CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.” John Dewey (1859-1952, bio link)
Is it “normal” or “accepted” levels of carbon monoxide?
Over the years, the accepted levels have decreased.
Care should be taken when discussing carbon monoxide levels of concern. We are not all of equal health and many of us are impacted sooner at lower concentrations of the poison than those in good health. At one time all people were generally categorized as equally vulnerable to CO. Medical schools discussed high level exposures where skin color and heart rate were the crown symptoms and hyperbaric therapy the only attempt at retarding damages. Those times are changing.
So, what are normal levels of carbon monoxide? The levels of carbon monoxide outside your home or building are “normal” for that time you measured. If your home or building has levels higher than what is outside, they are not “Normal”. Medical studies continue to prove oxidative stress is compounding and even causing varieties of poor health symptoms and consequential diseases. There is not a lot a person can do to change the outside levels of CO in a collective combustion culture, except reduce their own discharges of combustion gas; collectively this would have an impact.
But a person can impact the levels of CO inside their homes and buildings. Do not use unvented heating or cooking systems indoors. Have all combustion appliances tuned and adjusted to limit carbon monoxide production. Do not let cars & trucks operate or idle inside garages and many more conscious attempts to reduce exposures. Begin measuring the air you are in with the commonly used low level testing & alarm devices.
The studies of air quality problems around the globe and the effects on the health of universal citizens clearly portray a hazard deployed on what seems to be dumbfounded humans. Despite the warnings, the charge ahead to burn more oil & gas & coal is ringing with the insanity and horror of a kamikaze, while the increase in choking air continues, and millions suffer the consequences. Measurement is education connecting the dots in the darkness. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Carbon Monoxide Tests Normal at Paynesville School
WJON News
School officials say carbon monoxide tests today (Wednesday) found levels in the building within the normal range.
Smartphones monitor air pollution
TG Daily
While the device and app are currently only a prototype, the team from the University of California hope that it could be used to form a network for monitoring air quality in cities as well as for personal use by people whose health is affected by ...
Bad air more deadly than traffic accidents in China: Study
Jakarta Post
Last year, in response to calls for a more precise measure of air quality, Beijing started to release hourly readings of PM2.5, or particulates of 2.5 micrometres in diameter or less. Shanghai and Nanjing did the same, and other cities are supposed to ...
The lowest U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 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!
