Friday, May 18, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News - May 18, 2012

“Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.” 
Henry Ford (1863-1947, bio link) 

Poisoning from carbon monoxide can go undetected though  a person might be experiencing symptoms every day. One carbon molecule (C) bound with one oxygen (O) molecule references the chemical symbol for carbon monoxide as CO. CO is measured in parts per million or PPM; out of a million molecules of air, how many PPM are CO molecules?

CO is produced when the action of fire is incomplete. There is not always an odor when CO is present, though you can smell lawn mower or auto exhaust and motor boat and other blended exhausts most of the time when they are running or idling. CO itself is odorless.
Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Do not take barbecue grills indoors
Cumnock Chronicle
Lynn Griffiths, founder of the charity Carbon Monoxide Awareness, is calling for manufacturers of barbecue grills to put warning notices about the danger of carbon monoxide on them to stop the public from taking them into tents, caravan, campervan, ...

Carbon Monoxide Survivor A 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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