Friday, April 8, 2011

April 8, 2011

“Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.”
Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983)

Your Place: How worrisome are home inspector's findings? | Philadelphia ... 
Philadelphia Inquirer
He said we had a small amount of carbon monoxide leaking from our heater and that it needed to be cleaned. He showed me how he tested it and explained to me that most inspectors do not even test half of the things that he was testing. ...

Follow up in Nebraska
Couple Saved From Fatal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 
WOWT
There were high levels of carbon monoxide in the house near Kayleen and Brenda drives. It did not have working CO alarms. The couple is in good condition at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. “It could be just minutes and in this case I think ...

UF researchers find social hookah smoking packs a carbon monoxide punch 
University of Florida
A new University of Florida study shows that patrons leaving hookah cafés had carbon monoxide levels more than three times higher than patrons exiting traditional bars. Carbon monoxide reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen to tissues, ...

Grimsby firm fined after Sheffield workers poisoned 
BBC News
A Grimsby firm has been fined by a court after three workers in an asbestos decontamination unit suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. The men, from Sheffield, were working in an asbestos enclosure on a demolition site in Huddersfield in November 2009. ...

LPG taxi conversion project launched in Gauteng 
Creamer Media's Engineering News
The pilot project would convert taxis to operate on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), as well as petrol, which would also result in a 31% reduction in the carbon monoxide levels. Technical tests were conducted by the South African National Energy Research ...