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"The Times They Are A Changin'" Bob Dylan - music link, vintage
"The Times They Are A Changin'" Bob Dylan - music link, vintage
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How much carbon monoxide are you in when in any motor vehicle?
Did you know that many people do not measure the air they breathe.
Did you know that many people do not measure the air they breathe.
After prevention there is no greater awareness than measurement.
Awareness leads to quick thinking. Measurement leads to quick action.
Are you in the know?
Do I know enough about carbon monoxide and carbon monoxide poisoning to justify never knowing how much is in the air I breathe every day, everywhere I go?”
There are some people who want to be notified of the presence of carbon monoxide at levels or concentrations as soon as the gas is present, at concentrations well below those that can instigate poor health symptoms but not be high enough levels to sound the CO alarm they own.
There are some people who do not want to push a button on their CO alarm to see what low, aggravating levels of the poison might be in their home, or anywhere.
The most recommended CO Alarm in U.S. is a high level alarm
Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms
UL 2034
1.3 Carbon monoxide alarms covered by this standard are not intended to alarm when exposed to long-term, low-level carbon monoxide exposures or slightly higher short-term transient carbon monoxide exposures, possibly caused by air pollution and/or properly installed/maintained fuel-fired appliances and fireplaces…
Bob Dwyer Carbon Monoxide Safety Association
COSA provides Carbon Monoxide safety education and training.
Awareness leads to quick thinking. Measurement leads to quick action.
Are you in the know?
Do I know enough about carbon monoxide and carbon monoxide poisoning to justify never knowing how much is in the air I breathe every day, everywhere I go?”
There are some people who want to be notified of the presence of carbon monoxide at levels or concentrations as soon as the gas is present, at concentrations well below those that can instigate poor health symptoms but not be high enough levels to sound the CO alarm they own.
There are some people who do not want to push a button on their CO alarm to see what low, aggravating levels of the poison might be in their home, or anywhere.
The most recommended CO Alarm in U.S. is a high level alarm
Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms
UL 2034
1.3 Carbon monoxide alarms covered by this standard are not intended to alarm when exposed to long-term, low-level carbon monoxide exposures or slightly higher short-term transient carbon monoxide exposures, possibly caused by air pollution and/or properly installed/maintained fuel-fired appliances and fireplaces…
Bob Dwyer Carbon Monoxide Safety Association
COSA provides Carbon Monoxide safety education and training.
World Wide Reports
Carbon Monoxide News Links –
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Video - First responders find high levels, evacuate 48 apartments
Koreatown Man Suspected to Have Died From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
NBC Southern California
Carbon monoxide poising was suspected in the death of one person and the sickening of at least three others Thursday at an apartment building in Koreatown where another person died in recent days. Firefighters found the victims after responding about 5:45 p.m. to a four-story apartment building…
Fire officials: Use generators properly to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning
Turn to 10
“We have been to 3 carbon monoxide calls today, one home with a generator running in the garage and another with the generator exhaust blowing under the house,” the department posted on social media Thursday. “If you are out of power and need to run a generator, DO NOT run it in or near the house or garage, bad things happen.”…Following two storms in less than a week that left thousands of Southern New Englanders without power, the Uxbridge Fire Department is warning the public not to run generators in garages -- or too close to their homes -- due to the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning…
Nellore witnesses alarming rise in carbon monoxide levels
The Hans India
But, astonishingly, the levels of CO have been continuously increasing during peak hours in the city. CO is a common hazard resulting from the incomplete burning of natural gas and any other material containing carbon such as petrol, kerosene, oil, propane, coal, or wood. Forges, blast furnaces and coke ovens also produce the gas…. -- Environmentalists say CO is destructive when breathed since it displaces oxygen in the blood and highly impacts the heart, brain, and other chief organs of humans. Large amounts of CO can lead to unconsciousness and suffocation in the form of headache, fatigue, dizziness, drowsiness, or nausea. Sudden chest pain may also occur in people with angina…
How much air pollution is too much? NCCU researchers hit the streets to find out.
