Carbon Monoxide News May 30, 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.

“So as you push off from the shore, won't you turn your head once more and make your peace with everyone…” JETHRO TULL – from “Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day” – music link

CO and Air Quality News Links

This event shows why personal CO monitors prevent poisoning

Jersey City bagel shop evacuated when EMS worker gets high CO reading
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
A popular bagel shop in Jersey City was evacuated this morning because of elevated levels of carbon monoxide when a Jersey City Medical Center EMS worker's pocket-sized detector sounded its alarm

Mum's poison fumes horror
The Star
Carbon monoxide is often referred to as the 'silent killer' as it has no colour, taste or smell, meaning installing an audible alarm, that sounds when carbon monoxide is present, is the only way to ensure a household is protected. It is produced when ...

EPA warns of poor air quality for NE coastal areas
Boston.com
Poor air quality is expected to continue through Saturday on the south coast of Massachusetts, on Cape Cod and the Islands, in eastern coastal Connecticut and in southern Rhode Island. Curt Spalding, the regional administrator of the Environmental ...

Exercise and Air Pollution
Huffington Post
Yet another study that got featured in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that females who live in areas with high levels of air pollution in the form of soot have higher likelihood of dying from heart attacks as compared to females who ...

Burn smarter to stop air pollution this winter
Voxy
Aucklanders may be surprised to learn smoke from home fires is the main cause of air pollution in our region during winter. With the cold weather well and truly upon us, now is the perfect time to consider home heating options with the least ...

Summer heat bakes pollution, raises respiratory health risk
UPI.com
DALLAS, May 30 (UPI) -- High levels of air pollution can increase asthma, respiratory infections, lung cancer and even death, and heat makes it worse, a U.S. researcher says. Dr. Jonathan Weissler, director of the James M. Collins Center for Biomedical ...

Who is responsible for the air you breathe? Take control inside your homes.

-Link to: CO alarm standards –

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. Know when your fire department and emergency responders begin wearing their breathing apparatus and what their civilian evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide; it may be before 70 PPM. It is for pregnant women, infants & children, the elderly and all people of vulnerable health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

These following links may be of some use to you:
- The World Clock - Time Zones
- Google Maps-
- Earthquake Map

- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)

- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.

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
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: 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
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