• The National Geographic Green Guide Product Report on Toys describes the potential health and environmental risks of some materials used in toys, and provides solutions for finding safe toys.
• Lead in Children's Toys - The National Center for Healthy Housing has two fact sheets to help parents make sense of the recent recalls of toys tainted with lead paint.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recall of products due to lead content.
• Testing for lead in toys - Consumer Product Safety Commission study shows home lead test kits unreliable for testing for lead in toys.

Maine’s E-Waste Program

Mercury

Outdoor Wood Boilers

Recycling

Shorebird Habitat

VRAP

West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis - Implications for Water Quality

 

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