Tuesday, September 20, 2011

September 20, 2011

“I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.” Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

Poisoning Follow Up
Federal Authorities Investigating Likely Carbon Monoxide Deaths
NewsChannel5.com
Carbon monoxide gas from an engine is colorless, odorless and tasteless, but toxic. News Channel 5 has learned things could have been even worse, as friends who tried to save the victims almost became victims themselves. "It just looked like everybody was sleeping,...

Scientists reveal how organisms avoid carbon monoxide poisoning
The FINANCIAL
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism of how living organisms – including humans – avoid poisoning from carbon monoxide generated by natural cell processes. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that can prove fatal at high ...