Friday, July 18, 2014

Carbon Monoxide News July 18, 2014 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.
We can learn from others mistakes and efforts to prevent poisoning.


“It’s a long, long road of which there is no return.”
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies - music link

What is in the air you are breathing right now?
What will you be doing today; walking into poison?
Who will be responsible for the air you breathe?
You may be the only person who can prevent your own poisoning.


We are all vulnerable to carbon monoxide exposure and poisoning.
Everyone has been poisoned by CO and will be poisoned again. The degree of the poisoning depends upon allowing yourself to be in a situation where someone else controls the air you breathe and the mechanisms for alarming notification.

Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions that come with the unit. 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 as soon as the gas is present in your presence. Pregnant women, infants & children, people with heart & respiratory struggles, those suffering depression or chronic headaches and all people of vulnerable health should be alerted as soon as the gas begins to concentrate, around 10 PPM (parts per million).

Do not take risks with carbon monoxide. Take responsibility for the air you breathe and the combustion systems you are responsible for. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for others.

Help prevent injuries and deaths; don’t guess about carbon monoxide.

Measure carbon monoxide for safety and knowledge. The more you test the more you learn. Measurement is continuing education at its best.
Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Car left running in garage to blame for 2 York Co. deaths
abc27
... along Water Street in Jacobus after police say a car was left running all night in the attached garage sending carbon monoxide through the home…

EDITORIAL: CO detectors can stop silent killer
York Dispatch
Carbon monoxide is called the silent, or invisible, killer because the gas is colorless and odorless and victims don't know they're being poisoned… 

Surviving family member shares experience to help others
KTVB
POCATELLO -- Four months ago, four family members in Idaho died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their sleep. The cause of the deadly leak…

Warm sunny weather, wildfires mean air pollution worsens, health risks increase 
Enumclaw Courier-Herald
Several large fires in Eastern Washington may cause poor air quality in surrounding areas. When the air we breathe contains fine ash, soot, gases, ...

Michigan disallows Detroit oil byproduct storage, citing air pollution
Port Huron Times Herald
Detroit Bulk Storage did not go far enough to prevent air pollution, said Lynn Fiedler, chief of the air division of the Michigan Department of ...

Norway will attempt to process fish feed commercially using captured carbon dioxide
seafoodnews.com
Engineers in Norway are experimenting with a use for the carbon dioxide captured from the chimneys of power plants -- feeding it to fish…

Scientists Find Climate Cooling Effect in Ancient Thermokarst Lakes
KUAC
They were all emitting methane and carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Anthony says that process probably lasted for…

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: 

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

National Conference of State Legislatures 
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes 

Twenty-eight U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Feb. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
  |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | |Minnesota 
  
Red Cross - Typhoon Appeal continues in the Philippines. Another please, with hopes of another thank you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Red Cross - Disaster Relief to safely assist law enforcement, fire department, utility company, city, county and state authorities as repair and rebuilding moves forward. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Nationally, the Red Cross provides food and shelter to people affected by as many as 70,000 fires annually, or about one fire every eight minutes.

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 

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