According to CDC over 450 people die in the United States from unintentional, non-fire related carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that kills the most people when the people try to stay warm during the winter time.

As you adjust the temperature of your home heating device, don’t forget to check the batteries in your CO alarm. Sadly many people went to sleep in their warm homes and never woke up again. If you don't have a battery-powered or battery back-up CO alarm, the best time to buy one is NOW.  Quantum Guardian® (QG100) is the most reliable CO alarm available in the market today. The biotechnology used to create Quantum Guardian® is tested false alarm free by the independent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)! TO PURCHASE CLICK http://store.qginc.com/It is not enough if you have only one CO alarm in your house. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends a CO alarm on each floor of a residence with an additional one in the area of any major gas burning appliances such as a furnace or water heater. Installation in these areas ensures on time detection of any potentially broken appliances.  According toDR.  Mark K. Goldstein, a leading carbon monoxide expert, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 720, the carbon MJONOXIDE Installation standard, now requires CO alarms in every bedroom.  "A carbon monoxide alarm is sniffing the air 24 hours a day and it will give you advanced warning," says John Drengenberg, consumer affairs manager for Underwriters Laboratories (UL). "It's a very sophisticated device." Quantum Guardian® (QG100) is a CO Alarm that will only react to carbon monoxide gas, not to gases found in household products. It is listed by Underwriters Laboratory to meet the UL2034 Standard.

Blog, September 24, 2012  

By Bob Banach

It’s only a fraction of a penny a day for the insurance needed for protection from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. An alarm currently can be purchased for less than $20.

00 and will last 5-7 years based on the manufacturers’ end of life claim for the product. Underwriters Laboratory made end of life a requirement for CO alarms in 2009 and now the consumer has that as a guarantee of replacement of an alarm before its sensing capability is exhausted.

Thirty eight (38) states now have some legislation requiring CO alarms in certain specified living quarters and the amount of coverage and the number of states have grown rapidly in the past 10 years. The need to safeguard individuals from the accidental exposure to CO is made evident by the tragic headlines and individual cases of death and injury occurring in headlines each month. Quantum Group Inc. has for years pioneered the use of its patented, biotechnology sensors and alarms as a deterrent to the unnecessary harm that CO can bring on unsuspecting victims. CO is a poison. It is tasteless, odorless and invisible to the senses. A byproduct of incomplete combustion it is present wherever fossil fuels are ignited.

Quantum Group Inc. has its own trademark slogan “Be Your Own Hero”.  Install a model QG100 alarm in your residence and safeguard your family from the dangers of CO poisoning. 

After years of opposition from the American Gas Association and others, the ASRAE Supplement to Standard 62.2-2010 requiring carbon monoxide alarms passes.  Section 6.9 of the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Standard now requires CO alarms to be installed, located and maintained in accordance with NFPA Standard 720 the standard for the installation of carbon monoxide (CO) detection and warning equipment.  CO alarms must be installed within single-family houses and multi-family structures that are three stories or less.  NFPA 720 allows either CO systems or stand-alone alarms to be installed. This supplement can be found on the ASHRAE website. 

There are 30 states with some form of state legislation and 58 municipalities with ordinances requiring the installation of CO alarms. The requirements in some states include multistory buildings, hotels and apartments such as New York, Vermont, New Jersey and Florida. Other states have only requirements for nursing homes such as Texas and Tennessee.  However, most states require CO alarms in single family homes.

The data presented below show that Carbon monoxide (CO) alarms are proven to save lives. Regulations to require CO detectors can help prevent death and injuries, and they make sense economically. As long as we continue to use fossil fuels, we will continue to have CO accidents of various types.  Although increased awareness and improved technology has reduced fatalities, CO poisoning continues to be the leading cause of poisoning death (1).  Widespread, CO injuries and health effects are major causes of suffering and economic loss (1-15). 

A look at the evidence of some sample studies indicated the widespread nature of CO health impacts.  Michael Dolan at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, found that 23.6% of those diagnosed by emergency room doctors with the flu actually had CO poisoning (16).  Dr. Paul Heckerling, University of Illinois hospital in Chicago, found 15% of those with headaches had CO poisoning (17).  According to Cobb and Etzel, of the CDC, 56,133 CO fatalities occurred over a 10-year period from 1979 to 1988.  About 15,000 deaths were fire related, 11,547 motor vehicle related and 5,000 residential appliance related (1). Dr. Michael Dolan has stated that these numbers on death certificates are grossly underestimated because CO is often misdiagnosed (16, 25).  For example, a few years ago an elderly man died from CO in San Diego, but doctors assumed it was a heart attack and so stated the death certificate; however, during the funeral his son and his family nearly died from CO in the same house.   A few months ago, a similar dual poisoning accident happened in Japan; however, this time the son was also killed by CO.

Carbon monoxide is the number one cause of accidental poisoning death in America. Carbon monoxide cannot be detected by sight, smell, taste or hearing, yet everyone is at risk because it is emitted by anything that burns fuel. Carbon monoxide can come from faulty, disconnected or improperly installed venting systems, clogged chimneys, fuel burning appliances like water heaters, stoves, ovens, clothes dryers, or a car left running in an attached garage.  In addition, CO causes about 60 to 70% of all fire deaths.  Most people died from CO before the fire burns them.

In past years, many people have wisely purchased carbon monoxide detectors for their homes. But because common household cleaning products and laundry detergents contain ingredients that often falsely activated many existing alarm technologies, frustrated consumers frequently disconnected these alarms.  Now, a proven false-alarm free carbon monoxide alarm has been developed and marketed by Quantum Group Inc.

The Quantum Guardian®Carbon Monoxide Alarm utilizes a solid-state infrared design.  The affordable, battery operated Quantum Guardian® Alarm has been tested false-alarm free by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories; additionally, it is UL certified for use in homes, apartments, attics, basements and garages. The Quantum Guardian® Carbon Monoxide Alarm is your best defense against accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

According to Dr. Mark Goldstein, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Group Inc., the world leader in False Alarm Free carbon monoxide technology, “Medical professionals report carbon monoxide poisoning is widespread and grossly under reported. 23.6% of people diagnosed with the flu BY DOCTORS actually were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning” in a study by Michael Dolan M.D in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.