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Carbon monoxide charity in funding crisis
Runcorn and Widnes World
Crusading Runcorn mum Lynn Griffiths, aged 52, launched Carbon Monoxide Awareness in April 2005, after her family suffered the devastating effects of undiagnosed poisoning at their former home. A partially blocked flu had remained undetected despite ...
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Updated posting - 5 treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, 2 critical
Poughkeepsie Journal
Five people in the City of Poughkeepsie were hospitalized including two who were in critical condition for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by faulty heating equipment, a fire official said. A friend of one of the residents at a two-story home on ...
Players, coaches treated for carbon monoxide at Duluth arena
Duluth News Tribune
Players, coaches treated for carbon monoxide at Duluth arena. At least 14 people who attended a hockey practice at Fryberger Arena on Wednesday night were checked out by emergency responders after reports of carbon-monoxide poisoning symptoms.
Police say NY woman dies in carbon monoxide mishap
Wall Street Journal
The Oceanside Fire Department detected high levels of carbon monoxide in the home at the time. —Copyright 2012 Associated Press. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only.
Power washing tools generate CO and injuries
9 people sent to hospital after carbon monoxide leak found in Tamaqua
WFMZ Allentown
A carbon monoxide leak in an apartment building sent nine people to the hospital in Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., on Wednesday. Officials said a malfunctioning gas-powered steam unit was leaking carbon monoxide in a building in the 300 blcok of West Broad ...
Hunterdon Medical Center's ER seeing dehydration, stress, carbon monoxide ...
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
Carbon monoxide poisoning — Families are still coming in who have not placed their generators outdoors, he said. The machines must be 25 feet away from the house; fumes can be trapped when a generator is running on a porch and can get indoors to afflict the family. Again, the symptom — sleepiness — is subtle and fades into death.
New Hampshire – Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month
Eliminate the risk of carbon monoxide in your home
Foster's Daily Democrat
CONCORD — At the request of State Fire Marshal J. William Degnan and The Carbon Monoxide Work Group, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a proclamation to declare November as Carbon Monoxide Awareness month. Marshal Degnan wants ...
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Runners send Sandy help to coast
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The relief effort has brought hundreds of volunteers and emergency crews from the Rochester area to help. The American Red Cross and RG&E have coordinated assistance, along with the Sea Breeze Volunteer Fire Department. RG&E: Rochester Gas and Electric has sent out a tip sheet warning homeowners on the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and how to keep safe. Take steps to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. The utility said carbon monoxide can build in enclosed or ...
California
November is California Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month
Aptos Times
SACRAMENTO – November is Carbon Monoxide Awareness month and CAL FIRE is reminding all residents of the importance of having a working carbon monoxide alarm. As of July 1, 2011, state law requires owners of single family homes with attached ...
A combustion driven culture dealing with colder temperatures
Air quality poor this week in Fairbanks
Seattle Post Intelligencer
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The air quality for Fairbanks and North Pole is expected to be unhealthy through Friday. Air quality may vary by neighborhood. Officials say particulate pollution will be more concentrated in neighborhoods where buildings are heating by wood and coal and in parking lots if cars are idling. Pollution is expected to be less severe in the hills.
Development of transit villages raises questions about air quality
PennLive.com
The spread of transit-oriented development throughout the Bay is forcing public health experts to look more closely at air quality around these transit hubs. And some research resulting from that closer look suggests the health effects of transit villages may be more mixed than urban planners previously thought.... Transit-oriented development – the clustering of homes, shops and services around transit hubs like rail stations and bus terminals – is intended to promote a more healthful lifestyle. But not all transit villages are created equal.
Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com
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Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland - By Andy Neill
Carbon monoxide is produced whenever there is incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. In house fires there's frequently more burning that there is oxygen so lots of CO is produced. It is thought to be the commonest cause of death in house ...
United Kingdom
National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week to launch in November
H&V News
Carbon Monoxide Awareness, a registered charity run entirely by volunteers, will be hosting the seventh National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. The charity actively supports the victims of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and also raises awareness of ...
Aviators – note:
(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace
Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
· Heart Rescue Now This link takes you to a very short video that is a practical demonstration on the proper usage of an AED. This video is tastefully done & demonstrates the step-by-step way one might be able to save a life.
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
· Carbon Monoxide Survivor
A website made by poisoning survivors that brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to have been poisoned - as well as live with the long term impact.
· Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-five U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
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Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
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