Friday, July 12, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News July 12, 2013 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
Scroll back in time for archived CO News links.


“And all I ask of dying is to go naturally.”
"And When I Die" - Blood, Sweat and Tears - music link

CO and Air Quality News Links  
VIDEO – BOATING & CO SICKNESS – TESTIMONY OF EVENTS
First hand experiences with sickness on a pleasure craft
Family warns of hidden danger while boating
WFMY News 2
... of hidden danger while boating. David and Marnie Schuster of Maple Grove, Minnesota were enjoying July 4th on Eagle Lake with their children last week when their daughter, Sierra, 4, was sickened by something they never expected, carbon monoxide.
Herndon Construction Workers Transported To Hospital With Carbon Monoxide ...
Patch.com

Virginia OSHA is investigating an incident Thursday in which five construction workers on a site in Herndon contracted carbon monoxide poisoning. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue was called to the scene at 13037 Worldgate Dr. in Herndon at around 10:30 ...

Edgewood apartment residents treated after carbon monoxide leak
Baltimore Sun

Five residents of an Edgewood apartment were treated at the scene after complaining of carbon monoxide exposure Thursday evening, according to the responding fire company. Members of the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company were alerted around ...

Carbon monoxide detectors, billboard rules part of regulatory reform rules
WRAL.com

Raleigh, N.C. — Hotels would be required to install carbon monoxide detectors in certain hotel rooms under a bill that cleared the state House 83-29 Thursday night. The detectors would have to placed in rooms near fuel-burning appliances, such as a ...

Air pollution increased risk for HF hospitalization, mortality
Healio

According to pooled overall risk estimates for each pollutant, the population risk for hospitalization or death from HF rose by 3.52% (95% CI, 2.52-4.54) with every one part per million increase of carbon monoxide, 2.36% (95% CI, 1.35-3.38) for every ...

Let's hop off the national grid What about micro-grids?
Hindu Business Line

These fuels burn inefficiently, generate smoke, and produce emissions that cause global warming – carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and soot. Inhaling the smoke leads to respiratory illnesses and death. The labour of collecting firewood consumes hours, ...

Air pollution boosts risks of lung cancer over time, while short-term exposure ...
New York Daily News

It looked at PM2.5, PM10 and four air pollutants: carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. They found that even a brief spike in exposure -- the kind that happens when a city calls a smog alert -- caused the risk of hospitalisation ...

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



-Carbon Monoxide detection -  National Fire Protection Association

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: 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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