According to the findings of a new study, published in the January issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, CO also causes direct damage to the heart muscle, separate from the effects of oxygen deprivation, which reduces the heart’s pumping capacity and permanently impairs cardiac function.
These findings suggest that heart damage caused by carbon monoxide may have [...]
A good home security system includes more than just protection against human invasion. Fire, water, and gases are among the imminent dangers that affect the safety of families and homes.
Every year fire, carbon monoxide, water, and other natural causes jeopardize domestic safety. What should you do to prepare for these dangers? [...]
It has no color. It has no odor. It has no taste. It kills.
The mystery poison: carbon monoxide or CO. It’s a gas given off by gas furnaces, cars, charcoal grills, propane stoves, and portable generators. Every year, the CDC says, it sends at least 15,000 Americans [...]
From a biometric keyboard to blast-proof curtains, the inventions on display in the real world this month came from five technology firms in the final round of the Global Security Challenge, a competition to identify the worlds most promising security start-up.
%26quot;Im sorry that Q wasnt at the judging table,%26quot; said Sir Richard Dearlove, who from [...]
Amy McGlynn does her homework as a member of the Grand Rapids Public School Board. But she had to do homework of another kind when her Amana oven melted after she used the self-cleaning feature. “When you look at that crispy plastic, when you look at that melting stuff down the front of the [...]
After three nights in a freezing, powerless home, Jeanetta Plunkett couldn’t take any more. She picked up her two young grandchildren and sought refuge at a shelter for people who lost electricity after a huge ice storm.
“We’ve been at home trying to endure, but it wasn’t working,” said Plunkett, who feared she was getting a [...]
Protection One, Inc. took the next step in the evolution of home security today by introducing e-Secure, the company’s new Web-based and text message-based home security service. e-Secure customers have convenient access to their own home security systems, even when they’re away. The service allows subscribers to monitor and control their security systems using any [...]
By becoming more knowledgeable about the differences in what the different security alarm systems offer, you will find you are able to make a more informed decision. ADT home security provides their customers with opportunities as well as good protection from potential predators. However, learning about ADT home security, and what they have to offer, [...]
As air-conditioners have been turned off, and temperatures grow colder, most people will soon crank up their heaters. And there are things you should do to be safe and efficient, before heading to the thermostat.
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