Durham Herald Sun
Durham - The streets around N.C. Central University recently became the laboratory for a two-year experiment examining air pollution… Researchers found the highest levels of ultrafine particulate matter (UFPs) in winter months during morning rush hour… UFPs are primarily carbon compounds that become airborne and have the potential to penetrate deep into the lungs. They are found in automobile exhaust, cigarette smoke and many other combustion reactions. Air pollution levels are affected by air temperature, the amount of sunshine, wind and humidity, they said…
Koreatown Man Suspected to Have Died From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
NBC Southern California
Carbon monoxide poising was suspected in the death of one person and the sickening of at least three others Thursday at an apartment building in Koreatown where another person died in recent days. Firefighters found the victims after responding about 5:45 p.m. to a four-story apartment building…
Fire officials: Use generators properly to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning
Turn to 10
“We have been to 3 carbon monoxide calls today, one home with a generator running in the garage and another with the generator exhaust blowing under the house,” the department posted on social media Thursday. “If you are out of power and need to run a generator, DO NOT run it in or near the house or garage, bad things happen.”…Following two storms in less than a week that left thousands of Southern New Englanders without power, the Uxbridge Fire Department is warning the public not to run generators in garages -- or too close to their homes -- due to the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning…
Nellore witnesses alarming rise in carbon monoxide levels
The Hans India
But, astonishingly, the levels of CO have been continuously increasing during peak hours in the city. CO is a common hazard resulting from the incomplete burning of natural gas and any other material containing carbon such as petrol, kerosene, oil, propane, coal, or wood. Forges, blast furnaces and coke ovens also produce the gas…. -- Environmentalists say CO is destructive when breathed since it displaces oxygen in the blood and highly impacts the heart, brain, and other chief organs of humans. Large amounts of CO can lead to unconsciousness and suffocation in the form of headache, fatigue, dizziness, drowsiness, or nausea. Sudden chest pain may also occur in people with angina…
How much air pollution is too much? NCCU researchers hit the streets to find out.
Durham Herald Sun
Durham - The streets around N.C. Central University recently became the laboratory for a two-year experiment examining air pollution… Researchers found the highest levels of ultrafine particulate matter (UFPs) in winter months during morning rush hour… UFPs are primarily carbon compounds that become airborne and have the potential to penetrate deep into the lungs. They are found in automobile exhaust, cigarette smoke and many other combustion reactions. Air pollution levels are affected by air temperature, the amount of sunshine, wind and humidity, they said…
Safety Education - Poster Contest Listing
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
We challenged middle school students to create posters warning people about the dangers of poisonous carbon monoxide (CO). Did students ever step up to the challenge! We received 700 poster entries – a record number! Watch the video of the winning posters.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
We challenged middle school students to create posters warning people about the dangers of poisonous carbon monoxide (CO). Did students ever step up to the challenge! We received 700 poster entries – a record number! Watch the video of the winning posters.
Please Note: "Place a carbon monoxide alarm with a digital display on a seat in the motor vehicle when you are out driving in emergency snow conditions (or always for that specific). Harmful levels of carbon monoxide (CO) can penetrate inside a motor vehicle just due to prevailing winds and exhaust not moving away from the vehicle but under it. If you want to learn more about carbon monoxide, begin measuring it with a personal CO monitor everywhere you go." Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
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Please, stop diagnostic errors; start testing for carboxyhemoglobin
Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience
Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is one of the main causes of poisoning in industrialized countries and it often leads to diagnostic errors…
Carbon monoxide intoxication.
Carbon monoxide intoxication.
nih.gov
However individuals with ischemic heart disease may experience chest pain and decreased exercise duration at COHb levels between 1% and 9%. COHb levels between 30% and 70% lead to loss of consciousness and eventually death…
Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips
However individuals with ischemic heart disease may experience chest pain and decreased exercise duration at COHb levels between 1% and 9%. COHb levels between 30% and 70% lead to loss of consciousness and eventually death…
Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips
National Fire Protection Association
… If the CO alarm sounds, immediately move to a fresh air location outdoors or by an open window or door. Make sure everyone inside the home is accounted for. Call for help from a fresh air location and stay there until emergency personnel….
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 (1933-2017)
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 (1933-2017)
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: Carbon Monoxide Survivor
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?
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: Carbon Monoxide Survivor
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
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
USG penalized for violating air quality permit; completes three compliance actions
BusinessNorth.com
USG Interiors LLC committed nearly three dozen air quality permit violations at its Cloquet ceiling tile factory, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said March 7… Between July 2014 and October 2016, the company self-reported that it violated its air quality permits for emissions exceedances or missed equipment testing 32 times… -- USG's tile-making process involves combining a variety of raw materials into a slurry that is dried, cut and coated. The process requires an air quality permit that limits nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter. Impacts from these air pollutants on humans can include respiratory and cardiovascular illness; nitrous oxide is the main contributor to ground level ozone and can cause visibility issues, MPCA said in a news release...
