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Some of the most common questions I receive include;
"Why don't doctors test for carbon monoxide when a patient presents symptoms?" and "Why is it doctors often are quoted to say 'Carbon monoxide is hard to detect.'?"
My answer to the first question is always "Ask your doctor why they don't test for it." (In this day and age, a health professional not ready to test for CO poisoning non-invasively, is a poorly trained and equipped physician.
Carbon monoxide is easy to detect in a human, but you have to use the commonly available test devices. To tell a patient or a news reporter that "Carbon monoxide is hard to detect" is just ignorance.
Stop being ignorant and begin measurement. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
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
Typhoon Ramassun triggers additional hazards
Haikou eight villagers indoor use gasoline generators suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
Want News
Haikou - 8 villagers suspected carbon monoxide poisoning… 120 Emergency Center reminder: Never use gasoline generators indoors…
This married couple narrowly escaped being poisoned by death
WalesOnline
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that has no smell or taste. Breathing it in can make a person unwell and it can kill. It is…
Scots cities '10 years behind on air quality'
Scotsman
MOST of Scotland's cities will be ten years late when they finally meet a European air quality standard, according to environmental campaign group ...
Wildfires throughout Washington spark water and air quality concerns
Voice of the Valley
It's also important that people in wildfire areas pay close attention to current air quality information, which can be found on the Department of Ecology's …
Utah gears up for new efforts to clear air as state regulators warn of stricter federal rules
The Republic
She says Utah's mountains, weather, and other factors combine in winter to create an air pollution problem unique to the state…
Would you breathe bad air for a 15 percent bonus?
Chicago Tribune
On some days the air pollution is 25 times worse than what's considered safe in the U.S. Deaths from lung cancer have risen 465 percent over the last ...
Michigan DEQ declares Monday an ozone action day as temperatures start to rise
The Ann Arbor News
Southeast Michigan will be under an air quality alert Monday as forecasters expect the workweek start off with a summery steaminess…
· 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 |
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
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
Typhoon Ramassun triggers additional hazards
Haikou eight villagers indoor use gasoline generators suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
Want News
Haikou - 8 villagers suspected carbon monoxide poisoning… 120 Emergency Center reminder: Never use gasoline generators indoors…
This married couple narrowly escaped being poisoned by death
WalesOnline
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that has no smell or taste. Breathing it in can make a person unwell and it can kill. It is…
Scots cities '10 years behind on air quality'
Scotsman
MOST of Scotland's cities will be ten years late when they finally meet a European air quality standard, according to environmental campaign group ...
Wildfires throughout Washington spark water and air quality concerns
Voice of the Valley
It's also important that people in wildfire areas pay close attention to current air quality information, which can be found on the Department of Ecology's …
Utah gears up for new efforts to clear air as state regulators warn of stricter federal rules
The Republic
She says Utah's mountains, weather, and other factors combine in winter to create an air pollution problem unique to the state…
Would you breathe bad air for a 15 percent bonus?
Chicago Tribune
On some days the air pollution is 25 times worse than what's considered safe in the U.S. Deaths from lung cancer have risen 465 percent over the last ...
Michigan DEQ declares Monday an ozone action day as temperatures start to rise
The Ann Arbor News
Southeast Michigan will be under an air quality alert Monday as forecasters expect the workweek start off with a summery steaminess…
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
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:
- 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:
-Alcoa Eagle Nest Camera
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
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
· 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 |
Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
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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