Saturday, May 26, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News - May 26, 2012

“Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?” Blaise Pascal (1623-1662, bio link) 

FYI: Pascal invented the first digital calculator to help his father with his work collecting taxes. He worked on it for three years between 1642 and 1645. The device, called the Pascaline, resembled a mechanical calculator of the 1940s.

CO sends 6 to hospital Fox11online.com
APPLETON - A buildup of carbon monoxide sent six people to the hospital early Friday morning. Rescue crews were called to a home on Partridge Court in Appleton just after midnight. They found one person unconscious and five others sick.

Jewish festival brings concerns
Ocean County Fire Marshal's Office Warns Of Carbon Monoxide Dangers Ahead Of ...
Yeshiva World News
One of the most important issues are stoves and ovens being left “On” causing a potential buildup of Carbon Monoxide in your residence. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless and potentially deadly gas causing headaches, dizziness, ...

Science always on the move
From lemons to lemonade Reaction uses carbon dioxide to make ...
(Phys.org) –
A materials scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon ...Hu’s work is funded by the National Science Foundation and detailed in the article “Fast and Exothermic Reaction of CO2 and Li3N into C–N-Containing Solid Materials,” authored by Hu and graduate student Yan Huo and published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry.

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

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