Monday, January 2, 2012

January 2, 2012

“Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.” Leo Rosten (1908-1997)

Carbon monoxide leak temporarily displaces 30 people in Atlantic City
Press of Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY - About 30 people forced from their apartment building this morning by a carbon monoxide leak will be without heat until the problem is fixed, officials said. Atlantic City firefighters responded to the structure on beach block of ...

Energy Company Warns of Carbon Monoxide Dangers in Homes this Winter
Essential Public Radio
Each year at least a handful of people die from carbon monoxide poisoning in their own homes. While a small number of people are affected, such deaths are preventable. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania is reminding residents to install and maintain CO ...

Hookahs' hidden risks cited
Louisville Courier-Journal
Increased levels of carbon monoxide stem from the charcoal used to heat the tobacco, the CDC said. While the water in the hookah's base cools the smoke, making it more palatable than hotter cigarette smoke, it does not filter toxic materials from the ...