March 30, 2010
West Boca teen raising awareness about carbon monoxide poisoning in memory of ...Sun-Sentinel
By Angel Streeter, Sun Sentinel A West Boca Raton teenager is working on becoming an Eagle Scout by raising awareness about carbon monoxide poisoning....
March 27-29, 2010
Family sickened by fumesCape Cod Times CENTERVILLE —
A family of four was taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon with carbon monoxide poisoning after a pipe came apart and dumped exhaust into ...
Carbon monoxide leak sends several SF residents to hospital
Examiner.com
Several San Francisco residents were evacuated from their homes early Sunday morning and taken to a hospital for carbon monoxide (CO2) poisoning. ...
State mandates carbon monoxide detectors in homes
Green Bay Press Gazette
The law requires that carbon monoxide detectors, which cost from $25 to $50 or more, be directly wired to a home's electrical system and have a battery ...
Carbon monoxide thought to have killed five in southwest China tin mine
People's Daily Online
Five workers died probably of carbon monoxide poisoning in a tin mine in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Friday. ...
Bodies of two missing Corvallis men found southeast of Waldport
OregonLive.com
Preliminary investigation indicates the subjects succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning as the result of using a barbecue to heat the inside of the van.
GCFD: Carbon Monoxide Alarms Save Lives
Garden City News
A new law recently went into effect that changes the requirements for both the location and number of carbon monoxide detectors needed in residential ...
March 26, 2010
Seniors can pick up free carbon monoxide detectorsNorthJersey.com
CLIFFSIDE PARK — The Cliffside Park Bureau of Fire Prevention is hosting a program to offer senior citizens carbon monoxide detectors free of charge. ...
Resort's Carbon Monoxide Compliance Rate Soars
The Dispatch By Bryan Russo, Staff Writer OCEAN CITY —
The Fire Marshal's office said this week compliance with the town's carbon monoxide detector law has quadrupled ...
Family of CO victim at Pa. hotel settles lawsuit
Lebanon Daily News
The family of a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning at an eastern Pennsylvania hotel has settled a federal lawsuit against the hotel and several ...
Fire crews respond to carbon monoxide poisoning in Logan
Cache Valley Daily By Cache Valley Daily
Fire crews responded Wednesday to an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning near Adams Elementary School and found what they called a ...
March 25, 2010
Family sues over alleged carbon monoxide boat deathSalt Lake Tribune
By Pamela Manson Relatives of a man who died on a houseboat on Lake Powell from a heart attack allegedly triggered by carbon monoxide poisoning have filed a ...
Schenectady garage workers evacuated after carbon monoxide emission
WRGB
... Schenectady's Department of Public Works garage were evacuated late Wednesday morning after malfunctioning machinery emitted carbon monoxide in the air. ...
March 24, 2010
Carbon Monoxide Suspected in 3 Deaths on BoatLong Island Press, By AP on Mar 24th, 2010
Suffolk County police say carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of three people found unconscious on a houseboat in ...
Lawmakers look into ice rink air
Duluth News Tribune
Bills making their way through the Minnesota Legislature are aimed at improving ice rink air quality, especially by reducing carbon monoxide and nitrous ...
Simpson Dura-Vent Recalls Fireplace Dampers Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Both pose risk of carbon monoxide poisoning to the consumer. Description: This recall involves DuraTech Anchor Plates with Dampers and DuraChimney II Anchor ...
March 23, 2010
Debate over CO Alarms in public buildings and buildings where people work is a waste time in the U.S.The workplace is protected by Federal Law and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
If the current law were enforced, buildings where people work would have an alarm set to go off when 50 PPM of CO is reached when the concentration, on average, has been present for a continuous 8 hour time period.
Look around where you or others work and you will find few, if any CO Alarms.
OSHA does not protect workers from higher, deadly concentrations; the law only protects the worker from an 8 hour time weighted (TWA) average and it is not enforced or monitored.
Still a Great Deal of Confusion Regarding New Carbon Monoxide Requirements in ...
Newzjunky.com
... still questioning what is required, and what they may need to do to come into compliance with the new requirements for carbon monoxide (CO) detection. ...
2 toddlers, 6 adults sickened by carbon monoxide leak
WFAA
Firefighters discovered a carbon monoxide leak in a water heater located in the garage. "They ended up turning the gas off to the water heater," said Asst. ...
March 22, 2010
Ogden firefighters checking for smoke detectorsDeseret News AP OGDEN —
Ogden firefighters are checking rental properties to see if they have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Brandon Thueson, a captain with the ...
Gas poisoning strikes 55 in S China food plant
China Daily BEIHAI, Guangxi:
Fifty-five food factory workers were being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, including five who are seriously ill, in south China's ...
NST Online 6 workers die after inhaling carbon monoxide
KOTA KINABALU
Six Filipino workers died after inhaling carbon monoxide gas while cleaning a tank at the Kampung Lawa water treatment plant in Beaufort about ...
Reno hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
Las Vegas Sun
AP Reno firefighters have evacuated a downtown motel after a carbon monoxide leak was detected in the building. Firefighters evacuated the Keno Motel Sunday ...
Carbon monoxide poisons 3 in DC apartment
WTOP
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities say two adults and a child are at a hospital in serious condition after being sickened by high levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Carbon monoxide alarm at Hackettstown apartment leads to pot bust
Dailyrecord.com
Hackettstown Detective Darren Tynan on Friday said that while a carbon monoxide alarm was triggered, fire officials didn't detect the poisonous gas. ...
Faulty furnace seeps deadly gas in Algonac home
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
Bridget Schwartz's children stand in the living room, near the box where their carbon monoxide detector sat, waiting to be installed, the day it went off ...
March 19, 2010
Technology's there for cleaner airCalgary Herald
Carbon dioxide doom and climatic warming theories are only part of the emission story. With the relatively sudden realization that as a global community we ...
Proposed Bill Aimed at Saving Lives
WTVQ
Hundreds of people die every year from carbon monoxide poisoning. It's a growing problem and now a proposed bill is aimed at protecting people from this ...
March 13-18, 2010
Tributes paid to carbon monoxide victimWilts and Gloucestershire Standard; By Gemma Casey »
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Cotswolds woman who it is believed died when a faulty boiler filled her home with carbon monoxide. ...
Berlin School To Reopen Today After Air-Quality Tests
Hartford Courant
Investigators checked for a number of chemicals, particulates, mold, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The only one of those that was found to have a high ...
Chief Says Farmer, Employee Ignored Firefighters
Newsradio 620
The two men suffered life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning. Friend Bill Jones was at the Waukesha County farm when his friends got stuck. ...
Mother and Daughter die from carbon monoxide
Examiner.com
This mother and daughter were overcome by 4 times the lethal dose of carbon monoxide in their bodies it would take to kill someone. ...
3-year-old dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
WOAI
Emergency crews responded to a call about carbon monoxide at a home in the 1400 block of Kollman Drive, near FM 462 early Monday. ...
Officials Investigating Possible Carbon Monoxide Death
NewsWest9.com MIDLAND –
Midland fire officials are investigating whether a Midland women died from carbon monoxide poisoning. 53-year-old Betty Contreras was pronounced ...
GA Aircraft Engine Exhaust and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
AvStop Aviation News
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident was in part “the pilot's incapacitation due to carbon monoxide (CO) and a fractured muffler. ...
Prescribed burns may help reduce US carbon footprint
EurekAlert (press release)
Previous research has indicated that such burns could reduce emissions of pollutants such as fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide. ...
Drivers lead cyclists in exposure to traffic pollution
Stuff.co.nz
The study found that cyclists on roads are exposed to 25 per cent more carbon monoxide than cyclists just two metres from the road. ...
Car sex couple 'die of carbon monoxide poisoning'
Metro
A Russian couple who decided to have sex in their car, parked in a small garage, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after they left the engine running, ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning sickens shoppers at Forks Township Giant
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
By Colin McEvoy At least six people were sickened tonight at the Giant supermarket in Forks Township due to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the ...
OSHA begins investigation into Giant carbon monoxide poisoning
Allentown Morning Call
Two federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors are at the Forks Township Giant this morning, the site of last night's carbon monoxide ...
