October 5, 2010

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
Desmond Tutu (October 7, 1931 - )
Carbon monoxide leak forces evacuation of Mpls. condos
KARE
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dozens of residents were evacuated following a carbon monoxide leak in South Minneapolis early Tuesday morning. According to authorities ...
Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends 11 School Workers to Hospital
NBC Miami By HANK TESTER and BRIAN HAMACHER
A carbon monoxide leak in the cafeteria of a South Florida elementary school sent 11 people to the hospital early Monday. ...
California couple files suit in carbon monoxide poisoning
Deseret News
Barger had been exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning due to carbon monoxide that over several months was being dispersed throughout the truck because of ...
York fire study recommends more than closing station
York Daily Record
They also don't trap carbon monoxide released by the truck's exhaust, he said. "Exhaust systems are something we've wanted to have, but it's a dollars and ...
Dancers step out for charity in Katie Haines' memory
Wokingham Times
Katie Haines, 31, died in February after a carbon monoxide leak at her home in Barkham Road, Wokingham. Her husband of just a few months Richard, ...
Fall checklist for the home and garden
Seattle Times
Check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they work properly. The National Fire Protection Association recommends at least one carbon monoxide ...
Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Boating World
Several common boating scenarios are actually potentially fatal due to the high risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas produced

October 2-4, 2010

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)
Carbon Monoxide Exposure Sends Children to Hospital
fox4kc.com KANSAS CITY, MO –
Four kids were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to carbon monoxide. It happened on 98th Street near Blue Ridge Boulevard in ...
NORTH MIAMI BEACH — COUPLE POISONED
Orlando Sentinel
A man and a woman are undergoing specialized treatment at Mercy Hospital in Miami after apparently suffering carbon monoxide poisoning, according to ...
3 teens taken to hospital after inhaling lethal gases
RocNow
One male and two female teenagers were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital on Saturday after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide and natural ...
Local student remembered by walkers
WBFO
Hansen was a sixteen year old student at West Seneca West High School when she was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning while slumbering at a friend's house. ...
Volunteer checkups prepare area homes for winter
Green Bay Press Gazette
The Project Heat's ON program sent nearly 60 volunteers Saturday from the Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 400 to install free carbon monoxide detectors and ...
 Study: Carbon monoxide poisonings spike in autumn on Owatonna
OWATONNA — Residents in Minnesota have seen the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning, illustrated by five people who were injured by the fumes in a metro ...
"Lucky" the cat warned family of carbon monoxide in house
WZZM
He said it could be carbon monoxide." Tara and Joe decided they weren't going to take any chances, especially with their son Austin, and Joe's two children ...
Two Hansworth families in hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning
Birmingham Mail
The victims, who were found at an address in Copthall Road, Handsworth, were taken to a specialist hyperbaric unit on Merseyside to clear their blood of the ...

October 1, 2010

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Dorchester building evacuated due to high carbon monoxide levels
Boston Globe By Globe Staff
Boston firefighters have evacuated a Dorchester apartment building this morning after finding high levels of carbon monoxide inside the units ...
Car left running cited as cause of 3 Alabama deaths
Maryville Daily Times
The Jefferson County coroner's office has said carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths of Greg Ezell, 46, Karen Ezell, 47, and their daughter, ...
Two carbon monoxide victims in military
KTKA.com
Riley County Police say it appears the vehicle was accidentally left running and the deaths were due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Study: Minneapolis a safe place for young kids
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis also emerged as the leading combatant of carbon monoxide" because of a state law that requires all single-family homes to have carbon monoxide ...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."
Daniel J. Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – 2004)
High carbon monoxide levels cause evacuation of the Old Bag Factory
WNDU-TV
According to our reporting partners at the Elkhart Truth, the Old Bag Factory in Goshen was evacuated today after high levels of carbon monoxide were ...
2 South Siders die of CO poisoning
Southtown Star
Two men found dead in a home in Chicago's Englewood community died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, autopsies have found. ...
County wins war against carbon monoxide emissions
Las Vegas Review-Journal By KEITH ROGERS
Clark County air quality officials are breathing easier with an announcement Wednesday that after 32 years of battling carbon monoxide ...
Smoke detectors aren't all that should be checked every fall and spring
Creston News Advertiser
Home inspectors recommend people should get into the habit of testing their home's carbon monoxide detector too. If you don't have one, you should strongly ...
Project will keep student's memory, goals alive
Windsor Beacon
Lauren Johnson, a former Windsor High School student and promising humanitarian, died tragically on Jan. 5, 2009 of carbon monoxide poisoning while attending college in Denver. The senseless death left her family and friends stunned. ...
Fire Safety Month begins Friday
Lincoln Courier
Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are required by state law. “Simply said, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors save lives,” according to a Lincoln Fire ...
All council houses to get gas alarms
Scotsman By GARETH EDWARDS
CARBON monoxide monitors are set to be installed in every council house in the city over the next two years in a bid to improve safety. ...

