“If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.”
Richard Bach (1936, bio link)
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Carbon monoxide alert interrupts sports banquet
Waterbury Republican American
NAUGATUCK -- The Continental Room on New Haven Road was evacuated during the Naugatuck Hall of Fame sports banquet shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday after an attendee reported a possible carbon monoxide leak. Firefighters detected carbon monoxide ...
Four CO deaths in 3 weeks within Pennsylvania
CO detector law could have prevented East Stroudsburg death
Pocono Record
State legislators are hopeful that a proposal requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all newly built and newly sold homes will become law next year. The legislation takes on added urgency following the carbon monoxide poisoning that took the life of an ...
Man hospitalized for CO in Hazelton, Pennsylvania
Standardspeaker.com
Initially the call came in as a medical alert but emergency personnel called firefighters to the scene. They found a man and rushed him by American Patient Transport Systems ambulance to Hazleton General Hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Latino’s in Connecticut given warning about CO
Latinos More Susceptible To Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
ctlatinonews.com
Carbon monoxide, often referred to as the quiet killer, made its often fatal presence ... who apparently is not well informed about the dangers of carbon monoxide ...
4 hospitalized for CO poisoning
FireEngineering.com
Anne Arundel County firefighters were called to a home in the 1800 block of Meade Village Circle at about 4 p.m. on Friday, where they found three people sick from carbon monoxide, said Battalion Chief. Steve Thompson, a spokesman for the county Fire ...
Maryland
State Fire Marshal Warns of Risks From Portable Space Heaters ...
By Dagger News Service
These types of heaters produce Carbon Monoxide, which is an odorless, colorless and very poisonous gas. The use of Carbon Monoxide Alarms is highly recommended. • Keep all portable space heaters at least three feet away from ...
United Kingdom
National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week to launch in November
H&V News
Carbon Monoxide Awareness, a registered charity run entirely by volunteers, will be hosting the seventh National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. The charity actively supports the victims of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and also raises awareness of ...
Aviators – note:
(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace
Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
Air quality news
A pair of jeans now to help save the environment
Economic Times
With toxic emissions killing an estimated 1.3 million people a year worldwide, the resulting improvement in air quality could significantly reduce deaths and respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Storey, of the London College of Fashion, renowned for ...
· 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
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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!
