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CO levels in Blanchard Elementary deemed safe after Thursday evacuation
Southeast Missourian By Erin Ragan
Blanchard Elementary in Cape Girardeau was evacuated for over an hour Thursday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in the building. The source of the carbon monoxide has not yet been found, according to ...
Antioch officials investigate possible carbon monoxide poisoning at middle school
San Jose Mercury News By Paul Burgarino
At least two girls were treated for carbon monoxide exposure, and others fell ill with flu-like symptoms, after a ventilation unit malfunctioned in an Antioch middle school classroom this month. (Carbon monoxide monitors are not required in public school classrooms.) Parents of the students at Black ...
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Standards (USA & Canada)
UL-2034 / CSA-6.19 Listed C O alarms:
Must NOT sound an Audible Alarm Warning at 70 PPM or less for 60 Minutes.
Must NOT sound an Audible Alarm / Warning at 30 PPM for 30 DAYS
They MAY NOT sound an Audible Alarm Waning at 70 PPM for up to 4 Hours, [240 minutes]
ALL UL-2034 / CSA-6.19 C O alarms are “Tested” only at 70, 150 and 400 PPM.
The Standards actually state that the 70 PPM may be, plus or minus 5 PPM; therefore the LOWEST LEVEL at which UL-2034 / CSA-6.19 C O alarm MUST BE TESTED is 65 PPM.
Ask your firefighters the levels of carbon monoxide that prompt the wearing of self contained breathing apparatus. Ask them at what level they require building evacuation. If you have symptoms of CO poisoning, get tested by your health care provider as soon as possible.
Visit CO Experts for information regarding protection from levels of carbon monoxide before it makes you sick; before these listed alarms make a sound.
“It is YOUR Health, YOUR Life, ….. YOU CHOOSE.”
George, E. Kerr (1931, auto-bio link)
Carbon Monoxide Survivor Check in on this website made by poisoning survivors that brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to have been poisoned - as well as live with the long term impact.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-five U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
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