Thursday, April 26, 2012

April 26, 2012 - Carbon Monoxide News

“Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.”
George Berkeley (1685-1753, bio link)

New York City
New Law Requiring Replacement Of Carbon Monoxide Alarms Goes Into Effect Today
Sheepshead Bites by Ned Berke
Local Law 75 passed the City Council in December, requiring owners of Class A buildings – including single-family homes, apartments and condominiums – must replace their carbon monoxide (CO) alarms when they reach the end ...

Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Door-to-Door Checks for Carbon Monoxide Detectors After Deaths
NBC4 Washington By Erika Gonzalez
Prince George's County firefighters are going door-to-door to check for carbon monoxide detectors after five people died from of apparent CO poisoning in Oxon Hill, Md. Oxon Hill firefighters have been going door-to-door in the South ...

Point Beach nuclear plant owner says generator testing caused carbon monoxide ...
The Republic
The Point Beach nuclear plant issued an alert after exhaust from a generator created increased carbon monoxide levels in its turbine building. NextEra spokeswoman Sara Cassidy says exhaust from diesel generators being tested by workers on the ...

Update
High levels of carbon monoxide found in Teaneck apartment building
NorthJersey.com
Teaneck Fire Department responded to an activated Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm at 818 Prince St. March 23 at 12:37 am Upon arrival responding units used multi-gas meters and found high CO levels throughout the building, according to Anthony Verley, ...

Carbon monoxide awareness
Dundalk Argus
AN AWARENESS campaign highlighting the importance of having carbon monoxide detectors in the home will be held by Louth County Council in conjunction with National Fire Safety Week, councillors heard at their monthly meeting. Cllr. Frank Maher asked if ...

Carbon Monoxide Survivor Check in on this website made by poisoning survivors that brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to have been poisoned - as well as live with the long term impact.

National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-five U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
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