Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News July 9, 2013 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
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“So put me on a highway, And show me a sign, And take it to the limit one more time” “Take it to the Limit” Eagles – music link

CO and Air Quality News Links  
Midwife spots deadly gas that could have killed couple in Leeds home
Yorkshire Evening Post

“We'd also noticed in recent weeks that our spaniel, Georgie, was more lethargic than he normally is around the house, but hadn't thought for a moment that the cause could be carbon monoxide poisoning.” The supply teacher said it was only the time of ...

Outdoor Carbon Monoxide Poisonings
LocalNews8.com
Many people hear about carbon monoxide poisonings when grills are brought indoors or cars are started in a closed garage. Outdoors, many rule out the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning, but it can happen in open waters if a boaters sit too close ...

Carbon monoxide linked to more boating deaths than previously ...
reviewjournal.com

It's colorless, odorless and deadly, and safety officials say carbon monoxide poisoning likely contributed to more drowning deaths over the past decades than ...

More Boone hotels under investigation following carbon monoxide deaths
WSOC Charlotte

An 11-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning just weeks after an elderly couple died of the same thing at the Best Western. Now police are questioning workers and gathering records from the Sleep Inn and the Country Inn and Suites. Those hotels ...

Center for Disease Control tips for preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning on ...
Clarksville Online

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Washington, D.C. – Gasoline-powered engines on boats, including onboard generators, produce carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless and odorless gas that can poison or kill someone who breathes too much of it.

Wood energy technologies
Michigan State University Extension

Combustion has been used to produce space heat for millennia. Most of what we see is fairly inefficient, but high efficiency technologies exist. They have been deployed in parts of northern Europe for decades. The most efficient use of wood, or any ...

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



- Carbon Monoxide detection -  National Fire Protection Association

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.

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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