September 29, 2010

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)
Carbon monoxide alert again hits Channel 5, sending two people to the hospital
New York Daily News
The two were checked for carbon monoxide exposure, joining a list of employees who have had health issues or complaints about monoxide after working in the ...
Six sent to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning at Newton restaurant
Newton TAB
By Staff reports Six diners were transported to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Tuesday afternoon for breathing in carbon monoxide coming from ...
Landlords near deadline to install carbon monoxide detectors
Baltimore Sun
Time is running out for Baltimore County landlords to meet the Oct. 13 deadline for installing carbon monoxide detectors in rental units with fuel-burning ...

September 28, 2010

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.”
Herman Melville (1819 – 1891)
Poisoning suspected in deaths of elderly couple
Detroit Free Press
BY ELISHA ANDERSON Detroit police suspect an elderly couple may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but they are waiting for autopsy results, ...
Officials ask homeowners to beware of carbon monoxide
WBRC
Hueytown Police say a carbon monoxide leak likely killed a father, mother, and their 17-year-old daughter. The Ezell family was found dead in their home on ...
Carbon monoxide kills two, hospitalizes another
KSNT
Emergency crews responded quickly but found the three residents apparently overcome by carbon monoxide. Earlier today, Riley County Police Lieutenant. ...
Invisible Threat: Carbon Monoxide
CBS42
There are forty thousand cases of carbon monoxide poisoning reported in US emergency rooms each year and about five thousand of those are fatal. ...
Harding police rescue couple overcome by carbon monoxide
NJ.com
HARDING TOWNSHIP – Police saved the lives of an elderly township couple who had passed out in their home because of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning accounts for over 20% of Florida's total
Examiner.com
The recent rash of carbon monoxide poisonings has health officials worried. Palm Beach County has seen an increase in poisonings and has more than 20 ...
Five fall ill after Roxbury carbon monoxide leak
Boston Globe
Firefighters responded to the Dudley Street apartment building a little before 10:30 am They found elevated readings of carbon monoxide, ...

September 25-27, 2010

“Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.”
Miguel de Cervantes (September 1849 – 1936)
Oil burner glitch empties coffee shop building
Cape Cod Times
The firefighters traced the problem to the oil burner and also discovered unsafe levels of carbon monoxide in the building,
Workers treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
The Daily Citizen
DALTON — Six workers who were pulling carpet from the band room at Northwest High School were treated Friday night for carbon monoxide poisoning after ...
Two in critical condition after carbon monoxide leak at Mpls ...
Five people were taken to a Minneapolis hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at an apartment building early this morning.
Minn. woman suffers close call with carbon monoxide poisoning
Worthington Daily Globe
DETROIT LAKES - A rural Detroit Lakes resident was taken to the hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday morning. ...
Fertile couple still feeling the affects of carbon monoxide poisoning
WDAY (WDAY TV) –
A Detroit Lakes teacher is recovering after being exposed to an extremely high carbon monoxide concentration in her home. ...
Six poisoned by carbon monoxide eating char-grilled fish in Xiamen
What's on Xiamen
All of them are diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning, reports Xiamen Daily. According to the hospital, four people, including three men and one female, ...
Iowa daycare reopens after carbon monoxide
Chicago Tribune
AP An Iowa City daycare and preschool is to resume classes after unsafe levels of carbon monoxide were found. The Hawkeye Area Community Action Program ...

September 24, 2010

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
Unsafe Carbon Monoxide Levels Detected at Iowa City HACAP Head Start
KCRG By Jami Brinton, Reporter By Tracy McCullough
IOWA CITY – Unsafe carbon monoxide levels detected by Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) head start ...
Carbon Monoxide: Did You Know?
Brantford Expositor
Install CO detectors in all sleeping areas in your home as a second line of defense. For more information on carbon monoxide and natural gas safety, ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning and your car - Minneapolis Alternative ...
When these conditions are not satisfied, a much more dangerous product, namely carbon monoxide is produced. Occasionally, carbon monoxide makes headlines. ...
Public Housing Had No CO Detectors
FOX 9 News
MINNEAPOLIS - Two people were in critical condition after a carbon monoxide leak at an apartment building on the 2600 block of Stevens Avenue in Minneapolis ...
Manteno: Firefighters offer complimentary smoke and carbon monox
Kankakee Daily Journal By Bill Byrns
The Manteno Fire Department will mark Fire Prevention Month by giving away free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors Oct. 9 and hosting an Oct. ...

