Friday, April 26, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News April 26, 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
         Know when you are protected

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Plato (424-347 BC, Bio link)
 
These following links may be of some use to you:
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps
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Earthquake Map - USGS

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.

Carbon Monoxide can kill you, us, everyone. Measurement of CO can prevent injury and death, perhaps discover the source of your chronic health problem. If you don't test or measure for the poison, your health and life are in jeopardy; have a good day. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Shively father comes home to find two children unconscious
WDRB

Firefighters say a carbon monoxide reading showed levels were extremely high. It's known as the silent killer, being both odorless and colorless. Officials recommend installing a detector where you sleep, and have your furnace or any gas appliances ...

Oldham couple living in a house with a Carbon Monoxide leak for a month 'lucky ...
Manchester Evening News

An elderly couple narrowly escaped death after a carbon monoxide leak in their home was left undiscovered for almost a month. For several weeks Joe and Florence Garforth, both 84, had been sleeping longer and feeling sick but didn't think to ask for help.

After February CO leak, UB will begin project to install hard-wired detectors
University at Buffalo The Spectrum

Next week, UB will begin installing hard-wired carbon monoxide detectors in Richmond Quad, where a carbon monoxide leak poisoned at least 10 students and sent five of them to the hospital on Feb. 17. On Feb. 17, the two plug-in CO detectors in Richmond ...

GTA air pollution down over past decade
Mississauga

Carbon monoxide dropped 24 per cent, while nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide fell 36 and 55 per cent, respectively. The report, released yesterday by the Ministry of Environment, credits government policies, including the phasing out of coal-fired ...

Outdoor Air Quality: Is America Suffocating Itself?
CBS Local

While some population segments, such as infants and the elderly, are more susceptible to air pollution than others, high levels of toxins in the air we breathe out-of-doors is considered to be responsible for 10,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Great ...

American Lung Association "State of the Air 2013" Report Finds Air ...
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association "State of the Air 2013" Report Finds Air Quality Improves Nationwide Despite More Spikes in Unhealthy Air Days ... than in the 2012 ...

Fire Safety; Spontaneous combustion in a large pile of mulch
But dry mulch may only need a spark. Video for viewing
After Giant Mulch Fire: Mulch Can Be A Hazard At Home Too
W*USA 9

Upper Marlboro, Md, (WUSA) -- Fire authorities in Prince George's county say "spontaneous combustion" may be the cause of a fire that consumed a 2 acre pile of mulch stored at the Ritchie Landfill on Ritichie Road. The fire is declared extinguished but ...

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:

· 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
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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 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