Thom Mayne (1944, bio link)
Carbon monoxide is a worldwide villain all people everywhere have in common. Diligence of measurement is required for carbon monoxide awareness and is a key to safety.
- Document all measurements for every situation.
- How much is in the air?
- How much in victim?
- How much coming out of the source?
- How much is the source producing?
Understanding the risk to others is another key required for CO awareness and safety. Everyone is at risk of being poisoned by CO. Vulnerable individuals that would experience CO symptoms much sooner include persons with existing health problems such as lung & heart disease or mental illness.
Fetus and new born infants, those considered elderly with weakened health, children and pregnant women are also vulnerable sooner than an average non-smoking, healthy twenty-something, active adult in good health.
Almost every day of the year carbon monoxide news reports from around the world underline the prevalence and common occurrences of accidental poisonings. Often these deaths and illnesses could have been prevented if the people affected were more aware or better educated in the realities of this deadly gas or they used personal CO monitors or alarms. How many poisonings and consequences occur that go unreported, even by the individual victim due to ignorance or absence of consideration that carbon monoxide poisoning occurred?
We have all been poisoned by carbon monoxide. Remember that CO attaches to the hemoglobin binding sites, immediately displacing oxygen when it is inhaled through the respiratory system. This invasion begins the chain reaction resulting in various stages of poisoning symptoms variant on the concentration, the length of exposure time and the health of the victim. Some early symptoms may not be noticed, like a “normal” ‘tired for some reason today’ condition.
We will be poisoned again. We live in the age of combustion. What should we expect? Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
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CO News links
Patch.com
A gas leak from an appliance at a Brentwood Road home this afternoon prompted a response by firefighters. It happened at 105 Brentwood Rd. at about 1 p.m. Firefighters detected carbon monoxide in the residence. The gas leaked from a propane appliance, ...
Northwest Cable News
Twenty people were taken to the hospital Tuesday after breathing in carbon monoxide fumes at Townsend farms, officials said.
Equities.com The Times-Tribune, Corbin, KY
"The exhaust from one of the machines being used released carbon monoxide in the building. We got there and got the woman who was sick out of the store. A Knox County EMS unit transported her to the hospital moments later," said Corbin Fire Chief Barry ...
· Heart Rescue Now This link takes you to a very short video that is a practical demonstration on the proper usage of an AED. This video is tastefully done & demonstrates the step-by-step way one might be able to save a life.
· 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.
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.
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