September 23, 2010

“The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.”
Kahlil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Life saving detectors 'a must for all'
Newtownabbey Today By Jonathan Bell
TWO councilors are helping to get life saving carbon monoxide detectors into every home in the land. Councilor Robert Hill and Alderman ...
Carbon Monoxide Forces Evacuations In Mt. Lebanon
KDKA
A carbon monoxide scare forced some residents to evacuate from an apartment building in Mount Lebanon overnight. Firefighters on scene called the incident a ...
Fine is called unlikely in Minneapolis CO leak
Minneapolis Star Tribune
No penalties are likely for the owners of a south Minneapolis apartment building where several people were sickened early Tuesday by a carbon monoxide leak, ...
DL TEACHER INJURED: Close call with carbon monoxide
DL-Online
A rural Detroit Lakes resident was taken to the hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday morning. According to Detroit Lakes Assistant Fire ...

September 22, 2010

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
6 teens hospitalized in LI carbon monoxide scare
7Online.com
MIDDLE ISLAND (WABC) -- High levels of carbon monoxide sent six teenagers to the hospital on Long Island Tuesday morning. The Middle Island Fire Department ...
Building with carbon monoxide leak lacked detectors
Minnesota Public Radio
Two women remain listed in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center this morning after being overcome Tuesday by a carbon monoxide leak in a ...
Sunoco to Pay $130000 for '09 Air Quality Violations
Gant Daily
“Sunoco reported releases of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate matter in excess of permitted limits, from January to September ...
Carbon monoxide: Did you know?
Windsor Star
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is produced when fuels such as wood, propane, oil, natural gas, kerosene, gasoline, diesel, coal or charcoal do not burn properly. ...
Checking Your Furnace To Prevent CO Poisoning
WCCO
Any fuel-burning machine can be the source of carbon monoxide. So it's good to get a check-up on your furnace every year to make sure it's working properly. ...
Secretary Clinton's Clean Stove Initiative Aims to Cut Carbon-Filled Cooking ...
Popular Science
... Clean Cookstove Image 1 Envirofit's Clean Cookstove, for use in the developing world, cuts deadly smoke and carbon-monoxide emissions by 80 percent. ...

September 21, 2010

“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.”
H. G. Wells (September 21, 1866 – 1946)
5 hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak in Mpls.
KARE
MINNEAPOLIS-- A carbon monoxide leak at a Minneapolis apartment building sent 5 people to the hospital early Tuesday, and chased more than 100 residents out ...
Fire department call found carbon monoxide
Jamestown Sun
16: 3:58 pm, the ready squad responded to 410 10th St. SE (Jasmeria 4 Hair) to check for carbon monoxide. Firefighters checked for the gas with a multi-gas ...
Two die after inhaling carbon monoxide in sleep
The Borneo Post
As the window between the navigation room and the cabin was opened, poisonous carbon monoxide gas was released from the navigation room to where the victims ...
Is your home under-protected from fire and CO poisoning?
Osceola Sentinel Tribune
Even more alarming is the 90 percent of homes that do not meet the recommendation for number of carbon monoxide detectors, including 40 percent that report
Detectors 'will not stop tragedy'
Belfast Telegraph
Compulsory carbon monoxide detectors will not alone prevent another gas poisoning tragedy in Northern Ireland, a Stormont minister has said. ...
Tourney provides a major boost
Woodstock Sentinel Review
The Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for CO Education was established in 2009 by Laurie Hawkins' uncle, John Gignac, in an effort increase carbon monoxide safety ...

September 18-20, 2010

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
Upton Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – 1968)
SPSA fined $60000 for emissions violations at plant
The Virginian-Pilot (Virginian-Pilot file photo) By Scott Harper
SPSA has been fined $60000 by state regulators for years of violations involving carbon monoxide emissions from
Biomass cogeneration opponents to gather in Port Angeles on eve of city meeting
Peninsula Daily
... from the company's paper-making process, with significant decline in major pollutants such as carbon monoxide, particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. ...
Four Channel 5 staffers treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, workers fuming
New York Daily News
Reporters Lisa Evers, Andrea Day and Nicole Johnson all were treated in recent weeks for carbon-monoxide poisoning after working in the station's remote
Warning on dangers of old heating systems
Irish Times
A CORONER yesterday warned of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty heating systems, particularly in older houses, after an inquest heard how ...

