Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News October 3, 2012 - updated frequently

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.” Rene Descartes (1596-1650, bio link)

Without batteries, smoke & carbon monoxide alarms can’t help you
Lexington Couple Recovering After Carbon Monoxide Scare
LEX18 Lexington KY News
They call it the silent killer, and now a Lexington couple knows why after a near death experience in their home Sunday morning after a carbon monoxide leak in their home. Betty and Dennis Cravens should have heard the their carbon monoxide alarm ...

Generator in an attached garage
Four taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning
The Athens Messenger
Four taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Four patients from a Wooten Road residence were transported to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital this morning with carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Albany Volunteer Fire Department.

Furnace maintenance lacking
Glenville couple hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
WNYT
Lauser said a gas meter found a carbon monoxide level of 300 ppm inside, which he said can be fatal if inhaled over four to five hours. Alexander Smolenski was airlifted to Westchester Medical Hospital. His wife Barbara, transported to Ellis Hospital ...

Westview High School evacuated for carbon monoxide scare
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

AVONDALE, AZ - Office workers at Westview High School were evacuated Tuesday after fire crews found carbon monoxide inside the school. Fire spokesman Ron Deadman said firefighters were called to the school near 107th Avenue and Indian School ...

Maryland
New Health Laws In Effect as of Oct. 1
Patch.com
Carbon Monoxide Detection and Warning Equipment in Public School Buildings: This law requires public schools to install carbon monoxide detectors within their buildings. You can read the law by clicking here on this link.

Hunting season safety
Fire officials believe gun cleaner caused Burley home explosion
KTVB
BURLEY –Fire officials believe it was spontaneous combustion that made a gun room explode at the home of an Idaho state lawmaker. The blast sent Representative Fred Wood's wife to a burn center in Salt Lake City, last Saturday night. Burley Fire Chief ...

Aircraft CO poisoning investigation
Toxic gas found in Saitoti pilot's blood, says expert
The Star
Toxicological examination on one of the pilots who died in Kibiku Forest of Ngong revealed a high concentration of carbon monoxide, a senior analyst at the Government Chemist told the commission probing the crash yesterday.

Electric vehicles and the future
Manila Standard Today
Advances in the technology of power management, the critical role of transportation as a resource of industry and commerce, and the internal combustion engine and its own fossil fuel needs mean that no renewable energy discussion can be complete ...

Grim global warming outlook for India post 2030: IISc's research
Times of India
If the world does not cut down its carbon dioxide quickly, temperatures will rise - compared to pre-industrial times - over the Indian subcontinent by 1.7 to 2 degree centigrade by 2030, and 3.3 to 4.8 degree centigrade by 2080. Since we have warmed by ...

Too little nitrogen may restrain plants' carbon storage capability, University of Minnesota ...
Science Codex
The study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that even though plants absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide and actually can benefit from higher levels of it, they may not get enough of the nutrients they need from typical ...

· 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