Carbon Monoxide News October 28, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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“An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.” William Feather (1889-1981, bio link)

Carbon Monoxide Measurement for Life
Carbon monoxide is not hard to measure or detect. It does take detection instrumentation with specific sensors & functions. The gas itself is odorless, tasteless, invisible.

Carbon monoxide can be measured in the air we breathe and in the combustion gasses of engines, home furnaces & boiler fires and numerous other sources. (We do live in a combustion based economic culture.) 
 
But you have to measure what is measureable, or it is guess work  
Physicians and other health care providers have been quoted in news stories posted on this site, that CO poisoning in a person is hard to detect. Carbon monoxide can also be measured within the human body by drawing blood and then analyzing the content of the blood, specifically looking for the poison; this takes time. Carbon monoxide can also be measured within the human body noninvasively within seconds, through breath analysis or through the use of a pulse CO-oxymeter. The rule is to test the person for CO poisoning if they present the symptoms of the poisoning.

Carbon monoxide can be measured at home or in your car with a personal CO monitor or a low level carbon monoxide health monitor. Either way you measure it, you will find a learning experience. This educational process never ends, until you stop measuring it. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links

CO scare at Church Street Towers just short of deadly, experts say
Lancaster Newspapers
A late-night scare at Church Street Towers in Lancaster on Oct. 26 could have been much worse had it occurred a few hours later, a city fire official and a local expert in preventing disasters said Oct. 27. At least people were awake and someone noticed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to Lancaster Bureau of Fire Capt. Ken Barton…

Lexington woman suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
WKYT
“I have an alarm for the carbon monoxide and it went off... I was just feeling really groggy. I just wanted to sleep I couldn’t smell anything,”…A few hours after she lit her fireplace, she was woken up by a beep. “I really thought it meant that the alarm wasn’t working so I got up and pulled it out of the wall.” Firefighters say every household should have at least one carbon monoxide detector…

Three hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning 
Aysor (Armenia)
It turned out that the three suffered carbon monoxide poisoning around 10:20 pm on October 27 when taking a shower at home. An investigation is underway…

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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