September 17, 2010

“As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Huff: After monoxide poisoning, some at Ch. 5 are fuming
New York Daily News
Ch. 5 crew members Sean McKenna, Chris Portente, Jerry Luke, Eric Anderson and Ralph Franco also have been treated for effects of carbon monoxide, ...
Carbon monoxide sends 5 to hospital
KFOR
THE VILLAGE, OK -- A family of five was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday morning. The family lives in the 10000 block of Lancet Drive in ...
Carbon monoxide scare forces evacuation
WWLP 22News
The fire department brought all the students and staff outside as they checked for Carbon Monoxide. "There is no carbon monoxide problem in the school and ...
San Bruno school evacuated after gas odor report
San Jose Mercury News
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spokesman Kory Raftery says the odor was most likely carbon monoxide from residue buildup in the school's heating system. ...

September 15-16, 2010

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Author: Professor Yasser Metwally
The early symptoms of CO exposure are not easily identified because they are nonspecific (1). Symptoms include nausea, headache, weakness, irritability, confusion, visual disturbances, parkinsonism, persistent vegetative state, akinetic mutism, agnosia, apraxia, confabulation, depression, delirium, and psychosis.
Woman dies in Lullwater Drive fire
StarNewsOnline.com
A neighbor in an adjoining unit, April Sellers, 25, said she woke up to the blaring of her carbon monoxide detector and immediately called the property ...
Hawke's Bay air quality moving in right direction
Hawke's Bay Today
Environet looked at PM10, the small particles that can cause respiratory illnesses, as well as gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulphur ...
Investigators struggle to put Montcoal timeline together
Charleston Gazette
The Massey caller reported increasing levels of carbon monoxide gas, but said there were no injuries. The mine was being evacuated as a precaution. ...
We are moving toward a carbon economy
Reliable Plant Magazine
The final step in the carbon lifecycle is often combustion into carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide, or other gasses that are then emitted into the ...
Greeks work for fire safety
The Daily Tar Heel
The program is designed to promote fire and carbon monoxide alarm installations, house safety checks and distribution of fire safety information. ...
Carbon monoxide poster contest
MiamiHerald.com
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is hosting a poster contest on carbon monoxide safety. Known as the ``invisible killer,'' carbon monoxide, ...
Pace of EPA's Clean Air Act Rulemakings Turns Heads, Draws Lawsuits
New York Times
EPA is required by the Clean Air Act to set allowable limits for those and three other pollutants: lead, carbon monoxide and particulate matter. ...

September 14, 2010

“The secret of getting things done is to act!”
Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321)
"Sick" School Reopens
WREG
Several cafeteria workers and students fell ill and were reportedly diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. The colorless, odorless gas isn't explosive, ...
Verbatim: Cameron Woods evacuated in carbon monoxide emergency
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette  
Angola, Ind. – On Monday, September 13, 2010, Cameron Woods Senior Living Community experienced high levels of carbon monoxide causing an evacuation. ...
Home safety seminar: Avoiding carbon monoxide poisoning - Fosters
SOUTH BERWICK — The risk of carbon monoxide is a continuous threat to Maine families during winter time. On average, about 150 people are treated for carbon ...

September 11-13, 2010

“Men! The only animal in the world to fear.”
David Herbert Lawrence (Sept. 11, 1885 – 1930)
Tragedy Averted In Waterbury On Rosh Hashanah
Yeshiva World News
Waterbury CT – At 1:00am on Thursday night, the second night of Yom Tov, a member of the Jewish Community was awoken by a carbon monoxide alarm ringing. ...
Fire displaced 12 people in Holyoke
WWLP 22News
There were no smoke alarms or carbon monoxide detectors in the building, but everyone managed to get out safely on the 1st and 2nd floors. ...
Marshall County School Closed Due To Illness
WREG
One thing not included, an explanation on why those workers got sick and why their doctors also gave a diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning.

September 10, 2010

“Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?”
Rocky Marciano (Sept. 1, 1923 – 1969)
Palm Beach County responding to silent killer: Carbon monoxide
Sun-Sentinel By Jerome Burdi, Sun Sentinel
A deadly wave of carbon monoxide poisonings have swept through Palm Beach County this year, alarming firefighters, ...
Portable carbon monoxide detectors added to Boca Raton Fire Rescue toolkit
WPTV
Boca Raton Fire Rescue is equipping all of their 'Lifepak' units, with portable carbon monoxide monitors. They are small in size, but big when it comes to ...

September 9, 2010

“Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.”
Mohandas Gandhi (1869 –1948)
Two more Palm Beach County residents poisoned by carbon monoxide
Palm Beach Post
By Stacey Singer Two men from Royal Palm Beach have become Palm Beach County's 29th and 30th carbon monoxide poisoning victims this year after one left a ...
Trust in Katie Haines memory raises £15000 so far
Wokingham Times
The family of a Wokingham woman who died earlier this year from carbon monoxide poisoning have praised fundraising support from her friends for a charity ...
School closed after 5 cafeteria workers suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
WMC-TV
They were working to determine why five cafeteria workers were sent to the hospital Tuesday morning with carbon monoxide ingestion. ...
Home safety seminar: Avoiding carbon monoxide poisoning
Foster's Daily Democrat
SOUTH BERWICK — The risk of carbon monoxide is a continuous threat to Maine families during winter time. On average, about 150 people are treated for ...

