Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.
We can learn from others mistakes and efforts
to prevent poisoning.
“Between the silence of the mountains and the crashing of the sea…”
"Question" - Moody Blues - music link
HVAC Excellence - Educators and Trainers Conference/EXPO. There were great training and gathering events again this year. COSA will be proud to sponsor the program again next year in Orlando, Florida. Our thanks to Jerry & Howard Weiss and to their professional team of educators who make this available to HVACR technical educators everywhere, and to all of the vendors who participate with their expertise and product support.
Don’t deny or
disregard the importance of clean air
Approximately 79% Nitrogen + 20.9% Oxygen, and less than 1 %
Argon, and currently around four hundredth of one per cent of Carbon Dioxide is
a good offering for every cell in the human body when each inhalation occurs.
It is what the planet offers it’s aerobic organisms. One aerobic organism
however manifests a threat to all others, including itself.
We have all been poisoned by carbon
monoxide and we all will be again. There is no guesswork here. We
live in a combustion based culture where burning fuel renders status, as well
as desired chemical reactions and the consequences of our addictions.
Dominating weather patterns snuff the fires of progress and demonstrate the
ease of cleaning the air by merely stopping or reducing the onslaught of
millions of fires. But they are rekindled and progress justifies the
destruction.
The degrees
of oxidative stress begin slowly, imperceptible to some and as soon as exogenous
concentrations of carbon monoxide are first inhaled. Internal oxygen
displacement begins, even at the lowest levels. It is common for people living
in urban areas and elsewhere to be in and out of carbon monoxide atmospheres
often. Do you know how much CO you breathe in, or this isn’t something you care
to know?
Help prevent injuries and deaths
Measure carbon monoxide for safety and knowledge. The more you
test the more you learn. Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Toxic emission spikes at fracking sites are rarely monitored, study finds
MiamiHerald.com
But a new study suggests that the most commonly used air monitoring ... "Air quality monitoring is complex, so you need a range of (methods) ...
A New Study Points to the Need for Improved Air Monitoring in Texas
3BL Media
Using public monitoring data from 2010-2011, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin compared air pollution levels measured at a monitor ...
Buses banned from belching toxic fumes
Bangkok Post
The court judgement came as a victory for an advocacy group bringing its fight against the BMTA's contribution to air pollution in the capital to the court ...
Ohio Rolls Out New Oil and Gas Emissions Standards
Natural Gas Intelligence
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) has adopted new requirements aimed at reducing air pollution from the state's growing shale oil ...
Climate change to bring years of toxic smog
Express.co.uk
Although pollution levels are falling, Public Health England (PHE) last night urged people to check local air quality, especially before taking exercise ...
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
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
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:
- 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
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:
-Alcoa Eagle Nest Camera
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
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
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-eight U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Feb. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan |Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania |Rhode Island | Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia
Red Cross - Typhoon Appeal continues in the Philippines. Another please, with hopes of another thank you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Red Cross - Disaster Relief to safely assist law enforcement, fire department, utility company, city, county and state authorities as repair and rebuilding moves forward. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Nationally, the Red Cross provides food and shelter to people affected by as many as 70,000 fires annually, or about one fire every eight minutes.
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
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