February 9, 2011

CARBON MONOXIDE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE

Charlotte Church's gas leak scare
Toronto Sun
Singer Charlotte Church has cheated death after a dangerous gas leak at her new mansion, according to a U.K. report. The 24-year-old had been complaining of severe headaches, unaware she was inhaling deadly carbon monoxide leaking from a boiler in the property in south ...

Carbon monoxide cited in homeless man's death
Chicago Tribune
AP Indiana authorities say a 47-year-old homeless man apparently died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning inside his makeshift tent near Michigan City. ...

Schools Look To Prevent Carbon Monoxide Issues
WFSB Hartford, FOLLOW UP
A month ago, a serious carbon monoxide poisoning sent 32 elementary school students and staffers from Waterbury to the hospital. Now state and local leaders ...

Snow creates new risk for carbon monoxide
Billerica Minuteman
Last Thursday, firefighters were called to an apartment complex on 76 Wilson St. There, they found the carbon monoxide detectors in four of the six units ...

Zamboni fumes sicken dozens at ice rink
NBC2 News, FOLLOW UP
Police are investigating the cause of a carbon monoxide leak that sent 61 people to the hospital over the weekend. Officials say it happened around 2 pm ...

Protect yourself from carbon monoxide poisoning
Today's THV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - As Arkansans heat their homes this week it is important to remember the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Elderly couple in coma from carbon monoxide poisoning
The Cairns Post
AN elderly Innisfail couple were in a coma in Cairns Base Hospital yesterday after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from generator fumes - the second ...