Carteret man is found dead in basement from carbon monoxide poisoning
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger CARTERET —
Carbon monoxide fumes from a portable generator claimed the life of a 49-year-old Carteret man who died of ...
Report: Carbon monoxide problems continue at SHA
Orlando Sentinel
WESH.com reports that crews will be examining a Sanford Housing Authority complex this week to try to find the source of carbon monoxide that's been ...
Ill. fire marshal offers generator safety tips
KWQC 6
According to the fire marshal's office, the most common dangers involving generators are carbon monoxide poisoning, electrical shock or electrocution, ...
No reason why carbon monoxide still kills us
Albany Times Union
When a young West Seneca girl died because of carbon monoxide leaking from a defective boiler. Her name was Amanda Hansen and she was just 16. ...
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning Prevention
Food Consumer
... cooling, or cooking can cause carbon monoxide (CO) to build up in a home, garage, or camper and to poison the people and animals inside. ...
Officer Credited With Saving Boy
Three Villages Times
According to police, at approximately 7:35 am on Sunday, March 7, Officer Michael Frank responded to a home on Putney Road for a carbon monoxide call. ...
Fort Hood Clinic Closed Because Of High Carbon Monoxide Levels
KWTX
Maintenance workers detected the carbon monoxide after the clinic lost power when a car hit a utility pole at around 6 am Wednesday. ...
Gov. Doyle signed a bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all one-and ...
Pierce County Herald
Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill yesterday that requires carbon monoxide detectors in all one-and-two family homes. They're already mandated in larger ...
March 11, 2010
Rogers Fire Dept. Deploys New EquipmentKHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas
Rogers firefighters recently acquired have two new carbon monoxide oximeters. The devices can be used to take a patient's pulse and determine his or her ...
Erie doggy hero a finalist for national honor
Daily Camera
Kenai, from Erie, awakened her owner and alerted him to a carbon monoxide leak in the vacation home where he, six other adults, two children and four dogs ...
Fresca Foods workers show signs of carbon monoxide poisoning
Daily Camera
Louisville Fire Protection District Chief Tim Parker said seven employees at the facility tested positive for elevated carbon monoxide levels and some of ...
Doyle Signs Monoxide Detector Mandate
Today's TMJ4
Jim Doyle has signed a law that will require all homes and duplexes to contain carbon monoxide detectors as a safety precaution. ...
Air Quality Bad for 40 Percent of Americans
Courthouse News Service
Air also saw an 80 percent cut in carbon monoxide levels, a 70 percent cut to sulfur dioxide levels, a 46 percent decline in nitrogen dioxide levels, ...
Fire Marshal Suggests Changing Batteries This Weekend
KSMU Radio
The National Safety Council also reports that almost 700 people die each year as a result of unintentional poisoning from gas like Carbon Monoxide. ...
Scientists chemically turn CO2 into CO
UPI.com
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 10 (UPI) -- US and British scientists say they've developed a technique that chemically turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide ...
March 10, 2010
Bill would help clear the Zamboni-fouled air at ice arenasPioneer Press
By Nick Ferraro The measure would require rinks to install electronic air-monitoring devices to continuously check for carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide ...
Carbon monoxide deaths linked to cookers
Which?
Gas cookers have been blamed for a significant rise in fatalities caused by carbon monoxide poisoning in Great Britain. That's the message from the UK's ...
LVFD – Quick and Skilled Response Saves a Life
Leader Newspaper
The importance of the installation of carbon monoxide alarms was reaffirmed this past week during an alarm call to a local residence. ...
March 9, 2010
Investigation sparks ice rink air quality billKSAX
The investigation found many rinks were either not testing for emissions, like carbon monoxide from ice resurfacers, or doing so incorrectly. ...
LI Mom Almost Loses Her Life, After Losing Her Job
New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
Firefighters found carbon monoxide levels more than two times higher than the safe levels. "They were at a critical level of carbon monoxide in the house," ...
Carbon monoxide kills Man, dog
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Firefighters say a man and his dog died of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday night. Indianapolis Fire Department Captain Fred Pervine ...
Scientists figure out way to convert CO2 into carbon monoxide using visible light
Sify
A team of scientists has figured out a way to efficiently turn carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, into carbon monoxide using visible light, ...
