Carbon Monoxide News August 23, 2013 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
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“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” E. B. White (1899-1985, bio link)

CO and Air Quality News Links

Marshall Fire Department to giveaway smoke, carbon monoxide ...
Marshall News Messenger
The Marshall Fire Department will once again give away smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to the residents who qualify for them. The MFD received the ...

Test the air, test the victims, test the equipment;
Testing for carbon monoxide will provide answers.
Employees sickened at blueberry plant
WOOD-TV
She says it's not clear if carbon monoxide was even involved. She would not say how many employees complained of being ill. 24 Hour News 8 has a crew ...

Urgent cooker recall over carbon monoxide
U.TV
Certain models of BEKO Leisure and Fleval cookers with a separate oven and grill can produce dangerous levels of lethal carbon monoxide, if not operated in ...

Carbon Monoxide Leak Forces Residents From Home
WOWT
Two Lincoln residents were checked at a hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at their home Thursday morning. They suspected something might be in the air ...

Going camping? Beware of a 'silent killer'
This is Gloucestershire
Gas distribution business Wales & West Utilities is warning of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from camping stoves and barbeques and is asking ...

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

Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

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.
- Carbon Monoxide detection -  National Fire Protection Association

Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce

Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning Carbonmonoxidekills.com

· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

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

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