September 8, 2010

“If you don't think too good, don't think too much.”
Ted Williams (1918 – 2002)
Contest, Contest, Read All About It!
Sacramento Bee
By US Consumer Product Safety Commission Carbon monoxide is called the "invisible killer." That's because it's a gas that you can't see or smell and it can ...
Ship firm floats plan to cut Hong Kong smog
CNN International
The index measures the concentration of air pollutants including nitrogen dioxide, sulfer dioxide and carbon monoxide. The government warns a "very high" ...
Sierra Club Sues Over Texas Power Plant
SustainableBusiness.com
... mercury, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. These chemicals combine in the air to create dangerous levels of ozone, ...
Corus opens a GBP 60 million plant at Port Talbot steelworks
SteelGuru
Carbon monoxide gas from the basic oxygen steelmaking process at Port Talbot has a medium to high calorific value and as such is a valuable energy resource. ...

September 6-7, 2010

“Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.”
Jean Monnet (Sept. 7, 1703 – 1779)
Poisoning Hazards Abound In Fall Season
WJXT Jacksonville
As carbon monoxide is very dangerous, this process, as well as the installation of a carbon monoxide monitor can save your family. Never use charcoal grills ...
Business open after carbon monoxide leak
7Online WSVN-TV
(WSVN) -- A South Florida business has reopened after a carbon monoxide leak. Pembroke Pines Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene of the leak…
Harlingen fire fighters train on new equipment
Brownsville Herald
The new RAD-57 will help firefighters monitor carbon monoxide levels in the bloodstream of persons who may be stricken by the deadly invisible gas. ...
Protect Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
DIY Life
But it could also be the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odorless fume that can be impossible to detect, ...

September 3, 2010

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Pet saves family after carbon monoxide leak
Mirror.co.uk
A dog rescued her family from a carbon monoxide leak by barking until they woke. Owner Karen Bacon, 45, was roused by her Cavalier King Charles spaniel ...
Carbon monoxide sends renters to hospital
KOB.com
Public Safety Spokesperson TJ Wilham says, "Once again, they had levels of carbon monoxide in their blood and they had to be treated for carbon monoxide ...
Veteran dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
YourNabe.com
ROSEDALE — An elderly man was found dead and another person was hospitalized following a carbon monoxide poisoning that affected their Rosedale home Monday ...
CPSC Announces Carbon Monoxide Safety Poster Contest
FireEngineering.com
Each year more than 150 people die from accidental non-fire carbon monoxide poisoning associated with consumer products in the United States and that number ...
Families returning after gas alert in east Belfast
BBC News
It is now believed that carbon monoxide detected in houses at My Lady's Road was caused by burning underground electric cables. NIE said about 25 homes were ...

September 2, 2010

“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Plant in the frame as firm goes for coal
New Post Leader
The syngas – consisting of methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen – is then processed, and the hydrogen extracted and used to power fuel ...
Carbon monoxide accident takes second life
Kansas City Star
Funeral services were today for an Oak Grove woman who died more than a week after a carbon monoxide poisoning accident. Joyce Marie Bentley, 62, ...

September 1, 2010

“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one”.
Alexandre Dumas (1802 – 1870)
South Holland family hospitalized by carbon monoxide leak
SOUTH HOLLAND
Firefighters spent Thursday morning airing out a house where a carbon monoxide leak that started in the garage resulted in six family ...
Investigation into carbon monoxide death near Boca Raton includes keyless car
Sun-Sentinel
Palm Beach County detectives are investigating whether this could have led to the death of a 29-year-old woman because of carbon monoxide poisoning in her ...
Carbon monoxide poisonings in PBC leap from 4 last year to 28 so far this year
Palm Beach Post By Sonja Isger and Cynthia Roldan
Carbon monoxide poisoning isn't just on the rise among Palm Beach County residents, it's sky rocketing. ...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
Massey: Methane Detector Data Show Readings Surged In Minutes
NASDAQ
"Actual levels of methane and carbon monoxide could have been higher," the mine's owner said, because the detectors do not record levels higher than 5% for ...
One person found dead of carbon-monoxide poisoning in Queens
One person died of apparent carbon-monoxide poisoning in a home near Kennedy Airport in Queens Monday morning, Fire Department officials said.