March 6-8, 2010
Police investigate apparent carbon monoxide deathWTHR
They also determined there was a lethal amount of carbon monoxide in the air inside the residence. A woman who described herself as a friend of the victim ...
Portage school district grapples with next move as construction triggers ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
In fact, it appears concerns about carbon monoxide may have been fueled by local pediatricians providing erroneous information to parents. ...
Fire Safety Tips
KPLC-TV
Another device that can help in catching a fire, before it can turn deadly, is a carbon monoxide detector. "Carbon monoxide is odorless, it is colorless, ...
Firefighters hand out free carbon monoxide detectors
NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Cicero (WSYR-TV) The law has been on the books for nearly two weeks, but firefighters say there are still some homeowners who don't have a carbon monoxide ...
Taylorsville family exposed to 'deadly' levels of carbon monoxide
KSL-TV
TAYLORSVILLE -- Three members of a Taylorsville family were exposed to what firefighters say were "deadly" levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Wal-Mart Workers' CO Claim Runs Out of Gas
Courthouse News Service
(CN) - A group of Wal-Mart employees waited too long to sue over their alleged exposure to carbon monoxide gas in the freezer section of Wal-Mart's ...
March 5, 2010
Furnace carbon monoxide leak kills woman, 90, in her homeAllentown Morning Call
A malfunctioning furnace leaked carbon monoxide into a Weisenberg Township home Thursday, killing a 90-year-old woman who lived there, according to the ...
Fire chief, state announce new smoke alarm regulations
Salem Gazette
Since March 2006, all homes have been required to install carbon monoxide alarms on each habitable level in addition to smoke detectors. ...
Oxford MPP promises to reintroduce bill
Brantford Expositor
WOODSTOCK -Oxford County's MPP is confident carbon monoxide detectors will eventually become mandatory in all Ontario homes. ...
Firefighters distribute free carbon monoxide detectors Saturday
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com: By Charley Hannagan / The Post-Standard Cicero,NY—
The Cicero Fire Department will hold a safety workshop and give away carbon monoxide detectors from 9 am ...
March 4, 2010
Children killed by carbon monoxide leak 'after catalogue of errors'Telegraph.co.uk
A catalogue of errors in installing and maintaining a gas boiler caused a carbon monoxide leak that lead to the deaths of two children, a court heard. ...
Quick thinking by TVAC prevents potential tragedy
NorthJersey.com
Recognizing the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning, TVAC's crew chief Vito LaVille summoned additional help, according to Robertson. ...
W. Brookfield family sickened by carbon monoxide
Worcester Telegram: By Steven H. Foskett Jr. TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WEST BROOKFIELD —
Firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide in a Ware Street home after five ...
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Now Mandatory in Baltimore Homes
Baltimore City Paper: By Erin Sullivan | Posted 3/3/2010
Per the Baltimore City Health Department, as of March 1 it's mandatory that you have a carbon-monoxide detector installed ...
March 3, 2010
Time to check smoke and carbon monoxide detectorsReno Gazette Journal
Additionally, Ritter said carbon monoxide detectors detect faulty exhaust from the water heaters, exhaust from the garage, a furnace that is not venting ...
Carbon monoxide detector saves Homestead Circle family
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle
About an hour later, at 11:40 pm, the Cutters' carbon monoxide alarm sounded. Feeling tired and confused, Christine went downstairs to the alarm and ...
Victims Names Released In CO Poisoning
WOWT
Police have released the names of the two women who were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning on Friday. The two women, 42-year-old Tracey ...
March 2, 2010
Carbon Monoxide scare evacuates residents in Brooklyn - 3/01/10 ...Brooklyn, NY: Elevated carbon monoxide readings prompted the evacuation of at least 30 residents of brownstones in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn.
Hotel Opens Again After Carbon Monoxide Scare - New Hampshire News ...
PORTSMOUTH, NH -- A Portsmouth hotel reopened Tuesday after getting the all- clear following a carbon monoxide incident the day before.
carbon monoxide poisoning A BABYSITTER has been taken to hospital with ...
Doncaster Today
When her father went round to the property with a carbon monoxide detector, the alarm was set off and they called the fire service. ...
