Friday, May 17, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News May 17, 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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"Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave" - Dave Mason - music link


Measurement of carbon monoxide is educational. Everyone needs continuing education. This education can save a life today. If you don’t measure for carbon monoxide, you may be ignorant of its effect on you and others. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Legal saga ends for relatives of Lofgren family
Aspen Daily News

A three-year legal fight following the 2008 deaths of a Denver family from carbon monoxide poisoning in an Aspen-area mansion has ended after the three plaintiffs reached a settlement with the final defendant and his construction company. The ...

Funding raised for Carbon Monoxide Awareness
H&V News

CO-Awareness is a registered charity that supports the many victims of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning and other products of combustion (POC), their families and friends. They campaign for the greater awareness to the dangers of carbon monoxide and ...

Indoor Air Quality
Ecology Global Network

Many of us might spend up to 90 % of our day indoors — at home, work or school. The quality of the air we breathe indoors also has a direct impact on our health. What determines indoor air quality? Is there any difference between outdoor and indoor ...

Staying near busy traffic increases the risk of diabetes in children
Rush Lane

Combustion of fuel results in the emission of dangerous pollutants which include nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and other volatile organic compounds. A new study now reveals that staying next to a busy traffic junction, can increase ...

Price of pollution
The News International

According to a WHO study carried out in 23 countries, more than 10 percent of deaths are due to unsafe water and indoor air pollution, particularly from solid fuel used for cooking. Children make up almost half the population of developing countries ...

Big cities won't meet EU targets on traffic pollution
Expatica Netherlands


EPA taking comments on ND air pollution matter
San Francisco Chronicle


Did the Metro help reduce air pollution in Delhi?
Livemint


Lawsuit would force Utah to clean winter pollution
Salt Lake Tribune


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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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: Another camera is in operation from a lower angle.
 
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