Carbon+Monoxide

 __Research Focus:__ · Carbon Monoxide __Title:__ · CO: the toxic gas __Thesis:__ · CO is a deadly harmful air pollution around the world __Problem:__ · CO displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain, and other vital organs of oxygen. Large amounts of CO can overcome you in minutes without warning causing you to lose consciousness and suffocate. __Point Source Pollution:__ · located in air, water, thermal noise, light pollution. has negligible extent, distinguishing it from other pollution source geometries.  __Non-Po____int Source Pollution:__ water pollution affecting a body from diffuse sources.

__Laws:__ · Department of Environmental Resources to establish and carry out a certification program for persons who test for, mitigate, or safeguard a building from the presence of radon gas. Prohibits individuals from providing these radon services · Requires sellers of residential real property to complete and deliver to buyers a Seller's Property Disclosure Statement. Requires the State Real Estate Commission to create the disclosure statement. The statement adopted under the law [see [] ] requires sellers to disclose knowledge of hazardous substances on the property, including radon and urea-formaldehyde foam insulation. [|took this from] unless certified under the program. Requires certified radon testers to provide test results to the department and provides for confidentiality of the information. Regulations adopted under the law (25 Pa. Code § 240) establish the certification program. [|took this from]

__History:__ · discovered and studied close to the 1200's. In 1877 French physicist Louis Paul Cailletet found a method for liquefying the gas. Environmental impact: CO contibutes to the formation of smog, which can cause serious respiratory problems. Long term effects: exposure to carbon monoxide for a long period of time can make you very sick or even kill you.

__Stories:__ My family and I just had an incredibly scary experience with Carbon Monoxide. On February 17th, 2004 around 9 pm my husband started vomiting. I thought it was just maybe a stomach virus. Around 11 pm I was getting ready to go to bed. As I went to lay down I became very nauseus and lightheaded. As I got up I felt as though my heart was beating funny and I got a cold feeling throughout my body. I immediately got out of bed and went online to check what the symptoms are for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. It turned out we had exactly what the symptoms were. So I got my 2 year old son out of bed and told my husband to get the dogs and to get out of that house. We arrived at my mom's house and I called 911. The fire department went to my home and told us they do not know how we survived. They said there is supposed to be 28% oxygen in your home, we had 3.2%. I don't know what made me think that it was Carbon Monoxide poisoning that we were experiencing but I am so glad we got out of the house. Today is the first day that we are back in. We got a new furnace and the chimney has been completely fixed. We also have a Carbon Monoxide detector as well. What I want to know is, I have been experiencing severe panic attacks. I just want to know if they will go away as I am more comfortable with being in my home or is this possibly a long term effect of being in the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Carbon Monoxide? Thank you so much. Please everyone get a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Carbon Monoxide detector. They will save your life. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> [|took from here] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> __My Idea__ I know in my house we have a carbon monoxide detector. That may help warn you when something harmful that you can't see, or smell comes your way. I highly highly recomend it.