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Resources for Employers and Communities

The American Lung Association of Minnesota offers the following resources for employers and the community at large:

 

Employer Resources

  • Educational Information including informational kits, brochures, videos, and workbooks are available for indoor air quality.
  • Health fair participation with staff, exhibit, and materials provided to educate participants on how to live smoke-free.
  • "No smoking" wall poster for offices.
  • Speakers available on smoking prevention and cessation issues.
  • Training for construction employers training for builders and HVAC employees in an effort to increase the quality of indoor air.

 

Community Resources

  • Educational Information including informational kits, brochures, videos, and workbooks are available for indoor air quality, outdoor air, asthma, smoking, lung disease, and traditional and alternative fuels.
  • Advocacy for controlling emissions of toxic air pollutants.
  • Twin Cities Clean Cities Program: Presented in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy, the program supports increases alternative fuel vehicle usage and construction of fuel sites as well as providing public education on alternative fuels.
  • Clean Air Choices is an educational campaign with industry and government partners to raise awareness of cleaner fuels and vehicles now available to the driving public (Clean air fuels include better traditional fuels and new alternatives to gasoline and diesel. The alliance includes industry and government partners.).
  • Twin Cities Gasoline Report: A biannual publication ranking quality of major fuels.
  • Speakers available on smoking prevention and cessation issues.
  • Monthly e-newsletter. 
  • Training for construction employers including builders and HVAC employees in an effort to increase the quality of indoor air.
  • Minnesota Asthma Coalition provides a forum for individuals and groups throughout Minnesota to examine the various problems of asthma in a systematic way.


 

 

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