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Gas fumes left couple minutes from death
This is South Wales
AN elderly couple who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at their Mynyddygarreg home have relived their frightening near- death experience. Margaret and Vernon Griffiths, of Horeb Road, were left lying unconscious after being overcome by gas fumes ...
Boaters be aware
Pendle family calls for carbon monoxide alarms after tragedy on narrowboat
Lancashire Telegraph
A MAN was poisoned by fatal carbon monoxide fumes from the stove that heated his narrowboat, an inquest heard. And the family of Mark Allott, 36, said his death should lead to the compulsory fitting of carbon monoxide detection alarms to all boats and ...
LFD and Lexington Elks Install Alarms for Local Seniors (PHOTOS)
Patch.com Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide alarms were installed in the homes of several Lexington seniors courtesy of the Lexington Fire Department and Lexington Lodge of Elks. The Fire Department, with support from the Lexington Lodge of Elks #2204, ... NOTE this quote from this story: “In almost all the homes visited this Saturday, smoke alarms were either missing batteries, or were the incorrect type or out-of-date or installed incorrectly,” said Tremblay. “Members of the fire department S.A.F.E fire safety educators team helped to install the detectors."
Auto pollution in congested use areas trigger serious health concerns
BRT is injurious to our health
Daily Pioneer
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor, which has drawn criticism due to persistent traffic snarls, is also posing grave health hazards to residents of colonies located in its vicinity. Emission of pollutants such as Carbon Monoxide (CO), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Hydrocarbons and particulate matter (PM) increase by over 50 per cent on BRT roads due to prolonged and frequent halts of vehicles. Experts say that these pollutants can lead to various chronic respiratory ailments and may affect mental condition too.
How does carbon monoxide harm you again? When carbon monoxide is inhaled into the lungs and bonds with hemoglobin in blood, it forms Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). CO displaces the oxygen in the blood stream and will affect all major organs and muscles.
Air is breathed in and the oxygen & nitrogen are sent through the molecule transfer channels of the human body. The hemoglobin within our blood carries oxygen to every cell in our body. With a good diet, fresh air and working parts, a human has an ability to maintain equilibrium and a healthy metabolism.
Quite simply, carbon monoxide prevents oxygen from being used by the body. Every part of the body needs oxygen. If carbon monoxide is in the air breathed in, it takes the place of oxygen as it transfers to the hemoglobin in blood through the respiratory system.
It is known that CO has an affinity to hemoglobin binding sites over 200 times greater than oxygen. Fetal hemoglobin has an even greater affinity for oxygen than the mother’s because of oxygen needed in reserves for required rapid growth; carbon monoxide binds even more aggressively then and related anomalies occur.
CO does not easily unload from these cells and is why oxygen therapy, ventilatory support and monitoring the heart rate are critical to recovery. That is also why prevention of exposure to carbon monoxide at all levels is preferred. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety (Excerpt from CO Safety for Health Care Providers; Dwyer)
Carbon Monoxide Survivor A 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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