Carbon Monoxide News September 29, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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“I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965, bio link)

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CO and Air Quality News Links

Boiler failure reported at Delaware City refinery
San Francisco Chronicle
The emissions listed by the agency include sulfur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia compounds and carbon monoxide and are those that typically escape ...

New law: Get a smoke and carbon monoxide detector Connecticut The Shelton Herald
A new state law will take effect for residential real estate transfers taking place after Jan. 1, 2014, requiring one- and two-family homes built before Oct. 1, 2005 to have both smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. homes built after Oct. 1, 2005 are already required to have hardwired smoke and carbon monoxide detectors…

Killer air worse than ever before as pollutants linked to birth defects
The Daily Express
Experts believe poor air quality contributed to 29,000 deaths in the UK in 2008, with 4,300 in London. Critics of air control measures say the public is being duped into thinking the air is getting cleaner when they argue that it is in fact becoming more of a health hazard. Today we publish details from a report on air quality written in 2011 by London mayor Boris Johnson which reveals worrying findings about the danger of pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2)…

China starts a green revolution
China.org.cn
This month China announced its most sweeping and comprehensive policies so far to deal with air pollution. The priority given to the issue was shown not only by strong policy measures but teeth given to implementing them. There is no secret regarding the reason for this sharp increase in priority in dealing with air pollution. The smog and pollution problem in China earlier this year, particularly in Beijing and the neighboring Hebei region, attracted widespread attention. Regrettably, and as a sort of testimony to humanity's common international short-sightedness, prior warnings by experts of the serious danger from air pollution were insufficient to push the issue radically up the policy agenda. Britain had a similar experience to China as it took the national catastrophe of the 1952 Great London Smog, in which 12,000 people died, to propel through a series of strong measures such as the UK's Clean Air Act…

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 packageand 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

World population counter

- 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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