“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.”
Hippocrates (460 B.C.E. - 377 B.C.E., bio link)
Testing for carbon monoxide can result in huge economic benefits besides saving lives and improving the health of many.
Diligent testing for carbon monoxide in air will result in the discovery of more of the poisonous gas in our lives than has previously been imagined. This discovery includes noting how many and the kinds of sources surrounding many of us in our daily lives. The bonuses will be in eliminating the sources of those undiscovered illness symptoms that also have nagged and often destroyed millions of people over the centuries.
The two links following this effort may reveal an open window view into the extent of the carbon monoxide problem. Both describe diligence in discovering the causes of poisonings in two different parts of the world. The more testing that is done, the greater the problem will be uncovered.
This can be good news. In a world hurting for work, there will be a need to test more homes and buildings and people and, the equipment that has the potential to produce carbon monoxide. This means we will need hundreds of thousands of test instruments to do the job correctly, with people trained to use and interpret the readings. This includes the health care community in their utilization of proven, existing technology that quickly and painlessly can determine the presence and/or extent of carbon monoxide poisoning in people.
We will need a trained army of test takers and in many cases they already exist as demonstrated by the firefighters from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service and West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service noted in the article below out of Liverpool John Moores University, and the most recent testing in Portsmouth, also noted below.
Corrections to the equipment by trained and certified technicians will be required. The replacement of equipment will also be required in many cases to updated, modern and more efficient combustion systems.
Testing people with symptoms and reducing the CO levels in places where people breathe will result in less of a health care cost for many, many people. Adjustments will need to be made to reduce the emission levels or replacement of the equipment will be required. All of this is going to cost money. But the return of the goods for services will be monumental and game changing. Take responsibility for the air you breathe; test and measure. And, by the way, we will save a few lives along the way. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Follow up
PRHA: Deadly gas detected in 42 units
WAVY-TV
Forty two apartment units have tested positive for levels of carbon monoxide and were evacuated, according to a spokeswoman for the Portsmouth ...
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Carbon Monoxide Study Saves Lives
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 ...
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.
Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems.
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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