CO Safety Poisoning Detector
Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Emissions
December 29, 2005 – Updated January 14, 2006.
It's true that I'm regularly contacted by readers asking me to highlight various issues. I do my best. At the end of December, one of them reminded me of a carbon monoxide (CO) emission detector that could save lives. Everyone knows this gas is odorless. It's a silent killer, appearing only when heating systems are improperly adjusted. Recently, the daily newspaper La Provence reported on seven people poisoned, including children who died. All of this could have been prevented with a "cheap gadget costing just a few euros."
Indeed, here is the device in question, priced at 89 euros including batteries:
dessins/detecteur_CO.pdf
Click on the detector to learn more
Charles Ledemaine: There are cheaper models available (35 €) http://www.codetection.com
As stated by Charles Lalou:
EDEN 49.50 €, 60.14 € with shipping http://www.securiteenligne.com/description.php?lang=%3C?=$HTTP_SESSION_VARS['lang']?%3E&id=1582&path=148
JT 502, 54.90 €, 61.80 € with shipping http://www.pearl.fr/article-KT502.html
Conrad 39.90 € in all stores, shipping extra http://www.conrad.fr/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jspStoreDir=ConradB2C&orderId=2373786&ajout=ok&catalogId=10001&productId=128014&partNumber_1=072899-62&quantity_1=1&orderItemId=3647003&langId=-2&oksubmit=true&storeId=10001&ddkey=OrderItemAdd
On eBay, numerous products are available between 10 and 40 euros...
It may be expensive for a poor family, but a life is a life. The idea that recent CO poisoning could have killed one or more children while they slept is unbearable. Waiting for landlords to equip "high-risk" dwellings with such devices, or waiting for the government to mandate them, might be too slow a strategy. Perhaps people should simply organize into associations to buy these gadgets in bulk and equip high-risk homes. Such initiatives could be subsidized by municipalities. The government could eliminate VAT on these life-saving devices, which cost very little. And so on...
How much do we value a child's life?
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