“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! We may conjecture many things.” John Wesley Powell (1834-1892, bio link)
Measurement is Education
There is no real big secret on how to address the everyday threats of carbon monoxide exposure. One has to measure and take action if the levels are too high or threatening. The threats can be discovered in air, in the flue gases of a combustion system or it can be discovered non-invasively within the human body.
The best offense in this case is to measure CO and be alerted to the levels in indoor and outside air before illness symptoms have developed.
All combustion appliances that have the ability to generate carbon monoxide should be tested on a regular basis and be adjusted to reduce the levels being produced, especially when they are newly installed and thereafter. A technician without a combustion analyzer is a guesser and less than professional in this day of known technologies and solutions to these inefficient and unsafe conditions.
People visiting health care providers should have a baseline COHb% measurement and subsequent measurements taken for comparison at every visit. If the levels are abnormal, take action to find out the source of CO and help in initial coordination of the elimination of the problem.
All around the world it seems people are looking for jobs and work. If you test for carbon monoxide, you will find work and mechanical things to fix or replace and buildings to retrofit so they do not compete with appliance function.
The upside result in testing people is better health and the solving of mysteries that have evaded health care providers for years because carbon monoxide has not been considered or tested for even though symptoms are presented to them every day. This will change as younger and better educated physicians develop in all of our countries as they have since the first of their kind. We have to include carbon monoxide exposure and consequence education in medical studies at all levels. Measurement is education. If you don’t test for it, you are guessing. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Renter: Two monoxide leaks in 1 month
WAVY-TV Natika Veal says she was one of 42 residents told to leave her apartment in late June after Inez and Leroy Stith passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning. Veal says a maintenance worker stopped by her home in the Swanson Homes complex to test for ...
State OKs doubling carbon monoxide emissions at Old Town pulp mill
Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — The pulp mill in Old Town that has received millions of dollars in federal and state aid has tentatively won its battle to double its allowed emissions of an air pollutant rather than fix or replace its aging boiler. The state ...
EADS Astrium to Measure London Carbon Emissions in Real-Time During ...
CleanTechnica
There's much room, and opportunity, for improvement when it comes to our ability to timely and accurately measure carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Global CO2 emissions continued to rise in 2011, as did the costs of adapting to a ...
Carbon monoxide detectors soon required in new buildings
Morganmessenger.com by Jazz Clark
An amendment to state law requires carbon dioxide detectors to be installed in all new buildings, effective September 1. Senate Bill 597 was ...
· 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.
· 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; don't leave anyone behind.
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.
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 Instruments
The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
CO Experts
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
