Carbon Monoxide News November 2, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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C. S. Lewis (1898-1963, bio link)

CO and Air Quality News Links

Change clocks, smoke detectors
Osceola News-Gazette
Remind your family, friends and neighbors to change their clocks and the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms this Sunday, ...

Dangerous gas leak at Southport home
Champion Newspapers
FIREFIGHTERS detected levels of dangerous Carbon Monoxide gas during a ... ”Our equipment also revealed levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO), which is a ...

Report: Air pollution a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths
Deseret News 
The World Health Organization this month declared smoggy air a certified cancer agent, joining tobacco, asbestos and ultraviolet radiation as culprits adversely affecting health. Particulate matter, a major component of outdoor air pollution, was also classified as being carcinogenic to humans, according to the international organization…

Carbon monoxide expedites metabolic exhaustion to inhibit tumor growth
Mdlinx.com Cancer Research, 11/01/2013 Clinical Article
Wegiel B, et al. – One classical feature of cancer cells is their metabolic acquisition of a highly glycolytic phenotype. Carbon monoxide (CO), one of the products of the cytoprotective molecule heme oxygenase–1 (HO–1) in cancer cells, has been implicated in carcinogenesis and therapeutic resistance. Collectively, the findings indicated that CO transiently induces an anti–Warburg effect by rapidly fueling cancer cell bioenergetics, ultimately resulting in metabolic exhaustion…

Mesa County begins its air quality campaign
The Daily Sentinel Grand Junction, CO
More than nine months have passed, but residents won’t soon forget a stubborn inversion last winter that trapped a layer of toxic air over the Grand Valley. At the time, the Grand Valley reached a record of 47 days in which residents were urged by Mesa County not to heat their homes with fireplaces and antiquated woodstoves, two factors that contribute to poor air quality. Air quality was so bad for a time last year, that it registered as the dirtiest air in the state. In an effort to help curb bad air, Mesa County is reinstating its wintertime air quality program, called the Western Slope Air Watch…

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 packageand 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

Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

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

World population counter

- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)

- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association

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

Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning Carbonmonoxidekills.com

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

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

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