Saturday, March 21, 2009

Toxic gas monitors should be installed in all public closed spaces-not just in industrial plants!

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One imagines that toxic gas monitors are necessary to be installed only in industrial plants, not in churches. Right? Well, you’re dead wrong!
AP reports that firemen and other authorities in Madison, Wisconsin said that six people — including a toddler — got sick from carbon monoxide poisoning during a Sunday church service in Madison. Paramedics were called to attend to a 2-year-old child who was reported to be groggy . The parents of the child decided to transport the child to the hospital on their own.
Fortunately, by the time a second distress call was reported to the local Fire Department, Engine Company 4 responded, bringing along monitors to check air quality at the church. The portable Carbon Monoxide toxic gas monitors showed a CO level of 3000 ppm- more than 100 times the safe limit!
The incident shows the importance of having portable toxic gas monitors handy in all places and not just industrial plants.