August 30, 2010

“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Warren Buffett (August 30, 1930 - )
Two Men Die In Mining Accident
KPHO Phoenix
The men were killed deep in the mine after they were overcome by very high levels of carbon monoxide. The accident happened about 15 miles northeast of Show ...
Naples Couple Treated For CO Poisoning
WMTW Portland
NAPLES, Maine -- A husband and wife from Naples were taken to an area hospital Saturday for carbon monoxide poisoning. Naples rescue officials said both ...
Woman dies in carbon monoxide poisoning near Boca
Sun-Sentinel
By Jerome Burdi, Sun Sentinel A 29-year-old woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning in her home west of Boca Raton on Thursday night, and her boyfriend ...
Carbon monoxide detectors installed
News-Journal.com
13 incident, which took the life of 33-year-old Casey Steenland, Champion EMS has installed carbon monoxide detectors in all of their facilities and in ...

August 26, 2010

“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
Hazmat Survival Tips: Interpreting Readings from Atmospheric Monitors
FireEngineering.com By Steven De Lisi
On a cold evening in January, your engine is dispatched to a report of a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm that has activated in a single-family ...
Manchester Twp. company evacuated during carbon monoxide incident
Yorkdispatch.com
Manchester Township firefighters carry a fan into the Strine Printing Company after carbon monoxide poisoning was detected inside the building. ...
Diver poisoned by carbon dioxide, taken to hospital  HEADLINE MISTAKE; CO or CO2?
ABC Online
The Cairns man was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning and had memory problems and a severe headache. He was flown to the Mackay Base Hospital for ...

August 25, 2010

“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”
Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 – 1964)
Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas….
COSA News; Pager Series
Poisoning from carbon monoxide can go undetected though a person might be experiencing symptoms every day.
Geology of Chilean gold and copper mine helped miners survive with air, water ...
The Canadian Press
The trapped workers also don't have to worry about toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, or explosive gases such as methane, both common hazards in coal ...

August 20, 2010

“Tears are the silent language of grief.”
Voltaire (16994 – 1778)
Funeral service held for EMT who died of carbon monoxide poisoning
KLTV
Steenland died when she fell asleep near a carbon monoxide leak in the White Oak Champion ambulance station. A group of fellow workers and emergency ...
Landlord alert: carbon monoxide alarms obligatory from October
Property Owners Directory
New Building Regulations are due to come into force this October requiring carbon monoxide (CO) alarms where a new or replacement fixed solid fuel appliance ...

August 19, 2010

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
4 Sickened By Carbon Monoxide Fumes
CBS 3
(AP) ― New Castle County paramedics say four people in a family were hospitalized after they were sickened by carbon monoxide fumes. Officials say a man, ...
Teen Recovering, But Devastated, After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Best Friend
fox4kc.com
Instead, she's recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning that took the life of her best friend. The father of 16-year-old Robin Ferguson said she's still ...

August 18, 2010

“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
RCMP probe death at workplace in Wetaskiwin
Edmonton Journal
RCMP and Occupational Health and Safety are investigating an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a Wetaskiwin workplace. A man was found dead at 1:15 pm ...
Carbon monoxide leak send four Middle River children to hospital
ABC2 News
In the kitchen of the Middle River apartment, firefighters isolated the problem---a hot water heater leaking potentially deadly carbon monoxide.
Residents evacuated from Egleston Square building
Boston Herald
By O'Ryan Johnson and Renee Nadeau Algarin A 20-story apartment building in Egleston Square is being evacuated due to a carbon monoxide leak, ...
Carbon monoxide: the number two cause of deaths in the home
iNews880.com
He says everyone should have a carbon monoxide detector in their home, but they need to go a step further. "Most people only have them on the one floor, ...

August 17, 2010

“If you're going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Utilities out 10 days as residents wait
KRQE
"There were 13 units that had hazardous levels of carbon monoxide inside the piping that leads to the water heaters, and those water heaters needed to be ...
Carbon monoxide: don't rely on detectors alone
Belfast Telegraph
Householders have been urged by a leading safety charity not to rely solely on carbon monoxide detectors to prevent carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. ...

