Saturday, August 1, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News August 1, 2015 – posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.
We can learn from others mistakes and efforts to prevent poisoning.
Carbon monoxide safety, we are all in this together.


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Featured News Links – More news links below
Trumbull homes evacuated due to elevated carbon monoxide
WTNH Connecticut News
TRUMBULL, Conn. (WTNH) — Homes in the area of Plumb Lake Road in Trumbull are being evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide…

Details 
Potentially hazardous situation in Trumbull Friday night
Trumbull Times
The incident reportedly began with a series of carbon monoxide alarms that began Thursday night and continued Friday…

Basketball tournament promotes carbon poisoning awareness
LocalNews8.com
Funds raised during the two-day tournament go to raise awareness about carbon monoxide poisoning after four members of the Parrish family passed away from carbon poisoning at their Pocatello home in February 2014... they will be giving away 100 free carbon monoxide detectors to those who need them…

Reduce deaths by fire: Home Fire Prevention Campaign
San Diego 6
Red Cross and the Burn Institute will be installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, and teaching residents about fire safety precautions ... Last October, the American Red Cross launched this nationwide campaign to reduce the number of home fire deaths and injuries by 25 percent over the next five years. Locally in San Diego, over 1,600 smoke alarms have been installed, exceeding the original goal…

NOTE: Listed U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 Carbon Monoxide Alarms 
VISUAL DISPLAY:
Must not display under 30PPM in normal operation
AT 70, 150 & 400 PPM display must be accurate within plus or minus 30 Percent 

SENSITIVITY TESTING: Resist alarming first times shown, must by second shown time
70PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 5PPM ... [BETWEEN 60 _ 240 MINUTES]
150PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 5PPM] ... [10 - 50 MINUTES]
400PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 10PPM ... [4 _ 15 MINUTES]

“CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE & BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL DAILY!” George Kerr - CO Experts 
More news links below –

We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit: 

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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.

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) or lower.

You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.

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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.

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. 
GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety 

CO and Air Quality News Links
Fire risks of the elderly
Livingston Daily
Next, make sure the home has plenty of working smoke alarms and carbon-monoxide detectors. You should have one CO detector per floor, and plenty of smoke alarms. Smoke alarms are inexpensive, and the earlier warning you get, the earlier you can react to it…

Texas High Schoolers May Have Found Better Way to Detect Carbon Monoxide
Texas Standard
The project is being developed with the aid of the University of Texas biology department as an entry into the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition. The key focal point in the design being a biological reaction to the gas…

Google Street View cars with environmental sensors to monitor air quality
MyTechBits
These sensors will measure the levels of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, soot particles, methane, suspended particles, nitrogen dioxide, ...

Breathe Easy: Listen to Your Lungs
ModernSalon.com
If these same symptoms are accompanied by a cough, difficulty breathing and a wheezing sound when you exhale, your problem might be…

The air quality in Sacramento may not seem so nice. That's because, it's not.
Sacramento Sun Times
Fourteen large fires are burning mostly in the northern half of the state, and California’s historic drought is only making matters worse, according to ABC News…

Montana's largest coal mining company sued by environmental agencies
KTVQ Billings News
New air quality standards were set in place by the Environmental Protection Agency in the middle of the planning for the coal mine expansion project… 

Cdc Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
New Movie Release 2015
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Public domain video from CDC. Carbon monoxide (sometimes referred to as CO) is a colorless, odorless gas produced ... 

CO EXperts
Johnson County Kansas - Continuing Education – – Video Link


A well put together video is found with the next link, but remember U.L. 2034 Listed CO Alarms are high level alarms. Use them for protection against accute levels, but be aware you can still experience symptoms of the poisoning even though the devices are in place.
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
DailyMotion
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 

JEMS.com - ...site has been designed with this in mind – to create a visual, interactive, educational resource which can hopefully end incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning and save lives… For more information, please visit - www.thesilentkiller.co.uk 

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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | 
  
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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