Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.”
J. Paul Getty (1892-1976, bio link)
We are all vulnerable to carbon monoxide poisoning when exposed to the gas. Collectively, millions of combustion systems in operation in a clustered metropolis will result in degraded outdoor air quality and detrimental health effects to people and all other animals. Carbon monoxide (CO) is just one of the gasses generated by poorly combusting systems. When CO is inhaled it displaces oxygen and poisoning begins. Science and medicine are connecting the dots. Unfortunately, many of the dots are the bodies of the dead and people with poor health.
World leaders and paid politicians will pursue their goals in their own way to address the issue of unhealthy outdoor air. Those of us that are not in those groups can reduce our own combustion emissions and take responsibility for monitoring the air we are in. We can also alert others if the air is unhealthy, or dangerous, especially indoors. Collectively, we can identify and reduce or eliminate the polluting sources, but we have to measure. Measurement is education. Measurement generates action. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety.
CO News Links -
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
SM fire department aims to protect residents from carbon monoxide
Lompoc Record
In March, five members of a Santa Maria family were hospitalized when a gas leak filled their East Alvin Avenue home with carbon monoxide. Firefighters evacuated the residents — three adults and two children — who were taken to area hospitals for ...
Thank you doctor
Our actions contribute to the harmful air quality
StandardNet
I have pondered recently on my responsibility as a physician and member of the community to contribute to the discussion about our air quality here on the Wasatch Front. Should I sit idly by? Or should I jump in? Two recent events, one personal and one ...
Air pollution can be indoors, too
Valley News
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Air pollution is often associated with heavily trafficked highways or industrial areas home to manufacturing plants. But air pollution can occur anywhere, including inside homes. Though it can be easy to recognize outdoor air ...
Air quality control: 50 years may be too long
People's Daily Online
Wu Xiaoqing, deputy director of Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that the progress of air pollution control at home and abroad shows that solving the problem is a long-term and hard work; developed countries took 30 to 50 years to solve the ...
EU Primed to Improve Air Quality Standards
Courthouse News Service
"EU air policy must be based on the latest science," he said in a statement. "That is why I asked the WHO to undertake this research. The links it has found between air pollution and human health reinforce the case for scaling up our policy: it will be ...
"The season’s tenth winter Spare the Air alert was issued for Saturday" Winter Spare the Air Alert called for Saturday
Napa Valley Register
This winter Spare the Air alert was called due to a regional high-pressure system across the Bay Area this weekend. Still weather conditions have allowed air pollution levels to rise and are expected to reach unhealthy levels on Saturday in the region.
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Take control inside your homes.
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
Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.
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
Note this distraction from carbon monoxide poisoning:
Bald Eagle Camera Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera, Davenport, Iowa.
A friend of mine notified me that the pair of bald eagles has returned to their nest along the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The Alcoa Company has their web cam up and running and viewing of the nest is possible during daylight hours, Central Standard Time, US. I looked for the first time recently and the nest was being rebuilt and tended to by the pair. The Alcoa Eagle website gives a good history of the pair and the company’s involvement with them. If you haven’t viewed this site through the hatching and growth of the eaglets, I think you may find it to be quite a live sight to see when you may have those periodic spare moments. This link will be posted on this site for those people who may wish to capture the link and watch the cycle of life of this nesting pair.
What does this have to do with carbon monoxide safety?
It is just a live web cam, perhaps a distraction from the headlines of death and injury. Please become aware of the air you breathe. Measurement is education. Measure your air accurately when measuring carbon monoxide. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