August 14-16, 2010

“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”
Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – 1821)
Inspectors to return to apartments
KRQE
The gas is on, but water heaters inside 13 units at the Mountain Vista Apartments are showing high levels of carbon monoxide. New heaters could be installed
EMT's released following carbon monoxide leak
KSLA-TV LONGVIEW, TX (KSLA)
– Two East Texas EMT's have been released from the hospital following a deadly carbon monoxide leak. City flags flew at "Half-Staff" in ...
Husband remembers EMT wife
KLTV
By Bob Hallmark - bio | email The husband of a female EMT who died Friday from carbon monoxide poisoning, is sharing his memories of his wife. ...
Concern over threat from faulty cookers
RTE.ie
Thousands of householders have been warned about faulty cookers that may cause carbon monoxide poisoning. Several attempts have been made to alert consumers
Carbon monoxide kills EMT; 2 hospitalized
Amarillo.com
WHITE OAK - One emergency medical technician died, and two co-workers were hospitalized Friday after being overcome by carbon monoxide while on duty in the ...
Building Evacuated After Hartford Gas Leak
Hartford Courant By DAVID OWENS,
— Connecticut Light & Power crews are replacing an underground line that burned, causing a buildup of carbon monoxide ...
About carbon monoxide
Marshall News Messenger
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden illness and death if inhaled. Red blood cells pick up CO quicker than they pick up ...
Carbon monoxide sickens 20 at Joliet social service agency
Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
Approximately 20 clients and staff were overcome by carbon monoxide this afternoon during a training session at a social service agency in Joliet. ...
Russian fire threat at nuclear site reduced, Moscow still breathing smoke
euronews
While a pollution monitoring service said carbon monoxide levels were 1.3 times higher than acceptable, one resident just said he had breathed worse…

August 13, 2010

“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.”
François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778) AKA Voltaire
Double tragedy on north coast leads to flood of alarm sales
Portadown Today
By Victor Gordon CARBON monoxide alarms are flying off the shelves of Portadown following the tragic deaths of two Newtownabbey teenagers in a Castlerock ...
Carbon Monoxide from Wildfires Covers Earth - - Softpedia
Experts at NASA are using their assets in orbit to search for and analyze carbon monoxide gas concentrations around the world. ...
What is Causing Weather Extremes in 2010?
Universe Today
Among the pollutants created by wildfires is carbon monoxide, a gas that can pose a variety of health risks at ground level. Carbon monoxide is also an ...
Russia Sits Under Potential Radiation Cloud
Worthy News
Made from the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere sensor on NASA's Terra satellite, this image reveals the amount of carbon monoxide in western ...
'Carbon monoxide alarms must be made mandatory'
Newtownabbey Today
LOCAL politicians have demanded new legislation to ensure the mandatory installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all new properties fitted with gas heating ...

August 12, 2010

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”
Andy Warhol (1927 – 1987)
Civil suit targets 12 for carbon monoxide deaths
Aspen Daily News
by Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Relatives of a family of four killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in an Aspen-area home filed a civil ...
Carbon monoxide detectors now required
Daily Record-News
By BARB OWENS staff writer | 0 comments KITTITAS COUNTY—Carbon monoxide detectors will be required in new residential construction and existing dwellings ...
Raising the alarm about carbon-monoxide
The Barrie Examiner
Enbridge Gas spent $100000 on approximately 2700 smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms, and distributed them to 10 communities across Ontario through its Project ...
Pollution effects of wildfires drift beyond national borders
Xinhua
That soup included carbon monoxide, an ingredient in the production of ground-level ozone, which causes numerous respiratory problems. ...
Gas probe: restaurants shut
Belfast Telegraph
Two restaurants have been ordered to close by health officials inspecting gas appliances around the area where two teenage friends died from carbon monoxide ...

August 11, 2010

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”
Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919)
Apartments Evacuated After CO Leak
WSOC Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, NC -- For the second time in a week, a carbon monoxide leak forced some residents of a south Charlotte apartment complex out of their homes. ...
Lawsuit expected in Aspen carbon monoxide case
Aspen Times
DENVER — Relatives of the Denver family of four that died from carbon monoxide in a home near Aspen are expected to file a lawsuit Wednesday. ...
Approved alarms may not be protective enough
COSA News
U.L. 2034 Listed carbon monoxide alarms do not give enough protection from chronic levels of carbon monoxide.
How much carbon monoxide is too much?
Moscow smog from wildfires eases, gives temporary relief for residents
RIA Novosti
Concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow's air has abated, however may slightly increase in the evening, an expert from the State Nature Conservation…
Carbon monoxide: the essential rules you must follow
Belfast Telegraph
Over 14 people a year die from carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK, and many more suffer health problems from carbon monoxide exposure. You can't see, ...
Building firm fined over carbon monoxide exposure
Safety Sign Supplies
However, this did not work, meaning dangerous carbon monoxide fumes were released in the house. The firm was fined £12000 and ordered to pay £1000 in ...

