CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle (1786 – 1866, bio link)
Carbon monoxide poisoning prevention requires measurement.
Reduce the concentration of CO generated at combustion sources.
Measure & monitor the air that people are in continuously.
Educate the people who will be in the space monitored about CO.
Measure the COHb level of people presenting symptoms.
Alert people to the presence of the poison before they get sick.
Evacuate before illness and fix or eliminate the generating source.
Learn from our mistakes. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Carbon monoxide detected in store
Mason City Globe Gazette
Alliant Energy called the fire department shortly after 12:30 p.m. after Alliant representatives found carbon monoxide inside the store, according to a report from the fire department. Firefighters ventilated the building. The most likely source for ...
Apartment Residents Become Ill Due To Carbon Monoxide Levels
10TV
Ten residents at an apartment on Williams Street just north of the Ohio State University have found temporary places to stay. An early morning Carbon Monoxide leak sent several people to the hospital. Chris McDermott said he'd only been asleep for a ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning in south Oklahoma City prompts warning
NewsOK.com
Because carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless and otherwise undetectable to the human senses, people may not know that they are being exposed, O'Leary said. The initial symptoms of low to moderate poisoning are similar to the flu, but without the ...
Schools lack carbon monoxide alarms
Asbury Park Press
More than 3,000 students have had to evacuate schools in at least 19 incidents of high levels of carbon monoxide since 2007, according to a USA Today report. Among them, about 550 people, including children carried to ambulances with oxygen masks over ...
Connecting the dots
Decreased air pollution continues to increase life expectancy in USA
News-Medical.net
Significant reductions in air pollution over the past decade have improved life expectancy across various US counties, report researchers, although they stress that optimum air quality levels have not yet been reached. "Despite the fact that the US ...
The lowest U.L. 2034 carbon monoxide alarm test point is:
70 PPM to 149 PPM – resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions.
Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce
SAINT PAUL, MN – Each year about 50,000 people visit emergency rooms in the United States for CO poisoning, and more than 500 die each year from this silent, odorless, colorless gas. As part of Winter Hazard Awareness Week (November 5-9), the Minnesota Department of Commerce warns Minnesotans of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and to take steps to avoid this “silent killer.”
Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com
Carbon Monoxide Information Website ... Carbon Monoxide Useful Links · Contact ... Get the Top ten carbon monoxide safety tips sent to your inbox:
Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland - By Andy Neill
Aviators – note:
(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace
Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
· Heart rescue video using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
· 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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American Red Cross - disaster relief
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 CO-Experts Model 2014 Brochure
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
