Friday, April 30, 2010

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Schenectady County officials warn of CO detector scam
WTEN
Thelma Zeh worries about making sure her home's carbon monoxide detector is uto-date. "I was just thinking about calling the fire department and saying, ...
Carbon Monoxide Exposure Can Be Reduced During Routine Anesthesia in Kids
Insciences Organisation
Doctors at Children's National Medical Center have found that carbon monoxide levels in the blood of young children increase during routine general ...
Report: Most Americans still live in unclean air
The Associated Press
Others include carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and a variety of toxic substances. For the first time, the association included ...

April 28, 2010

Governor urged to sign carbon monoxide safety bill
abc7news.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger is under some pressure to sign legislation to protect people from carbon monoxide poisoning. It would require everyone in the Bay Area ...
Cities offer discounts on green mowers to protect air quality
USA Today  By Brett Flashnick for USA TODAY By Ron Barnett, USA TODAY
When a gasoline-powered mower rumbles along a lawn, the tiny puff of carbon monoxide it coughs up ...

April 27, 2010

CO poses a great danger
Guelph Mercury
Two local incidents in recent days seem to call out for the need for renewed or greater public education about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Milton Family Survives Deadly Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Accident
WISC Madison
A Milton family is lucky to be alive after surviving a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. Stacie Foreman and her son Austin were staying with Foreman's ...

April 24-26, 2010

Nationwide: Keselowski breathes in Victory Lane air
Stamford Advocate
Brad Keselowski said his carbon monoxide level was nearly three times the limit allowed by NASCAR as he scrambled to prepare for the final 312 miles of his ...
Defeated 2008 Bill Might Have Prevented Mine Disaster
Capitol News Connection
The legislation included a provision requiring each miner to wear personal monitors that could detect odorless and deadly methane and carbon monoxide. ...
Rock Co. couple found dead in home
WKOW-TV.com
Emergency crews found a high level of carbon monoxide in the home at 10645 N. Bay Shore Lane. It appears the couple left their car running, in their garage, ...
Guest View: Death by carbon monoxide is preventable
Pasadena Star-News
Unfortunately, the life a dynamic young woman was snuffed out all because carbon monoxide (CO), known as the "silent killer," was lurking in her home. ...
Six hospitalized in local carbon monoxide incident
Breckenridge American
A local family was ravaged by carbon monoxide Monday at their home, located south of Breckenridge. Breckenridge Fire Department and Emergency Medical ...
Police suspect carbon monoxide poisoning in trucker death
Land Line Magazine
A Canadian truck driver was found dead in his cab this week after his propane heater apparently created an overwhelming amount of carbon monoxide inside the ...
Fire calls drop, but false alarms continue
Savage Pacer
One way residents can reduce the number of false alarms is to familiarize themselves with their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, he said. ...

April 23, 2010

Climate change a matter of science
The Desert Sun
Similarly, it has been known for decades that the distribution of the toxic gas carbon monoxide also correlates closely with human activity. ...
Fire code changes next week
Williams Lake Tribune
“Most fires and carbon monoxide deaths are preventable,” says Dave Ferguson, deputy fire commissioner for Emergency Management BC. ...
Holmes Middle School
Colorado Springs Gazette
The symptoms – nausea, dizziness and headaches – are consistent with exposure to carbon monoxide or natural gas, but firefighters said they were unable to ...
Carbon monoxide keeps City Hall shut in Ann Arbor | detnews.com ...
Ann Arbor --City Hall is closed again Thursday because of high levels of carbon monoxide, a day after the building was evacuated.
Higher vehicle exhausts increase kids' E-R visits
ABC7Chicago.com
The pollutants include carbon monoxide and certain types of fine particles small enough to be inhaled deeply into the lungs. Experts say that ground-level ...
Fire & Intrusion
SecurityInfoWatch
The latest (2009) edition of NFPA 720, Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment(r), has also been overhauled. ...

April 22, 2010

Despite improvements to environment, local leaders say more needs to be done
Poughkeepsie Journal
A report from the federal Environmental Protection Agency said emissions of pollutants caused by human activities — such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide ...
Carbon monoxide kills trucker
Guelph Mercury
It appears the truck driver, Bruce Kidd, 59, of the community of Lisle near Barrie, died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Police reported Wednesday the driver ...
Woman Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 4/21/10
KOSA
Carbon Monoxide was the cause of death for 53-year-old Betty Contreras. Contreras lived with six others at 4314 Trevino. A gas heater is suspected to be the ...

April 21, 2010

Narrow escape for family as CO fumes filled house
Hamilton Spectator
His wife, Samantha, and their children narrowly escaped their Ashley Street home Monday night when carbon monoxide levels climbed to 10 times the safe ...
Association fined £70000 for carbon monoxide death
Inside Housing
A housing association has received a £70000 fine following the death of a security guard from carbon monoxide poisoning. Clyde Valley Housing Association ...
Columbia State evacuated again after woman faints
Marshall County Tribune
A city carbon monoxide gas sensor measured 350 parts per million of carbon monoxide in the building on April 8. Sustained CO levels above 200 ppm can cause ...
Carbon monoxide forces evacuation of Yonkers' School Street public housing
The Journal News | LoHud.com
... Police are evacuating the public housing apartments at 80 School St. after a number of people became nauseous because of high levels of carbon monoxide. ...
How safe is your home?
Ironton Tribune By Lori Kersey (Contact) | The Tribune
Lead, mold and carbon monoxide are just a few of the environmental health hazards that will be discussed at a free ...

