Carbon Monoxide News June 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.

“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.”
Albert Camus (1913-1960, bio link)

How many combustion systems do you encounter every day?
There may be many systems in use around us that have the potential to produce carbon monoxide. Almost all HC fueled furnaces, boilers, domestic water heaters, space heaters, cooking units and similar “heating” combustion systems can operate safely and efficiently and do not need to produce harmful amounts of CO. They are designed to have systems with fuel controls, air mixing designs, flame containment and safe combustion gas discharge criteria that are all measurements to be verified.

All of these systems should be tested with service frequency by trained and certified technicians to manufacturer specifications. New systems should all be thoroughly tested when installed to establish the inauguration baseline and to verify it is what it was claimed to be. A responsible technician will be wearing a personal CO monitor to ensure the air in the space is safe from carbon monoxide gas. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links    

Running car hospitalizes Rye residents, responders with carbon monoxide ...
News 12 Hudson Valley
A car left running in a house garage in Rye sent an elderly couple, their son and two first responders to the hospital after they inhaled toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Officials say the car was left running for 12 hours after the seniors parked in ...

Hundreds gather for funeral of 11-year-old Boone hotel victim
WSOC Charlotte
Jeffrey Williams' death, and the death of two others at the Best Western in Boone have sparked widespread concerns about carbon monoxide in hotels. Now, lawmakers in North and South Carolina are pushing for stronger regulations in the wake of this ...

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Seven People To Hospital In Parkville
CBS Local
Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Seven People To Hospital In Parkville in group home.

CO poisoning kills 3 men
EastDay.com
THREE migrant workers were found dead at a hostel in Hongkou District yesterday due to carbon monoxide poisoning, police said. The male victims were found dead at 7:08am in the Fashion Zhapu Hostel on Zhapu Road near Haining Road in the district, ...

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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