Monday, August 25, 2014

Carbon Monoxide News August 25, 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.


“I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive…”

"Apeman" The Kinks - 1970 - music link

We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others 
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit:

Carbon Monoxide Survivor 

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) or lower.

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
Carbon monoxide fears lead to evacuation at Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen
AberdeenNews.com
Mike O'Keefe, vice president of Avera St. Luke's Hospital, said residents were evacuated as a precaution when there was a carbon monoxide alert… 

Carbon monoxide scare saves neighbors from Hixson house fire
Chattanooga Times Free Press
“All they [firefighters] had to do was back up and start fighting the fire," said Wanda Harrelson, whose carbon monoxide alarm originally brought ...

Motel
Carbon Monoxide Forces Evacuation, At Least 6 Several Taken To Hospitals
PA home page
UPDATE: The Best Western in Dunmore is closed Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak was detected in the hotel that sent about 30 people to the hospital…

Update
Mormon missionary deaths attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning
Focus Taiwan News Channel
24 (CNA) New Taipei police said Sunday that carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of the death of two Mormon missionaries who were found a ...

'Widespread methane leakage' coming from hundreds of vents off East Coast ocean floor
Washington Post
Pound for pound, the Environmental Protection Agency says its effect on global warming is 20 times greater than carbon monoxide. And though its ...

Ozone levels prompt Air Quality Action Day alert
nwitimes.com
Environmental agencies are warning people to limit outdoor activity Monday because of poor air quality expected across northern Indiana…

Study finds environmental injustice in Northwest Indiana
nwitimes.com
Residents of those cities live with some of the nation's worst air quality and highly contaminated waters as well as elevated cancer and asthma rate, ...

Study: Cutting emissions pays for itself
MIT News
“Carbon-reduction policies significantly improve air quality,” says Noelle Selin, an assistant professor of engineering systems and atmospheric ... But just how large are the health benefits of cleaner air in comparison to the costs of reducing carbon emissions? MIT researchers looked at three policies achieving the same reductions in the United States, and found that the savings on health care spending and other costs related to illness can be big — in some cases, more than 10 times the cost of policy implementation…

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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