April 20, 2010

Hero cops save carbon-monoxide kids
Hamilton Spectator
Three Hamilton police officers charged into a downtown house last night and rescued two children overcome by carbon monoxide. The children – age four and ...
Gas firm gives out detectors
Scotsman : SCOTLAND
Gas Networks has donated 500 carbon monoxide detectors to West Lothian Council's Home Safety Service. The local authority service provides ...
John David: Toughen mining regulations now
Charleston Gazette
This is because coal releases methane, belt areas are fire-prone, and fire creates carbon monoxide. Clearly, this is a deadly and explosive combination that ...

April 17-19, 2010

No injuries in DeKalb fire
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – When firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a condominium in the 3100 block of Fairway Oaks ...
No such thing as a clean and green refinery
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
In addition to carbon dioxide, Hyperion would emit other greenhouse gasses, including 1900 tons of carbon monoxide and unspecified quantities of methane. ...
Memorial held for NM teens passionate about rodeo (2:54 pm)
Las Cruces Sun-News
By AP ROSWELL - Family, friends and classmates gathered Friday in Roswell to remember two teenagers who apparently died from accidental carbon monoxide ...
We Need More Indoor Plants!
Macau Daily Times
Cars and other pollution sources lead to unduely high levels of carbon monoxide and dioxide, nitrogen and sulphur oxides, particulates, lead, ...
Virgin passengers poisoned by gas
Herald Sun
A VIRGIN Blue passenger has been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. The woman, believed aged in her 50s, ...

April 16, 2010

Carbon monoxide leaks at college
Columbia Daily Herald
By CHRIS GRAHAM LEWISBURG — Authorities say at least 16 people were hospitalized when carbon monoxide gas spread through the city's Columbia State Community ...
Warning given over the dangers of carbon monoxide
ContractorsCompare.com
Public liability insurance holders have been warned about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after the prosecution of a landlord. ...
Carbon monoxide keeps City Hall shut in Ann Arbor
The Detroit News
Ann Arbor --City Hall is closed again Thursday because of high levels of carbon monoxide, a day after the building was evacuated. ...

April 15, 2010

Ann Arbor city hall carbon monoxide levels down, but building closed for evening
AnnArbor.com
Carbon monoxide levels are down to safe levels throughout Ann Arbor city hall building now, officials say, hours after the building was evacuated today. ...
Sheffield Landlord Knowingly Endangers Tenet To CO Poisoning
Gov Monitor
Mohammed Ikram, of Shiregreen Terrace, Shiregreen, exposed a tenant living on Morrison Avenue, Maltby, to the potential risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

April 14, 2010

Crash underscores CO poisoning risks
Bonner County Daily Bee
By KEITH KINNAIRD SANDPOINT — A collision on Priest Lake is highlighting the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning while boating. Two boaters were stricken ...
New devices make fighting fires safer
Clackamas Review
Last week Clackamas Fire District #1 EMS Captain Karl Koenig showed off two new carbon monoxide detectors the district received through a grant program and ...
Family poisoned by indoor BBQ
The Copenhagen Post
A family of seven was admitted to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning after the father decided to light a barbeque inside their home. ...

April 13, 2010

Police: Two Teens Found Dead From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KPHO Phoenix
"At this time, it appears that both subjects died from apparent accidental carbon monoxide poisoning as a generator on the rear of the vehicle may have been ...
NEW: Man stricken in carbon monoxide case is improving
Alton Telegraph
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH ALHAMBRA - A man stricken by carbon monoxide poisoning in a incident that killed his father is improving at a St. Louis hospital, ...
10:56 am - West Virginia Officials Using New Tools to Protect Rescuers in ...
Martinsburg Journal
With the simple push of a button, officials will be able to instantly detect who has carbon monoxide poisoning on the spot in just seconds-allowing for ...
£70000 fine after construction site security guard dies from carbon monoxide ...
The Construction Index
Clyde Valley Housing Association Limited has been fined £70000 after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning on a construction site in Burbank, ...
Elderly cat rescued from fire
Toronto Sun
By MARYANNE FIRTH, QMI Agency Despite suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation, and facing the possibility of brain damage and blindness, ...
Calif. bill requires home carbon monoxide monitors
Washington Post
Californians would be required to install carbon monoxide monitors if their home has an attached garage or fireplace under legislation adopted by the state ...

