Sunday, August 10, 2014

Carbon Monoxide News August 10, 2014 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
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We can learn from others mistakes and efforts to prevent poisoning.


"Ripple" Grateful Dead - music link 

What is in the air you are breathing right now? 
What will you be doing today; walking into poison? 
Who will be responsible for the air you breathe? 
You may be the only person who can prevent your own poisoning. 

We are all vulnerable to carbon monoxide exposure and poisoning. 
Everyone has been poisoned by CO and will be poisoned again. The degree of the poisoning depends upon allowing yourself to be in a situation where someone else controls the air you breathe and the mechanisms for alarming notification.

Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions that come with the unit. 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 as soon as the gas is present in your presence. Pregnant women, infants & children, people with heart & respiratory struggles, those suffering depression or chronic headaches and all people of vulnerable health should be alerted as soon as the gas begins to concentrate, around 10 PPM (parts per million). 

Do not take risks with carbon monoxide. Take responsibility for the air you breathe and the combustion systems you are responsible for. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for others.

Help prevent injuries and deaths; don’t guess about carbon monoxide. 

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 

CO and Air Quality News Links
Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Texas Foster Family Association
Gas or coal-burning equipment creates carbon monoxide. This can include equipment like generators, pressure washers, charcoal grills, and camp ... 

Analysis
ca.gov
The Senate amendments include RCFEs that serve individuals with chronic, life-threatening illnesses in the requirement to have a carbon monoxide … Requires all community care facilities, including child care and adult care facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE) to have one or more carbon monoxide detectors installed in the facility and requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) to account for their presence upon inspection of the facility...  

Do-it-this-weekend ways to improve your home's indoor air quality and energy efficiency
The Glen Rose Reporter
Improving indoor air quality is just one more reason to give up smoking. And while it may seem harsh, don't allow others to smoke in your home, either…

Asia-Pacific Clean Air Partnership Launched to Fight Global Air Pollution
Ecology Global Network
The Cities Clean Air Partnership, the first major clean air certification and partnership program to encourage air quality protection in cities across the ...

Pennsylvania air quality alerts far below average this year
York Daily Record
The state Department of Environmental Protection has labeled just four days so far this year as air quality alert days -- compared to 28 last year and… Lisa Kasianowitz with the DEP says ozone is primarily the cause for air quality action days, and with fewer sunny days this year, ozone conditions have largely remained under control…

Shortts Lake residents fuming over air pollution from Lafarge cement plant
Truro Daily News
SHORTTS LAKE – Fumes and smoke originating from the Lafarge cement plant on Thursday lasted for hours and was so strong that people had to ... 

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 

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: 

· 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 |
  |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | |Minnesota 
  
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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