Friday, May 31, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News May 31, 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.

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-Detector alerts Naugatuck residents to carbon monoxide presence
Waterbury Republican American

The group of family and friends, in their late teens and early 20s, were inside the apartment when the carbon monoxide detector went off Thursday just after 3:30 p.m., said Capt. Vincent Healy of the Naugatuck Fire Department. The meter registered 139 ...

Monoxide Incident at McMindes Hall
hays Post

On arrival, firefighters found that gasoline engine exhaust fumes had activated the fire alarm and that high levels of carbon monoxide were present throughout the six floor building. Firefighters in breathing apparatus made sure all occupants were ...

3 Hospitalized For Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
CBS Local

DETROIT (WWJ) – A baby and two women were taken to area hospitals Thursday for treatment of possible carbon monoxide poisoning. The victims, a 24-year-old and 23-year-old woman, and an 11-month-old child, were taken from an apartment on Selden ...

Woman dies after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at Nacimiento Lake
The San Luis Obispo Tribune

A 23-year-old Salinas woman who was hospitalized Sunday for carbon monoxide poisoning while boating on Nacimiento Lake has died. Sandy Krystal Valencia was declared legally dead Monday, but remained on life support until Thursday, when an organ ...

Carbon monoxide leak
Queens Chronicle

Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs after inhaling a certain amount of carbon monoxide. As the toxic gas is colorless, odorless, tasteless and initially non-irritating, it is almost impossible to detect without the use of a carbon monoxide detector. It is ...

Charity honors local woman's late daughter
Sun-Sentinel

Bertot decided to create a foundation to promote awareness of carbon monoxide, known as the "silent killer" because it is a deadly colorless, odorless gas. It can build up in enclosed or semi-enclosed spaces and is found in "combustion fumes, such as ...

Meridian apartment complex was warned about deadly gas
The Idaho Statesman

About a year and a half earlier, two dozen water heaters at the apartments on Overland Road in Meridian were found to be creating "very high carbon monoxide levels," according to a July 28, 2011, email from the property management firm.
-'Gas geysers in ill-ventilated rooms lead to health problems'
Business Standard

Conducted by the department of Neurology of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, the study claimed that out of the total 26 such cases, seizure-like episodes were seen in 11 patients while 13 were found intoxicated with harmful gas Carbon Monoxide (CO).
                                                                                                       
Who is responsible for the air you breathe? Take control inside your homes.

-Link to: CO alarm standards

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. Know when your fire department and emergency responders begin wearing their breathing apparatus and what their civilian evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide; it may be before 70 PPM. It is for pregnant women, infants & children, the elderly and all people of vulnerable health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety


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

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
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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.
NOTE: Another camera is in operation from a lower angle.

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
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