Carbon Monoxide Can Be Deadly--Early Detection Monitors Make It Easy to Protect Your Family Written by Debra Lynn Dadd
If you burn gas, kerosene, or wood in your home to produce heat for cooking or warmth, you need to monitor level of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is odorless and can easily build up to dangerous levels. Ordinary carbon monoxide detectors don't sound an alarm until certain levels of carbon monoxide accumulate in air. New monitors show amount of carbon dioxide in air at any given time, so you can take action well before levels reach danger zone. HOW CARBON MONOXIDE GETS INTO THE AIR IN YOUR HOME Carbon monoxide is major toxic combustion by-product that is created when gas, kerosene, or wood is burned to produce heat for cooking or warmth. Other combustion by-products include formaldehyde, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitric acid, and vapors from various organic chemicals. Carbon monoxide and other combustion by-products are produced when fuels do not burn completely. All fuel-burning appliances need air for fuel to burn efficiently. When a generous supply of fresh air is available and fuel is burning properly, there is little danger of poisoning. But when there is inadequate ventilation or appliance is not operating properly, carbon monoxide is produced and can gradually overcome and even kill an unsuspecting bystander. Many years before I was born, my grandmother almost died from carbon monoxide seeping from her gas furnace. It was just by chance that someone walked in and saved her. SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING It is possible to identify symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning if you know what to look for. Your body will tell you if there is too much carbon monoxide in your home. Different concentrations of carbon monoxide and different exposure times cause different symptoms. Mild exposures to carbon monoxide are often confused with flu. Symptoms include sleepiness, slight headache, dizziness, flushed skin, disorientation, abnormal reflexes, blurred vision, irritablity, slight nausea, fatigue, and an inability to concentrate.
| | Best Kept Hair Care Secrets You Must Know!Written by Marquetta Breslin
People always want to have shiny, bouncy and healthy hair. For that, it is necessary to take proper care of hair. There are some unconventional methods that you can try to nourish your hair and to prevent damage. Taking vitamins Hair grows ½" per month on an average. Taking supplements may speed up normal growth rate to ¾" each month. You should first take a multivitamin that fulfills all needs of body. Then you can think of extra nutrition for hair. The useful elements for hair include B complex, zinc, iron, flax seed oil, black currant seed oil, kelp, silica, biotin, folic acid and pantothenic acid. You can also take an amino acids complex to be extra sure. Massaging scalp Regular massaging of scalp helps in getting stronger and thicker hair. It also helps hair to grow faster. It stimulates blood supply in scalp. The blood provides nutrients to follicles. Moreover, it also reduces stress. Massaging only for 5 minutes daily can give wonderful results. You need to be careful while massaging. Use pads of your fingers, not nails. Wearing your hair up You expose your hair to environmental damage when you wear it down. Wind and dust particles in air can damage your hair. Wearing up hair will prevent such damage. You should try to wear your hair up at least half time.
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