*CO2 poisoning* *please read*

  • deertracker
    Posts: 9341
    February 10, 2013 at 3:22 am #1139923

    I’m glad they will be ok. Get those generators as far from the house as you can. Not good.
    DT

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    February 10, 2013 at 4:17 am #1139935

    Good post. I am glad it all turned out ok. Fishermen die every year from carbon monoxide poisoning.

    By the way, CO is carbon monoxide, CO2 is carbon dioxide.

    Jim Kissinger
    Markesan WI
    Posts: 123
    February 10, 2013 at 4:42 am #1139940

    In wi we lost a 30yr old woman and hr boyfriend was rushed to the hospital sad story when you hear this they are out having fun in the shanty fishing and then tragety

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    February 10, 2013 at 1:12 pm #1139969

    Anyone run a checker in a portable with just a small heater being used? I’ve had the headaches and such before and thought after if it was from CO2. I leave a couple small vents open, but it has me wondering.

    Rich4Walleyes
    Posts: 86
    February 10, 2013 at 1:55 pm #1139976

    I think you mean CO not CO2. CO2 will not kill you unless you drink too much of it!! Good reminder though.

    killerhiller
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 28
    February 10, 2013 at 2:17 pm #1139981

    I have been gassed to toxic levels. I’ll be blunt. One of the worst experiences you can have. I drove home, don’t remember it, passed out on the driveway, taken to hospital and treated. Sunday I was running an auger with a friend, couldn’t stand it after 30 seconds I was sick all afternoon. You become so sensitive after the initial poisoning. I don’t think we remind ourselves enough of the dangers and consequences.

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    February 10, 2013 at 3:31 pm #1140012

    i did not know that you could drink co2, being it is a gas.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    February 10, 2013 at 3:35 pm #1140013

    CO2 poisoning? Not possible.

    “At ordinary levels, carbon dioxide or CO2 is non-toxic. It is a normal component of air and so safe it is added to beverages to carbonate them. When you use baking soda or baking powder, you are purposely introducing carbon dioxide bubbles into your food to make it rise. Carbon dioxide is as safe a chemical as any you’ll ever encounter.

    It’s easy to confuse carbon dioxide, CO2, with carbon monoxide, CO. Carbon monoxide is a product of combustion, among other things, and is extremely toxic. The two chemicals are not the same, but because they both have carbon and oxygen in them and sound similar, some people get confused.”

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    February 10, 2013 at 3:38 pm #1140015

    First, it’s easy to confuse carbon dioxide, CO2, with carbon monoxide, CO. Carbon monoxide is a product of combustion, among other things, and is extremely toxic. The two chemicals are not the same, but because they both have carbon and oxygen in them and sound similar, some people get confused.

    It is possible to suffer anoxia or asphyxiation from breathing carbon dioxide, because increased levels of carbon dioxide may be related to decreased concentration of oxygen, which you need in order to live.

    Another potential concern is dry ice, which is the solid form of carbon dioxide. Dry ice generally is not toxic, but it is extremely cold, so if you touch it you risk getting frostbite. Dry ice sublimates into carbon dioxide gas. The cold carbon dioxide gas is heavier than the surrounding air, so the concentration of carbon dioxide near the floor may be high enough to displace oxygen, potentially posing a danger to pets or small children. Dry ice does not pose a significant hazard when it is used in a well-ventilated area.Dry ice is made by compressing carbon dioxide gas until it liquefies, which is at about 870 pounds per square inch of pressure at room temperature. When the pressure is released, some of the liquid will transition into a gas, cooling some of the liquid into dry ice frost or snow, which can be collected and pressed into pellets or blocks. This is similar to what happens when you get frost on the nozzle of a CO2 fire extinguisher. The freezing point of carbon dioxide is -109.3°F or -78.5° C, so dry ice won’t stay solid for long at room temperature. so to be able to drink co2, it will have to be compressed to 870psi

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    February 10, 2013 at 4:07 pm #1140036

    Quote:

    CO2 poisoning? Not possible.

    “At ordinary levels, carbon dioxide or CO2 is non-toxic. It is a normal component of air and so safe it is added to beverages to carbonate them. When you use baking soda or baking powder, you are purposely introducing carbon dioxide bubbles into your food to make it rise. Carbon dioxide is as safe a chemical as any you’ll ever encounter.

    It’s easy to confuse carbon dioxide, CO2, with carbon monoxide, CO. Carbon monoxide is a product of combustion, among other things, and is extremely toxic. The two chemicals are not the same, but because they both have carbon and oxygen in them and sound similar, some people get confused.”

    We all get the point Kroger was trying to make. Not only are you a Marcum expert but you are a chemist as well. Kudos to you B BK

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