Quantum Group Offers World's First CO Detector for Automobiles
17 November 1999
Quantum Group Offers World's First CO Detector for Automobiles
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 17 -- Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading
cause of poisoning fatalities in the United States and most other countries.
What most people don't realize is that the home is not where they're most
vulnerable to CO. People are more at risk in your vehicle, since engine
exhaust is one of the most common sources of fatal CO poisoning. Even low
levels of this colorless, odorless gas can affect a driver's reaction time as
well as seriously impair judgment.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA) stated that 57% of the unintentional deaths caused by CO were from
motor vehicle exhaust (Unintentional Carbon Monoxide-Related Deaths in the
United States 1979-1988, Aug. 7, 1991, Nathaniel Cobb, MD, Ruth A Etzel, MD,
Ph.D.).
Now a company called Quantum Group Inc. has a solution to the problem of
auto CO poisoning. The Company manufactures most of the sensors for home CO
detectors, including those in the First Alert brand. Quantum Group provides
70% of the recreational vehicle CO alarms. Now they are launching a new
consumer product, the COSTAR(R) Model P-1, a small personal CO alarm made
especially for use in motor vehicles. It's about the size of a garage door
opener and clips inconspicuously to your vehicle's visor.
Quantum Group's CO alarm technology was shown to be the most reliable and
least likely to false alarm by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
The COSTAR(R) P-1 is equipped with microcontroller intelligence that
self-tests every 10 minutes. Its Solid-state Infrared (SIR) sensor system is
the world's most CO specific, thus eliminating false alarms. All COSTAR(R)
products are CO tested 100%, making them the most reliable on the market.
The COSTAR(R) Model P-1 carbon monoxide alarm retails for $59.99 and can
be ordered online at http://www.qginc.com or by calling Quantum Group at
(800) 432-5599.