Carbon Monoxide News April 19, 2013 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day. Scroll back in time and balance the carbon monoxide stories with the lessons learned.

Link to: CO alarm standards –
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“Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.”
Sophocles (496-406 BC, bio link)

 

These following links may be of some use to you:
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps-
American Red Cross - disaster relief
Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution - U.S. EPA
Heart rescue using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace - Federal Aviation Administration
Carbon monoxide toxicity- Emergency Medicine Ireland
Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.

Understanding carbon monoxide; measurement is protection.

Everyone should know how much CO is in the air they breathe and sleep in and should be alerted to rising levels that may injure or threaten them with death.

If you are a health care professional or an emergency technician, you should not only measure the air you are in at home, but on the job as well. These measurements will not only be for your protection, but the protection of others as well. You will also want to measure carbon monoxide in all patients or victims.

If you are a heating contractor, a boiler engineer or an appliance technician, you will also want to measure the air for CO at home and on the job. You will also want to measure carbon monoxide levels in the combustion appliances you install and/or service to make sure they are efficient and not generating harmful levels of the poison.

If you are a building or business owner you should be measuring carbon monoxide in your buildings to make sure that your employees and visitors are protected from carbon monoxide levels that might make them sick, unproductive or not returning.

If you go into buildings besides for your own for work, recreation, or the varieties of serious stuff you do wherever you do it, you should probably measure the air you are in; if you want to learn about carbon monoxide and protect yourself as a bonus.

Carbon monoxide is easy to learn about. It takes measurement to make you knowledgeable, if you want to learn about it. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Union Township Fire Department receives $15000 donation
The Clermont Sun
He said carbon monoxide poisoning is also a problem and is the leading cause of accidental death. “As a result of this generous donation by Firehouse Subs there is no reason a resident is not protected,” Deimling said. Deimling said the donated ...

Vehicle emissions, coal use called major causes of pollution
Indianapolis Recorder
He sites increased amounts of cars and trucks on the roads giving off harmful emissions as a major cause of air pollution. High gas prices have made Indiana residents rethink driving habits, however, they continue to rely heavily on vehicles for travel.

Can social media clear air over China?
CNN International
Hong Kong (CNN) -- China is literally choking on itself. It uses as much coal as the rest of the world combined. The Beijing smog in January was so thick it could be seen clearly in space. And, most shockingly, China's bad air is said to kill nearly ...

Earth Day: NV Tribes Walk Against Pollution & For Solar Future
Public News Service
Vickie Simmons is an air quality technician with the Moapa Band of Paiutes. She says coal-fired power plants, like the nearby Reid Gardner plant, energized her to make her first Earth Day walk. Now, there are multiple reasons she will make the 16-mile ...

April ushers in ozone season
N.C. State University Technician Online
“There is a paradox associated wi t h t he presence of ozone in these two layers,” said Viney Aneja, professor of air quality and environmental technology. “Ozone gas is beneficial to humankind when it is in the stratosphere, but it is harmful to us ...

Study: Summer Temperatures Rise
Harvard Crimson
The new results combined with previous studies linking carbon dioxide emissions to global warming provide further evidence to support the presence of anthropogenic, or man-made, climate change, according to Martin P. Tingley, a research associate in ...

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
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· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

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-seven 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

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.
NOTE: Camera is temporarily unable to transmit live images. A new camera from a distant, non-disruptive location is being set up.

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. 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