Friday, October 19, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News October 19, 2012 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day

“The most destructive criticism is indifference.”
E. W. Howe (1853-1937, bio link)

CO News links
Church organist survives gas leak scare
Chatham Star Tribune
She was at the church going over hymns for Sunday's service when she was overcome by carbon monoxide — an odorless, colorless, deadly gas. Mrs. Worsham and her husband, Landon, were scheduled to attend a dinner at Chatham Volunteer Fire ...

Carbon monoxide from running car kills East Stroudsburg woman
Pocono Record Keith R. Stevenson
East Stroudsburg firefighters and officers from Stroud Area Regional Police work at the scene of an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning on South Kistler Street in East Stroudsburg on Thursday.

The worst everyday air pollutants -- and what they do to our bodies
Mother Nature Network
What carbon monoxide does to us: Not only is carbon monoxide dangerous, its effects read like something out of science fiction. When we breathe in invisible, odorless carbon monoxide, it replaces the oxygen in our blood. It reduces the amount of oxygen ...

Oct. 24 Lecture: Sandra Steingraber
UVM News
“A stream of emerging knowledge about what the combustion of fossil fuels is doing to our planet,” she writes, “is joining a stream of emerging knowledge about what synthetic chemicals derived from fossil fuels is doing to our bodies.” “Investments in ...

United Kingdom
National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week to launch in November
H&V News
Carbon Monoxide Awareness, a registered charity run entirely by volunteers, will be hosting the seventh National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. The charity actively supports the victims of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and also raises awareness of ...

(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace

· Heart Rescue Now This link takes you to a very short video that is a practical demonstration on the proper usage of an AED. This video is tastefully done & demonstrates the step-by-step way one might be able to save a life.

· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

· 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.

· Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

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
Alaska | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

The following companies are acknowledged for their continued support of carbon monoxide safety education and this daily news blog. They may just have what you are looking for.
Fieldpiece Instruments
The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
CO Experts
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International