Healthy Homes

Homes provide comfort and protection. However, many homes also have contaminants and other health hazards, such as lead, mold and moisture, carbon monoxide, pesticides, and hazardous household products. Many homes also have safety hazards that may cause physical injuries, fires, poisonings, and other emergencies.

The Minnesota Department of Health provides information and guidance about how to identify and reduce contaminants in homes. In addition, we help to determine when testing is appropriate, whether homeowners can do the testing, and when a professional should be hired. However, we do not visit homes to test for contaminants (for more, see Testing).

For more information about this page, please refer to the Contact Us information.