Friday, May 25, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News - May 25, 2012

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963, bio link)

Please don’t ignore these facts!
The following linked articles summarize an extensive study on carbon monoxide atmospheres in residences as well as discovering the presence and use of carbon monoxide alarms in the same dwellings. It is highly recommended others throughout the world investigate this study and begin exploring the atmospheres within the dwellings of your fellow citizens. The Carbon Monoxide Safety Association (COSA) extends gratitude and best wishes to those involved in this study and to all the complying citizens. This should help raise awareness for the need to have low level monitors in buildings of all types.

Carbon Monoxide Study Saves Lives UPDATE, MORE FACTS 
Liverpool John Moores University
A study involving two fire services and a council found dangerous levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in homes and helped save the lives of people in two cities. In the Liverpool John Moores University study a total of 120 homes in Liverpool and Coventry ...

No CO detector 'in 90% of homes'
The Press Association
Thousands of householders across the UK could be exposing themselves to "suffocating" levels of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, a new study has found. About 27000 homes were visited by firefighters who found that 90% of the properties were not fitted ...

Combustion powered cleaning tool hazard
Five taken to hospitals after elevated carbon-monoxide levels found in ...
NorthJersey.com BY ABBOTT KOLOFF
RIDGEFIELD PARK – Five people were taken to hospitals as a precaution Thursday after fire officials found high levels of carbon monoxide in a Main Street building, the result of fumes from power-washing equipment on a sidewalk seeping ...

PLEASE TAKE CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE DURING ALL HOLIDAY AND EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES! 

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
Alaska | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

Bald Eagle Camera Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera, Davenport, Iowa.
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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
The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
CO Experts
Masimo
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute