Carbon Monoxide (CO) Identified as Major, Year-Around Poison From Motor Vehicles: When a Teenage Couple Was Found Dead in a Vehicle!

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12 -- San Diego-based Quantum Group Inc. is the only manufacturer of low cost portable carbon monoxide detectors designed to prevent such deaths in motor vehicles. This product would have most likely saved the lives of the couple that died of CO on August 7, 2002 in the LA area. The COSTAR® Model P-1 monoxide detector prevents the most common industrial, commercial and automotive poisonings by warning victims. "From high levels of CO there may be no warning, no symptoms," states Mark Goldstein Ph.D., President of Quantum Group. Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading cause of poisoning fatalities in the United States and most other countries. Motor vehicle exhaust accounts for 57% of the accidental CO fatalities.

According to Dr. Krenzelok, "the unborn children's brain can easily be permanently damaged by CO poisoning that manifests zero symptoms in the mother." People poisoned with CO can be as dangerous on the highway as a drunk driver is, because their brains are similarly affected; however, quick action will reduce this damage.

"Just standing near some motor vehicle exhaust for a few minutes could seriously impair anyone's ability to drive a car, forklift or operate machinery," stated Dr. Gerhard Schrauzer, professor emeritus from the University of California. This may be one of the reasons why Governor George Pataki signed a bill into law requiring CO detectors in NY State in early August 2002. NY is third state to enact a CO detector requirement, following W. Virginia and Rhode Island.

Now, for the first time, there is a low cost portable CO detector to help prevent accidents and protect workers and motor vehicle operators. The COSTAR® Model P-1 is about the size of a beeper, can be worn on the belt or pocket and can easily clip onto the visor of almost any vehicle. The COSTAR® P-1 product is available from Quantum Group (800) 432-5599 or their Website www.qginc.com for only $49.95, which is on sale during August for $39.95. A small price to pay for a human life.

SOURCE: Quantum Group Inc.