November 10, 2010

“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

Winter Raises Carbon Monoxide Danger
NBC Montana
Ian died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Joe Russell, Flathead County's Health Officer, says that not enough people know just how dangerous carbon dioxide ...
2 men recovered from carbon monoxide poisoning
NECN
(AP) — Two of three western Montana hunters who were found unconscious and suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning have been released from a Utah hospital ...
Six sickened in Sharon by carbon monoxide
The Patriot Ledger By Anonymous
Six people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after a buildup in a home on Eisenhower Drive in Sharon. The six people were taken to ...
Dangers of carbon monoxide    VIDEO
WALA-TV FOX10
Kicking on the heater for winter could also kick up a dangerous and unnoticeable problem- Carbon Monoxide. Julio Garcia talks about the dangers.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Awareness
KSBI 52
Sherry says your home and health could be at risk for carbon monoxide poisoning, and that homeowners who have recently had their roof repaired could be at ...
Carbon monoxide kills Raleigh woman
News & Observer BY MATT EHLERS - Staff writer RALEIGH –
A woman died and her husband was injured over the weekend after carbon monoxide from a vehicle left running in the ...
Delmarva donates carbon monoxide detectors
The News Journal
Delmarva Power officials today donated 200 carbon monoxide alarms to the Wilmington Fire Department to commemorate the company's 10th anniversary of its ...
The PHA supports the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland on their ...
HealthCanal.com
Carbon Monoxide Kills.', drives home the importance of having all fossil fuel boilers and appliances properly installed and serviced annually, ...

November 09, 2010

“Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.”
Bill Watterson (1958- )
ABC7, fire departments launch safety campaign
KGO-TV
The ABC7 campaign is designed to raise awareness about fire safety and carbon monoxide poisoning. "I look back at the fire deaths that have happened in San ...
Hospital releases 2 Missoula-area hunters poisoned by carbon monoxide
The Missoulian
The three Missoula-area hunters who were found unconscious in their tent from carbon monoxide poisoning near Lima last month are recovering, ...
Raleigh death brings attention to carbon monoxide poisoning
WRAL.com
Sarah Fernside Tanner, 64, of 2602 Askew Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene from carbon monoxide fumes, police said. James Mahan Tanner Jr., 64, ...
Firefighters Donate Fire Detection Devices
Patch
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District will donate 350 smoke detectors and 150 carbon monoxide detectors to under privileged residents in honor of Carbon ...
Aspen May Spend $50000 Defending Workers In Carbon Monoxide Deaths
KMGH Denver
Parker and Caroline Lofgren, along with their children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while staying in an Aspen home during ...
Public Advisory: CPSC Reminds Consumers to Change Smoke Alarm, CO Batteries
Justice News Flash
“Properly working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms can save lives by alerting you to a fire or to poisonous carbon monoxide in your home,” said CPSC ...

November 06-08, 2010

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 46 BC)
Woman killed in home by carbon monoxide
abc11.com
Investigators say they suspect someone accidentally pushed the remote start button for the car, and the running engine produced enough carbon monoxide to ...
Poisoned by their Lexus? Toyota facing new lawsuit after keyless ignition ...
Daily Mail
The car's keyless ignition system has been blamed for causing the carbon monoxide poisoning death of a 79-year-old New York lawyer…
Scout honored for his quick thinking
9NEWS.com
The beeping was from a carbon monoxide detector. Stinson got everyone outside just in time. Firefighters found the house was filled with dangerous levels of ...
Dallas hospital treats woman for carbon monoxide poisoning
WFAA
Each year, more than 400 people die in the United States as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Dr. Jeffrey Stone, director of Presbyterian's hyperbaric ...
Check smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, says Toronto Fire
680 News
Strapko said it is also important to change the batteries in the carbon monoxide detectors, as furnaces and water heaters could be sources of the odorless ...
PICTURES: 18 people hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning at Richfield ...
FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
18 people have been taken to a hospital due to high levels of carbon monoxide at Arrow Carton Company in Richfield. The workers were complaining of
Detecting Carbon Monoxide
KEYC
Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless gas that can escape into your home when fuel-burning appliances aren't working properly. ...
State issues emergency suspension of Topeka day care
KTKA.com
The state says fire officials found that a carbon monoxide detector was going off for nearly a day before authorities were notified. The monoxide detector
Woman killed in home by carbon monoxide
abc11.com
Investigators say they suspect someone accidentally pushed the remote start button for the car, and the running engine produced enough carbon monoxide to ...