August 10, 2010

“Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.”
Neil Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - )
Second teen killed by suspected carbon monoxide leak is buried
Irish Times
THE FUNERAL of the second teenager who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a holiday apartment in Co Derry last week has taken place in his
Your View: Carbon monoxide detectors a lifesaving gift
Mankato Free Press
By Jim Vonderharr, Mankato MANKATO — Over a year ago, we gave our niece and her family a carbon monoxide detector as a present. ...
Duluth firefighters able to measure people's CO levels
Duluth News Tribune
“What this does is actually measure the percentage of carbon monoxide in a patient's blood,” firefighter Lisa Consie said. Such equipment wasn't available ...
Plant Enzyme Converts Car Exhaust Into Fuel
EcoGeek
Scientists have discovered a plant enzyme capable of turning carbon monoxide into propane, which lets us imagine a future where cars could run off their own ...
Altoona apartment evacuated due to carbon monoxide
WQOW TV News 18
Altoona (WQOW) -- An Altoona apartment is evacuated Monday morning due to high levels of carbon monoxide. The fire department was called to 617 Walden Court ...

August 7-9, 2010

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
Satchel Paige (1906 – 1982)
High levels of carbon monoxide found in Sandy home
ABC 4 SANDY, Utah (ABC 4 News) –
A family evacuated their home after their carbon monoxide alarm went off late Saturday night. Family members were about to go to ...
NASA Instrument Tracks Pollution from Russian Fires
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Side-by-side comparison of carbon monoxide pollution from the series of devastating wildfires burning across central and western Russia, as seen by the…
New weapon on the way for Delaware rescuers
The News Journal
The devices are like fingerticlip blood-oxygen meters commonly used in hospitals, but are the first on-the-scene method of carbon monoxide detection that ...
Dense Smog Chokes Moscow as Wildfires Continue
AOL News
Carbon monoxide levels rose to more than six times the admissible level. Authorities advised locals to stay indoors, avoid open windows and to only venture ...
Funeral for 'gas death' teenager
BBC News
The funeral of one of the teenagers who died after a suspected carbon monoxide leak in Castlerock has taken place. A service for 18-year-old Neil McFerran ...
2 kids suffer possible carbon monoxide poisoning
MiamiHerald.com
Tampa police say two children apparently suffered carbon monoxide poisoning after their father left them in a running vehicle while he ran errands. ...

August 6, 2010

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
City will help fund inspector's homicide defense
Aspen Times
The home did not have a carbon monoxide detector at the time of the fatalities. The sheriff's office concluded that a dislodged piece of PVC pipe carrying ...
Carbon monoxide advice is issued
BBC News
The Public Health Agency is urging people to be vigilant for the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. It follows the deaths of two teenagers in ...
US Changes Plan for Capturing Emissions From Coal
New York Times
Duke Energy is building a coal-fired plant in Edwardsport, Ind., that will cook coal into a gas that is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. ...

August 5, 2010

Approved alarms may not be protective enough
COSA News
U.L. 2034 Listed carbon monoxide alarms do not give enough protection from chronic harmful levels of carbon monoxide.
How much carbon monoxide is too much?
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
James Madison (1751-1836)
Landlords show spotty compliance with new carbon monoxide law
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News
A little known law went into effect this year requiring landlords to install carbon monoxide detectors in any rental property with oil or gas furnaces, ...
Penn Yan Pizza Hut evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
WebsterPost.com
Penn Yan Fire Department was called to the scene to investigate a carbon monoxide detector alarm. Penn Yan Volunteer Ambulance, Medic 55 and Penn Yan Police ...
ARAI makes engine to cut back emissions
Times of India
It promises to reduce carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and other emissions. The HCNG engine will be on display at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in New ...

August 4, 2010

“No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.”
Bob Dylan (1941 -   )
Eagan family survives carbon monoxide scare
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Eagan firefighter Dave DiIoia responded to the call and recorded carbon monoxide levels of 1500 parts per million near the garage of the home. ...
Russian Wildfires Death Toll Hits 48
WXIA-TV
The haze, which contains harmful carbon monoxide and other gases, reached the subway system Wednesday. Associated Press Commenting is intended as a ...
Two boys die after being poisoned by carbon monoxide in holiday apartment
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Two boys died and a third had to be resuscitated by paramedics in a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday apartment…

August 3, 2010

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
George S. Patton (1885-1945)
Teen recounts CO poisoning scare at BVJ
CTV.ca
Two days after suffering from severe carbon monoxide poisoning at the Big Valley Jamboree 18-year-old Kayla DuChene says it could have been a dramatically ...
Five Die from Faulty Heater in Argentine Cold Wave
Latin American Herald Tribune
Each year in Argentina the cold winter weather causes 80 to 100 fatalities, between deaths from hypothermia to inhaling carbon monoxide, according to ...
Plumbers liability insurance holders told of carbon monoxide dangers
ContractorsCompare.com
A gas fitter has been fined for exposing farm workers to the risk of an explosion or carbon monoxide poisoning, plumbers liability insurance holders have ...
Noncompliance is unacceptable
Delmarva Now
When Ocean City passed a law in February 2007 mandating carbon monoxide detectors in all multi-family dwelling units with fuel-burning equipment, ...