Carbon Monoxide Investigations
CARBON MONOXIDE KILLS
You can’t see it, taste it, or smell it |
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What is it?
Carbon Monoxide is a poisonous gas. It can be given off by appliances
which burn gas, oil, coal or wood if they’re not working properly.
This deadly gas can be produced if your appliance is faulty, the room
is not properly ventilated or the chimney/flue is blocked.
| We can undertake full on-site Carbon Monoxide
investigations including the submission of a
full detailed report, supported with Flue Gas
Analyser test results and printouts |
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Effect Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In Relation to the Build Up Of Carboxyhaemoglobin Levels
in the Human Bloodstream
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%
CO
|
Parts
per million (PPM)
|
Effect
on adults |
%
Saturation of CO in Blood stream
|
0.01
|
100
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Slight
Headache in 2 to 3 hours |
13%
|
0.02
|
200
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Mild
headache, dizziness, nausea and tiredness
after 2 to 3 hours |
20
- 30%
|
0.04
|
400
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Frontal
headache and nausea after 1 to 2 hours,
risk of life if over 3 hours exposure |
36%
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0.08
|
800
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Severe
headaches, dizziness, convulsions within
45 minutes, unconsciousness and death possible
after 2 to 3 hours |
50%
|
0.16
|
1600
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Headaches,
dizziness and nausea within 20 minutes,
collapse, unconsciousness and death possible
within 1 to 2 hours |
68%
|
0.32
|
3200
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Headache,
dizziness and nausea within 1- to 15 minutes,
possible death after 15 minutes 70 |
75%
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0.64
|
6400
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Severe
symptoms within 1 to 2 minutes, death within
15 minutes |
80%
|
1.28
|
12800
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Immediate
symptoms, death within 2 to 3 minutes |
85 - 90%
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