TECHNICAL REPORT
This study, published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology and authored by staff from Hazardous Waste Management Program’s Research Team, shows that aluminum and brass cookware available for purchase in the United States represents a previously unrecognized source of lead exposure.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This report summarizes an analysis of the hazardous exposures occurring in King County workplaces. We estimated that hundreds of thousands of King County workers experience occupational exposures, with the most common exposures including cleaning agents and organic solvents. We found that that BIPOC workers are disproportionately exposed to many hazardous chemicals at work.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This report recaps the third and final year of a pilot program between Haz Waste Program and our partner Mother Africa, a community-based organization, to raise awareness about the effects of using and disposing of household hazardous materials among immigrant and refugee families from Africa and the Middle East.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This report summarizes the Haz Waste Program and Sea Mar's work in 2022 to increase awareness of the hazards of using disinfectants in the Spanish-speaking immigrant community in King County and to teach safer ways of cleaning.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This report recaps the second year of a pilot program between Haz Waste Program and our partner Mother Africa, a community-based organization, to raise awareness about the effects of using and disposing of household hazardous materials among immigrant and refugee families from Africa and the Middle East.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This report summarizes the Haz Waste Program and Sea Mar's work in 2021 to increase awareness of the hazards of using disinfectants in the Spanish-speaking immigrant community in King County and to teach safer ways of cleaning.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This study, appearing in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology and authored by staff from Hazardous Waste Management Program's Research Team, shows certain aluminum cookpots and pressure cookers could pose a serious health risk and expose people to lead, especially children.
TECHNICAL REPORT
This journal article describes our alternatives assessment of automotive basecoats. We conclude that waterborne products offer numerous health and environmental advantages over solventborne paints and are safer alternatives. [Project: Autopaint]
TECHNICAL REPORT
This report summarizes a collaboration between the Haz Waste Program and the University of Washington to create a map of the environmental health disparities (EHD) that exist across communities in King County. This report outlines the methodology and includes a snapshot of current environmental and social conditions within King County.
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