Carbon Monoxide News November 9, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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“You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.”
Xi Zhi (1130-1200, bio link)

CO and Air Quality News Links

Carbon monoxide poisoning kills Big Lake woman Follow up
KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
Emergency crews responded to a home on Kyrsten Circle where they found an unresponsive man who was taken to the hospital in critical condition…

Fire service warns of carbon monoxide dangers as winter draws in
This is Cornwall
Cornwall residents are being urged to be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide after two serious incidents earlier this week. On Monday emergency ...

Portable Generator Recommendations
News 12 New Jersey
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has these recommendations for portable generators: Never run a generator within a basement, garage or any enclosed or partially enclosed structure as this will lead to a dangerous and often fatal accumulation of carbon monoxide. Never position a generator too close to your home's windows and doors…

Family speaks about near-death carbon monoxide experience ...
KCTV Kansas City
An Overland Park family overcome by carbon monoxide earlier this week is back ... The carbon monoxide levels were 40 times higher than the normal level, and ...

Home heating safety tips
Sierra Star
Hundreds of people die each year in the United States from carbon monoxide poisoning. This toxic gas is odorless, tasteless, and colorless. Check your carbon ...

Using gas stoves with no hood may expose many to air pollution
UPI.com Health 
The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory tested gas ranges to determine their pollution output. The researchers used data on more than 6,000 Southern California households and their cooking habits to estimate people's exposure to air pollutants in the kitchen during a typical week in the winter…They discovered 62 percent of households using gas burners without venting range hoods were routinely exposed to excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide, 9 percent to carbon monoxide and 52 percent to formaldehyde -- gases that can cause respiratory problems and worsen asthma and cardiovascular disease, …The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, estimated as many as 12 million Californians are exposed to levels of nitrogen dioxide above health standards as a result of cooking with gas burners. Nationally, there could be tens of millions more.

 

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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