Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News February 27, 2013 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day. Scroll back in time and balance the carbon monoxide stories with the lessons learned.

Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected

“If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.”
Emile Zola (1840-1902, bio link)

The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps perhaps, to reference locations noted in CO News headlines
American Red Cross - disaster relief

CO News Links –
Siblings found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning
KCTV Kansas City

A pair of siblings were found dead in a home from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday. It looks like they died because of a generator turned on indoors after their power went out. Craig Duke, deputy chief at the Kansas City, KS, Fire Department, ...

Carbon monoxide victims meet with Student Affairs
University at Buffalo The Spectrum

Freshmen roommates Neil Campbell, Bennett Sciacca and Tijo Mathew – who were poisoned with carbon monoxide in their Richmond Quad dorm last week – met with a Student Affairs official on Friday and Monday. Colleen Connolly, a Student Affairs student ...

Police: VT Teen Died Within Minutes From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Fox44abc22yourvoice

A problem that police say created a deadly scenario as carbon monoxide came through vents as Logan Newell sat idle in the parking lot. "We were able to determine that within 7 to 9 minutes there would have been 1800 per million parts CO in the vehicle ...

68 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at fruit and veg plant
thenews.pl

Sixty eight workers at a fruit and vegetable processing plant in Kwidzyn, northern Poland, have been taken to hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. The workers were hospitalised after complaining of headaches and nausea, with one in what ...

Air quality alert issued for Twin Cities, Rochester
KARE

ST. PAUL, Minn. - An air pollution health alert has been issued Tuesday for residents of the Twin Cities and Rochester. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued the alert after fine particle pollution in the Twin Cities and Rochester ...

Finnish air pollution shortens life
YLE News
Given the right atmospheric conditions, a steady stream of air pollution reaches southern Finland from the European continent. In Beijing, the air contains hundreds of micrograms of polluting particles. In Finland, that figure is less than ten, but ...

Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Take control inside your homes.

The lowest U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 carbon monoxide alarm test point is:
70 PPM to 149 PPM –
resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions.


Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce

SAINT PAUL, MN – Each year about 50,000 people visit emergency rooms in the United States for CO poisoning, and more than 500 die each year from this silent, odorless, colorless gas. As part of Winter Hazard Awareness Week (November 5-9), the Minnesota Department of Commerce warns Minnesotans of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and to take steps to avoid this “silent killer.”

Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com

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Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland -
By Andy Neill

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

Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2

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Heart rescue video using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

· 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-seven 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

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 CO-Experts Model 2014 Brochure
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International

Note this distraction from carbon monoxide poisoning:
Bald Eagle Camera Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera, Davenport, Iowa.

A friend of mine notified me that the pair of bald eagles has returned to their nest along the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The Alcoa Company has their web cam up and running and viewing of the nest is possible during daylight hours, Central Standard Time, US. UPDATE: Two eggs in the nest. The Alcoa Eagle website gives a good history of the pair and the company’s involvement with them. If you haven’t viewed this site through the hatching and growth of the eaglets, I think you may find it to be quite a live sight to see when you may have those periodic spare moments. This link will be posted on this site for those people who may wish to capture the link and watch the cycle of life of this nesting pair.

What does this have to do with carbon monoxide safety?
It is just a live web cam, perhaps a distraction from the headlines of death and injury. Please become aware of the air you breathe. Measurement is education. Measure your air accurately when measuring carbon monoxide.
Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety