Friday, January 27, 2012

January 27, 2012

“There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.”
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

Carbon monoxide incident evacuates Amelia Drive building
Nantucket Island Inquirer
The Nantucket Fire Department is at the scene of a carbon monoxide incident on Amelia Drive this morning, where the occupants have been evacuated. Firefighters responded to 12 Amelia Drive around 9 am Friday morning, and carbon monoxide ...

Carbon Monoxide Concern Closes Skiatook Day Care
News On 6
School was cancelled Thursday and the facility was closed because of concerns about possible carbon monoxide. Firefighters detected slightly higher than normal carbon monoxide levels. Concerns about possible high concentrations of carbon monoxide ...

UPDATE: 13 slaughterhouse employees sickened by possible carbon monoxide exposure
WKBT La Crosse
13 people are sickened after possibly being exposed to carbon monoxide fumes at a Jackson County slaughterhouse. Emergency crews were sent to Chippewa Bi Products near Alma Center just before 10:00 am Thursday for a report of someone who had passed out ...

Three D.C. residents hospitalized from carbon monoxide leak
Washington Times By Joseph Weber
Michael Lee Beidler of Washington, DC, makes phone calls outside of a row house in which three people were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition, for carbon monoxide poisoning at 1721 P St. NW, Washington, DC, Thursday, Jan.

3 treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Buffalo News By Lou Michel
Three Grand Island residents suffered carbon monoxide poisoning early today and were taken by Twin City Ambulance to Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston for treatment, authorities said. It is believed that the injured were two adults ...

Carbon monoxide-based sickle cell treatment to be tested in Jamaica
Stabroek News By Stabroek editor (Jamaica Observer)
Despite its toxicity, the colourless[sic], odourless[sic] carbon monoxide will form the basis for a new treatment to be tested among sicklers in Jamaica, ...

Carbon Monoxide: A small molecular compound with enormous impact
Capital Flyer
It's not a stealth B-2 Spirit bomber or F-35 Lightning II fighter; it's a simple compound found everywhere on earth made of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that is a byproduct of ...

Follow up
Lack of Carbon Monoxide Detectors At USMMA
Great Neck Record

But the recent evacuation of 39 midshipmen, who were rescued from a dorm with dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, underscored the timeliness of having those questions answered. Had the odorless, colorless, deadly gas been emitted from the faulty water ...