“If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.” Richard Bach (1936, about)
When carbon monoxide is breathed in, it reduces the amount of oxygen delivered to each cell in your body. This can begin a chain reaction of health complications.
What are the symptoms of CO poisoning?
CO poisoning mimics many common illnesses, such as food poisoning. It is most frequently misdiagnosed as a flu-like syndrome. The following is a list of a few common symptoms.
· headaches · loss of hearing · dizziness · depression · blurry vision · cardiac arrest · disorientation· respiratory failure · weakness · vomiting · coma · painful discomfort · loss of consciousness ·muscle aches & soreness · memory disorders · seizures · nausea · rapid heartbeat · chronic tiredness · slurry speech · and additional symptoms of illnesses
This list is not meant to serve as a diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning. It is meant to provide general information on poisoning symptoms. Oxidative stress causes a chain reaction in the body due to the interruption of oxygen intake. Get out and stay out of CO atmosphere’s.
Consult with a health care provider who can test you when you are presenting symptoms, particularly if they are chronic or frequent in nature.
Knowledgeable health care providers, using non-invasive testing can quickly and accurately begin to determine if carbon monoxide poisoning is occuring. A blood sample followed by lab test verifications may also be the method used in facilities who have not yet modernized to these painless methodologies. See (See RAD-57)
You could also own a low level carbon monoxide alarm with a digital display and determine for yourself if you or others in the vicinity of the alarm are breathing in carbon monoxide at levels not distinguished by the most commonly used alarms! See CO
Experts. You have to ask your self "Who is responsible for the air I breathe?" Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO NEWS LINKS
Governor's Park high-rise evacuated because of high carbon monoxide levels
Denver Post
He was not sure how the carbon monoxide levels were detected, but said the source is under investigation. Residents have been evacuated, and the fire department is in the process of ventilating the building. He said safe carbon monoxide readers were ...
Dozens evacuated following carbon monoxide scare at Raleigh ...
triadnews14.com
Emergency officials are evaluating approximately 60 people, mainly children, after a carbon monoxide scare at Foundations Academy in Raleigh. It happened ...
1 dead, another hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak
7Online WSVN-TV
Police are investigating after one person died and another was transported to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak. Miami-Dade Police and fire rescue responded to a home at 8756 NW 149 Terrace, in Miami Lakes, late Thursday morning.
Possible carbon monoxide poisoning in southwest Edmonton
Edmonton Journal
Three people are in hospital with what appears to be carbon monoxide poisoning, says Tim Wilson of Fire Rescue Services. Fire Rescue Services were called to the single-family home near Falconer Place and Falconer Boulevard about 4 pm Thursday.
Our atmosphere
MHI-designed coal power plant to convert CO2 into fertilizer
Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it has received an order from a U.S. developer for the basic design of a partially federally funded project to build a coal gasification power station in California, to be used in conjunction with a plant to recover discharged carbon dioxide for use in the production of fertilizer.
Cosmic calculations: Advance will help astrophysicists explore where stars are ...
Phys.Org
Whereas carbon monoxide — the second-most abundant molecule in space — is easily detected by spectrometers, such is not the case for hydrogen. Despite ranking as the most abundant molecule in space, hydrogen emits and absorbs very little light in the ...
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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