Gas company conducts real, onsite training for consumers
Ameren urges quick action in Edwardsville gas leak demo
Alton Telegraph
Wilson also checked for carbon monoxide with the same instrument. “You can smell gas, but you can't smell carbon monoxide,” he said. He pointed out that both the furnace and hot water heater should have a shut off valve…
Moscow EMS receives new CPR technology
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Idaho - It is rare that someone in need of medical attention conveniently falls or loses consciousness in a wide-open space… More often than not, EMTs and paramedics are often asked to perform life-saving measures in tight areas, like bathrooms or the back of an ambulance… there are typically three to five people in the back of an ambulance on any given call, and they all have to find a way to work around each other and a spiderweb of cords while transporting patients… One of the benefits of the Autopulse machine is that it allows medical staff to remain seated and out of the way of others working in a moving ambulance…
BusinessNorth.com
USG Interiors LLC committed nearly three dozen air quality permit violations at its Cloquet ceiling tile factory, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said March 7… Between July 2014 and October 2016, the company self-reported that it violated its air quality permits for emissions exceedances or missed equipment testing 32 times… -- USG's tile-making process involves combining a variety of raw materials into a slurry that is dried, cut and coated. The process requires an air quality permit that limits nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter. Impacts from these air pollutants on humans can include respiratory and cardiovascular illness; nitrous oxide is the main contributor to ground level ozone and can cause visibility issues, MPCA said in a news release...
Gas company conducts real, onsite training for consumers
Ameren urges quick action in Edwardsville gas leak demo
Alton Telegraph
Wilson also checked for carbon monoxide with the same instrument. “You can smell gas, but you can't smell carbon monoxide,” he said. He pointed out that both the furnace and hot water heater should have a shut off valve…
Moscow EMS receives new CPR technology
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Idaho - It is rare that someone in need of medical attention conveniently falls or loses consciousness in a wide-open space… More often than not, EMTs and paramedics are often asked to perform life-saving measures in tight areas, like bathrooms or the back of an ambulance… there are typically three to five people in the back of an ambulance on any given call, and they all have to find a way to work around each other and a spiderweb of cords while transporting patients… One of the benefits of the Autopulse machine is that it allows medical staff to remain seated and out of the way of others working in a moving ambulance…
How much carbon dioxide is produced per kilowatt hour when generating electricity with fossil fuels?
US Energy Information Administration
Energy Information Administration - EIA - Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government...
Sit and rest a while; miss the children, prevent repeating this tragedy.
Corfu carbon monoxide deaths: Memorial unveiled in Horbury
Corfu carbon monoxide deaths: Memorial unveiled in Horbury
BBC News
A memorial bench to two young children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Corfu has been unveiled in West Yorkshire…
To all parents everywhere; grief's pain alerts others
Out of tragedy comes the light of love
Chester County Press
Inside, Carly and Daulton had passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning. The gas tank was empty and the ignition was still on. Fumes from the exhaust had been drawn into the car through the air vents… “One of the best things for me is to talk to parents who have also lost a child,” Donna said.
A memorial bench to two young children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Corfu has been unveiled in West Yorkshire…
To all parents everywhere; grief's pain alerts others
Out of tragedy comes the light of love
Chester County Press
Inside, Carly and Daulton had passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning. The gas tank was empty and the ignition was still on. Fumes from the exhaust had been drawn into the car through the air vents… “One of the best things for me is to talk to parents who have also lost a child,” Donna said.
VideoNex
In this informative and succinct video, learn how to identify and appropriately execute the use of a CO2 Fire Extinguisher…
CDC Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
New Movie Release 2015In this informative and succinct video, learn how to identify and appropriately execute the use of a CO2 Fire Extinguisher…
CDC Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Public domain video from CDC. Carbon monoxide (sometimes referred to as CO) is a colorless, odorless gas produced ...
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 acute levels, but be aware you can still experience symptoms of the poisoning even though the devices are in place.
DailyMotion
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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
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
Tribute
George Kerr, a pioneer in smoke and carbon monoxide alarm manufacturing passed away in his home during the early morning of July 4, 2017. George will always be remembered for his passion to save lives and protect the health of people through low level carbon monoxide detection and alarming. He lived for over 84 years, beginning his career in fire safety in 1953. “We’ll never know how many lives we’re saving, but I know we are saving a few.” George E. Kerr (1933-2017)
George Kerr, a pioneer in smoke and carbon monoxide alarm manufacturing passed away in his home during the early morning of July 4, 2017. George will always be remembered for his passion to save lives and protect the health of people through low level carbon monoxide detection and alarming. He lived for over 84 years, beginning his career in fire safety in 1953. “We’ll never know how many lives we’re saving, but I know we are saving a few.” George E. Kerr (1933-2017)
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association
National Conference of State Legislatures Thirty-two (32) U.S. states along with the District of Columbia have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain buildings. Updated May 2017
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Iowa | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | Nebraska | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island |Tennessee
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington |West Virginia | Wisconsin |
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Iowa | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | Nebraska | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island |Tennessee
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington |West Virginia | Wisconsin |
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
Masimo - see RAD 57
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
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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
Masimo - see RAD 57
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
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