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Maine bill would require carbon monoxide detectors at more sites
Press Herald
When 21 people in an Ogunquit resort were poisoned by colorless, odorless carbon monoxide gas a year ago, many residents and tourists were startled to learn there was no requirement for older hotels and motels to have carbon monoxide detectors. Now a state legislator has proposed requiring them in all hotels, motels, dormitories and day-care centers…
3 dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in Wartburg
WBIR-TV
Three people are dead and two others are being treated for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Morgan County…
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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?
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Letter: After CO tragedy, more steps remain
Times Herald-Record
Members of the Orange County Chapter of Community Voices Heard are deeply saddened by the tragedy earlier this March in which three people were killed, and many sickened, by carbon monoxide poisoning at 55 and 53 Lander St… This tragedy is a result of landlord negligence; there was no working carbon monoxide detector in these residences…
Shocking game of 'Russian roulette' played by pregnant smokers in Suffolk
East Anglian Daily Times
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy have been warned they are playing “Russian roulette” with their child’s health after shocking statistics revealed the dangerous habit is still rife in Suffolk…
Teen smoking rates drop, but risks remain
Benitolink: San Benito County News
Smoking causes many diseases, such as lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, metabolic diseases, and much more. And apparently, those facts are having an impact. As noted by The Truth Campaign, only 8 percent of today’s teens smoke. That is a 23 percent drop from the year 2000 and a 9 percent drop from last year…
Spring burning in northeastern Kansas lessens Omaha air quality
Omaha World-Herald
The Douglas County Health Department issued an air quality alert because of smoke and particulates in the air from fires several hours south of the Omaha area.
Each spring, landowners in the Flint Hills area of northeast Kansas — from Wichita to Topeka — are allowed to burn dead grass. Josh Boustead of the National Weather Service’s office in Valley said southerly winds are bringing smoke from the burn into southeast Nebraska...
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Maine bill would require carbon monoxide detectors at more sites
Press Herald
When 21 people in an Ogunquit resort were poisoned by colorless, odorless carbon monoxide gas a year ago, many residents and tourists were startled to learn there was no requirement for older hotels and motels to have carbon monoxide detectors. Now a state legislator has proposed requiring them in all hotels, motels, dormitories and day-care centers…
3 dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in Wartburg
WBIR-TV
Three people are dead and two others are being treated for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Morgan County…
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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:
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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.
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.
You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.
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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.
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. GET BUSY
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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.
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.
You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.
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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.
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. GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Letter: After CO tragedy, more steps remain
Times Herald-Record
Members of the Orange County Chapter of Community Voices Heard are deeply saddened by the tragedy earlier this March in which three people were killed, and many sickened, by carbon monoxide poisoning at 55 and 53 Lander St… This tragedy is a result of landlord negligence; there was no working carbon monoxide detector in these residences…
Shocking game of 'Russian roulette' played by pregnant smokers in Suffolk
East Anglian Daily Times
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy have been warned they are playing “Russian roulette” with their child’s health after shocking statistics revealed the dangerous habit is still rife in Suffolk…
Teen smoking rates drop, but risks remain
Benitolink: San Benito County News
Smoking causes many diseases, such as lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, metabolic diseases, and much more. And apparently, those facts are having an impact. As noted by The Truth Campaign, only 8 percent of today’s teens smoke. That is a 23 percent drop from the year 2000 and a 9 percent drop from last year…
Spring burning in northeastern Kansas lessens Omaha air quality
Omaha World-Herald
The Douglas County Health Department issued an air quality alert because of smoke and particulates in the air from fires several hours south of the Omaha area.
Each spring, landowners in the Flint Hills area of northeast Kansas — from Wichita to Topeka — are allowed to burn dead grass. Josh Boustead of the National Weather Service’s office in Valley said southerly winds are bringing smoke from the burn into southeast Nebraska...
Carbon Monoxide Safety - El Paso County, Colorado, Public Service Announcement
- Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
- 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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
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
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
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)
- Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
- 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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island |Tennessee
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
West Virginia
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
West Virginia
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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