CHEC :: Children's Health Environmental Coalition

Become a Friend of CHEC and support our mission -- to protect children from exposure to toxic substances that cause health problems -- by taking one or more of these action steps today.

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Download the printable version of the Action Kit and give it to friends or hang it on your refrigerator.

SUPPORT CHEC by becoming a member or making a contribution. Your financial support will enable us to sustain our national campaign to educate parents throughout the US on the importance of taking health protective steps for children in their homes, schools and communities.

Join CHEC or pledge now.

SIGN-UP for: First Steps, our monthly email program for pregnant and new parents that addresses prenatal and post natal exposures, their consequences and what you can do to reduce or eliminate these exposures. Forward these links to ten friends you love and learn together about raising healthy families in a toxic world. Urge each person to forward the information to people they know.

STROLL through the HealtheHouse for 30 minutes and visit each room in the virtual house a virtual experience filled with everything you need to know about hidden toxins and their healthy alternatives.

SAMPLE three non-toxic household cleaning and pest control products (and throw in a few organic fruits and veggies), from a green grocer and consider switching permanently. STUDY the ingredients in the products you use in the HealtheHouse.

SPEARHEAD a campaign in your neighborhood to eliminate the use of lawn and
garden pesticides and talk with your neighbors about adopting integrated pest management (IPM). Share your success with us. We will map pesticide free neighborhoods on our web site. Since pesticides don't stay where you put them, what your neighbors use matters.

START your own Wednesdays Moms playgroup. Modeled on the one started by CHEC's founder Nancy Chuda with her daughter Colette and friends, Moms and babies gather for playtime and share what they are doing to keep their home healthy.

Not Under My Roof, Protecting Your Baby From Toxins at Home

SPONSOR a CHEC event in your home or in your community. SPREAD the CHEC message by organizing a fundraiser or hosting a CHEC table at a local health fair or community gathering. Contact us for materials to distribute.

STIMULATE discussion in your child's school or day care center, your church or parks and recreation department as to what precautions are being taken to ensure that kids are not being exposed to toxic substances in the air, food, water or consumer products in each of these places. Use articles from the HealtheHouse to focus the conversation.

SEND a letter or an email to your U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative asking him/her to ensure funding for the U.S. EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection -- the only government office charged with protecting the environmental health of the nation's children. This office may be dismantled or its mandate broadened, thereby diluting its focus on kids, so your voice needs to be heard.

TELL us your story on our Moms and Dads in the Trenches page.