Monday, May 6, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News May 6, 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

"Cars someday soon will be seen as noxious as tobacco is today.”
Jaime Lerner (1937, bio link)

These following links may be of some use to you:
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps
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Earthquake Map - USGS

American Red Cross - disaster relief
Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution - U.S. EPA

Heart rescue using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace - Federal Aviation Administration
Carbon monoxide toxicity
- Emergency Medicine Ireland
Carbon Monoxide Survivor
- Views from those who have been poisoned.

You may also be exposed to CO on a boat, on a bus, in a car, in a house, on a street, at a construction site, almost everywhere; be careful!

Whenever you barbeque, always cook in open outside air; even open sided carports cannot insure that harmful gases will be dispersed safely. Never use these charcoal, propane, natural gas, wood or other similarly fueled unvented barbeque systems indoors. There are many types of open exhaust systems that should never be in operation inside buildings and even in some roof port or awning situations. Know the difference! Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Teenage girl and woman treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Manchester Evening News

A teenage girl and a woman needed hospital treatment after getting carbon monoxide poisoning from their central heating system. Fire crews attended Somerville Street, Halliwell, Bolton, after the pair complained of dizziness and headaches. A leak from ...

Carbon monoxide scare at Bensalem supermarket
6abc.com

Crews in Bucks County are investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a grocery store.

Will Hybrids and Electrics Benefit from Demise of Internal Combustion Engine?
IEEE Spectrum

You would think that to the extent the old-fashioned car powered by an internal combustion engine comes into disrepute, because of its noxious emissions and oil consumption, the obvious beneficiaries will be the hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicle.

Area air quality forecasts begin
The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Another hot St. Louis summer is just around the corner with air so stagnant you really do believe you could cut with a knife. But before the sizzle sets in, the St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership is offering suggestions to area residents for a ...

Home fires the culprit in air quality breaches
Marlborough Express

Blenheim air pollution levels exceeded national standards eight times last year, the Marlborough District Council environment committee learned yesterday. Environmental monitoring officer Steffi Henkel said this was the worst result since monitoring ...

Pollution Reporters: State of the Air Report from the American Lung Association
Hive Health Media

Every year the American Lung Association releases a report on air quality with the title, “State of the Air”. This report lists the cities in the United States with the worst levels of pollution and highlights some of the health problems that the ...

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

Carbon Monoxide Information Website ... Carbon Monoxide Useful Links · Contact ... Get the Top ten carbon monoxide safety tips sent to your inbox:

· 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.
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. 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