November 05, 2010

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 – 2004)
Firefighters Urge People to Get Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Today's TMJ4
It appears carbon monoxide has taken the lives of two people in Walworth County. Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer because it's tasteless, ...
Emergency Crews Called To Richfield Business For Carbon Monoxide Leak
WISN Milwaukee
Emergency crews were called to Arrow Carton Co. in Richfield shortly after 2 pm Thursday for a possible carbon monoxide leak. An incident commander told 12 ...
Restaurant employees file second carbon-monoxide lawsuit
Baltimore Sun By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun

It's the second bite at the apple for their lawyers, the Murphy Firm — led by William H. "Billy" Murphy Jr. — who ...

Incident illustrates need for carbon dioxide detectors
Belleville Intelligencer
Chief John Whelan said Quinte West firefighters were forced to don protective gear on two carbon monoxide calls Wednesday and warned detectors are a must in ...
Non-coincidental carbon monoxide bars negligence suit
Workers Comp Forum
It was discovered that a gas-powered water heater located in the basement of the hospital was producing carbon monoxide that was entering the credit union. ...
Flu symptoms could signal carbon monoxide poisoning
KTVO
“Since symptoms mimic those of the flu, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning often don't realize the cause of their illness,” explains Larry Jensema, ...
Time to check your furnace
WCLO
That may be an indication you have a carbon monoxide leak. Alliant Energy spokesman, Steve Schultz, says the symptoms are almost identical for both, ...

November 04, 2010

“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – 1935)
Firefighters respond to carbon monoxide leak at Lincoln apartment
Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln firefighters scoured a five-unit converted home Wednesday morning, searching for tenants exposed to lethal levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Gas leak sickens 20
Arizona Daily Sun
Workers from the Bank of America building in downtown Flagstaff were sickened and evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a gas leak produced carbon monoxide at ...
Two ill with carbon monoxide poisoning after boiler malfunctions
The Reader
A man and a woman were on Tuesday poisoned by carbon monoxide from a faulty boiler, the first only slightly but the second continues gravely ill in hospital ...

November 03, 2010

“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”
Epicurus (341 BC – 271BC)
3 Missoula area hunters improving after carbon monoxide poisoning in tent
The Missoulian
Saunders, Butler and Cook had apparently suffered from carbon monoxide inhalation, he said. The teenage boys discovered that Saunders, Butler and Cook were ...
Car accidently left running overnight kills Hamden couple
Middletown Press By Ann DeMatteo, Journal Register News HAMDEN —
A husband and wife are dead, apparently the result of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning when a car was ...
Watertown fire crews respond to carbon monoxide alarm at Hilltop Road residence
Watertown TAB & Press By Anonymous
According to the Watertown Fire Department, a call came in around 4 pm after a carbon monoxide detector sounded. Crews arrived to find the ...
Students Sick from Carbon Monoxide and Natural Gas Leak
WABI
"Therefore spitting out Carbon Monoxide and a smell of natural gas, "said Cyr. Cyr says since Carbon Monoxide has no smell, the natural gas leak is what ...
Safety First: Carbon monoxide detectors soon required in homes
Green Bay Press Gazette By Lt. Nick Craig • Safety First • November 2, 2010
A new carbon monoxide (CO) law will affect many of us in February. The law will require all one- and ...

November 02, 2010

“Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.”
Jonas Salk( 1914 -1995)
Fire and medical officials remind local residents to be cautious using ...
Lawrence Journal World
And Monday morning, a resident of an apartment complex near the Kansas University campus showed up at Watkins Health Center with symptoms of carbon monoxide ...
Preparing for a cold and wet winter | Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Have a carbon monoxide detector in your home. Place 5-6 feet from potential carbon monoxide sources. Keep all space heaters at least 3-4 feet away from ...
Carbon Monoxide Awareness week set for 2010 launch
H&V News
The Carbon Monoxide Awareness charity has announced that its fifth consecutive annual initiative to raise awareness will begin on November 15 at the Houses ...
Carbon monoxide campaign launched
U.TV
The mothers of two teenagers killed by carbon monoxide earlier this year have helped launch an awareness campaign against the dangers of the poisonous gas. ...