April 10-12, 2010

Carbon monoxide in Upper Yoder home sickens 5
The Tribune-Democrat
JOHNSTOWN — Emergency responders treated five people – including two of their own – who were sickened by carbon monoxide inside an Upper Yoder Township home ...
Carbon Monoxide suspected in turkey hunter's death
KMOX.com  ALHAMBRA, Ill. (KMOX) –
Authorities say a Collinsville man died early Saturday while on a turkey hunting trip near Alhambra. The Madison County coroner's ...
Cell Phones that Detect Toxic Chemicals
eMaxHealth
In fact, the first prototypes of Cell-All will detect carbon monoxide and fire, according to Stephen Dennis, Cell-All's program manager. ...
Upper Big Branch used ventilation system with a history of problems
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
And carbon monoxide is a product of fire. When MSHA granted Performance Coal Company's petition to use belt air, the company was required to install a ...

April 9, 2010

Hampshire plane crash 'due to exhaust gases in cockpit'
BBC News
Two people who died in a light plane crash in Hampshire could have been suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at the time, a report says. ...

April 8, 2010

Apartment dweller saves lives after a silent, odorless killer seeps into her ...
SF Weekly
Early Sunday morning at 230 Central Ave., carbon monoxide from a leaky boiler sent 13 people to the hospital. One man downstairs from Tillman had it the ...
Cumberland Fire/Rescue quick to respond to carbon monoxide emergency
Valley Breeze
Our family was awakened by a carbon monoxide detector going off at 2 am We knew immediately that something was wrong, and we all got out of the house and ...
TRUCKS: Butler Suffers Bizarre Injury In Nashville Race
SPEEDtv.com
He was also breathing carbon monoxide. “It was really painful,” Butler said in a phone interview Tuesday. “I had fiberglass in my face and eyes. ...
3 Bronx Schools Evacuated Over Carbon Monoxide Fears | NBC New York
A building housing three public schools in the Bronx was evacuated this morning over concerns about carbon monoxide, authorities say.
Officials Investigate Cause Of Midtown Explosion
WCBS-TV New York
Deadly levels of carbon monoxide were sent streaming upwards. The Novotel Hotel took the brunt of it. The three-alarm fire that followed spread from the ...
Clackamas Fire District 1 to receive carbon monoxide detectors
OregonLive.com
By Rick Bella, The Oregonian HAPPY VALLEY -- Clackamas Fire District 1 soon will get two new high-tech carbon monoxide detectors, thanks to a $7000 donation ...
Despite warm temperatures, the "silent killer" can still lurk in your home
KCBD-TV
If it wasn't for a carbon monoxide alarm, they wouldn't have even known that a toxic gas was a engulfing their kitchen every time they use their oven. ...

April 6, 2010

Our deepest sympathy goes to the families and communities in West Virginia who are suffering from their tragic coal mining accident.
25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984
The Associated Press
The buildup of toxic methane gas — a constant problem at the mine — and of carbon monoxide prevented teams from reaching other chambers, officials said. ...
Baltimore takes a holistic approach to unhealthy housing
Washington Post
But after five years there, the 31-year-old mother of three learned that carbon monoxide had been accumulating in the house, its escape hindered by a ...

April 3-5, 2010

Selling your home? Check new state rules on smoke alarms
Gloucester Daily Times
Since March 2006, in addition to smoke detectors, all homeowners have also been required to install carbon monoxide alarms on each habitable level. ...
Authorities encourage safety precautions with generators
Livingston Daily
The most common dangers involving generators are carbon-monoxide poisoning, electrical shock or electrocution, and fire hazards, according to the nonprofit ...
Consumers told to gut Chinese-drywall homes
Los Angeles Times
Consumers should remove "all possible problem drywall" and replace their electrical wiring, sprinkler systems, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, ...
State mandates carbon monoxide detectors in homes ...
APPLETON — Fire Inspector Brian Noel knows it will take a major effort to let people know that Wisconsin homeowners will soon be required to have carbon ...
Law Would Require CO Detectors In Ice Arenas
WCCO
(File) AP Thursday at the Capitol, there was a rally to support a bill that would require Minnesota ice arenas to have carbon monoxide detectors. ...
Hotel's donation to fire dept. will fund emergency equipment
Seacoastonline.com
By Elizabeth Dinan PORTSMOUTH — In appreciation of the city fire department's rapid response to a carbon monoxide leak at the Hilton Garden Inn, ...
Mother Dies After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WESH Orlando
Paramedics said when they arrived at the home on Kingswood Drive it was full of carbon monoxide. A 41-year-old mother was overcome by the fumes. ...
Firefighter Saves Elderly Woman's Life
WNEP-TV
Mildred says it's because of him she was saved from carbon monoxide poisoning. "I'm very grateful. I'm old, but I still enjoy my life. ...

April 1, 2010

Flood Waters Rise As Storm Winds Down
WCVB-TV
Twelve people, including a pregnant woman, were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after a gasoline-powered water pump was left on overnight in ...
Connecticut Only State to Receive Federal Energy Challenge Funds
Public News Service
Carbon monoxide, which is colorless and odorless, can seep into homes and cause serious health problems for unsuspecting residents. ...
Silent danger at the rinks
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Blake Whitecotton was one of 12 children on a Maple Grove peewee hockey team who were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in 2009. ...
Hybrid school bus receives mixed reviews
The Ames Tribune
A New York Department of Energy study of New York City hybrid transit buses documented 97 percent lower carbon monoxide emission than conventional diesel ...