Monday, May 31, 2010

May 2010

May 31, 2010

Carbon Monoxide Kills Three Men in Hyattsville Home
News Channel 8
Police and fire department officers suspect the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from a gasoline-powered generator in the basement of the ...
Missouri family survives overnight gas leak while boating
KMOV.com
They woke up overcome by carbon monoxide. Police think the gas came from the generator running the boat's air conditioner. The father woke up to find his ...
Carbon monoxide detector saves Chatham Township family
Independent Press - NJ.com
The entire family thought they had the flu, however a carbon monoxide detector said otherwise. After calling the police and fire department to their ...
Smoke over the US from Spring Burning
NASA
As this image shows, the smoke raised carbon monoxide concentrations slightly in parts of Mexico, southern Canada, and the US Great Plains and New England. ...
Four hospitalized from carbon monoxide in South End
South Coast Today
By Dan McDonald NEW BEDFORD — Carbon monoxide from a pressure washer in the basement of a South End home hospitalized four people Friday afternoon. ...
Wayne National Forest Caves Closed for 5 More Years
WSAZ-TV
The forest service says continuing the ban also eliminates possible risks to humans, including underground cave-ins and carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
10 Hospitalized In Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WRTV Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- Ten people were hospitalized Monday morning after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a home on Indianapolis' east side, police said. ...
Don't let poison ruin your summer vacation
Bellingham Herald
Carbon monoxide isn't just a winter poison. Carbon monoxide produced by boat engines and tent or cabin heaters is responsible for illness and even deaths ...

May 28, 2010

Graduation to honor student killed by carbon monoxide
KECI-TV
Carbon monoxide filled the room without his knowing. "A lot of kids say that Ian taught them this and that they learned that from Ian. ...
Carbon Monoxide Advisory
MPBN News
As many Mainers prepare to open camps for the summer, state health officials are warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide , a colorless, odorless gas ...
A novel designer surface catalyst for oxidations
Chemistry World
Scientists in China have developed a new surface-based catalyst that can selectively oxidise carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide in the presence of hydrogen ...
Number of female smokers up
ANTARA
Cigarette smoke contains dangerous gas components like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, oxides from nitrogen and hydrocarbon ...

May 27, 2010

Older mufflers may be dangerous
AOPA Pilot
A university study shows older mufflers are involved in a high percentage of accidents related to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. ...

May 26, 2010

Avoid deadly fumes, accidents
MiamiHerald.com
Here are tips for running portable generators safely: • Never run them inside your home or garage, as they produce potentially deadly carbon monoxide fumes. ...
Carbon monoxide alarm evacuates animal hospital
Allentown Examiner
The Millstone Township Fire Department has responded to a high number of carbon monoxide alarms this year, most involving the improper use of portable ...
Start of grilling season calls for considering options, emissions
Nashua Telegraph
Charcoal offers more of that smoky flavor to foods, but charcoal briquettes are definitely huge carbon monoxide releasers. In fact, that awesome charcoal ...
The following headline should reference CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2). It is an excellent article about addressing classroom air quality!
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw testing system that monitors carbon monoxide
Fort Worth Star Telegram By JESSAMY BROWN
The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district is testing an air-conditioning unit at Wayside Middle School that is designed to monitor carbon ...

May 25, 2010

Ten Treated for Carbon Monoxide at People Inc. Home
WGRZ-TV
LANCASTER, NY - High levels of carbon monoxide inside a People Inc. home in Lancaster sent one person to the hospital Monday morning. ...
Mineral Ridge Kids Set for a Safe Summer
WYTV
All of the students of the Reading and Math After School Program, also known as RAM, at Mineral Ridge Middle School received free smoke and carbon monoxide ...
Utah coal mine reopens after fire quarantined
The Associated Press
St. Louis-based Arch Coal shut down the Dugout Mine for nearly three weeks to deal with rising levels of deadly carbon monoxide from the smoldering fire. ...

May 22-24, 2010

Cape couple die from carbon monoxide poisoning
Wink News (blog)
Thursday, investigators said the couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning. "I can not believe it," said one stunned neighbor. Late Wednesday night into ...
Fire protection for hearing-impaired
Galesburg Register-Mail By JOHN R. PULLIAM
Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are so important, they are required by law. But what about people who are unable to hear? ...
The Hidden Dangers of Racing
Bleacher Report
At Talladega in April, damaged crush panels on his Cup car exposed him to carbon monoxide. When he climbed out of the car between the Cup and Nationwide ...
How can I avoid accidents in the home?
San Diego Union Tribune
Install a carbon monoxide detector/alarm on every level of the home. Store yard equipment, lawn chairs, bikes and other large or sharp objects on the wall ...
Lawsuit: Product Didn't Warn Of Exhaust Dangers
WDIV Detroit
The Michigan Appeals Court has reinstated a lawsuit that claims muffler-repair kits should warn about the dangers of carbon monoxide. ...

May 21, 2010

Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning appears to be cause of two deaths
Pine Island Eagle
Carbon monoxide poisoning appears to be the cause of death for two elderly residents after they inadvertently left a van running in the garage Wednesday ...
Town of Elmira offers senior home improvement program
Elmira Star-Gazette
The grants can also be used for purchase and/or placement of carbon monoxide detectors. The town clerk will accept grant requests between June 1 and June 30 ...
UCI scientists investigate Gulf oil spill
OCRegister
(AP Photo/Press-Register, GM Andrews) She's checking levels of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and a variety of volatile organic compounds, components of ...

May 20, 2010

Gas leak, fumes cause temporary building evacuation
Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
An apartment building was evacuated tonight on the Northwest Side after carbon monoxide and an odor of natural gas were detected, according to the Chicago ...
Pregnant woman, children sickened by carbon monoxide.
WXXA
In Montgomery County, nearly a dozen people are sickened after carbon monoxide fills their Amsterdam home. At least nine people were treated at hospitals, ...
Bodies of 28 trapped Turkish miners found
CNN International
"We believe they died from carbon monoxide poisoning when the accident happened, but we are not sure yet," Yildiz said in a live appearance on Turkish ...
Dangerous Gases Seep Into South Side Home
WTAE Pittsburgh
South Side Slopes resident Edwin Crowley said the blaring sound of a carbon monoxide detector mounted in his living room may have saved his life Tuesday ...
Health Department Reaches Out To RV Owners Near IMS
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis By Liz Thomas
The Marion County Health Department heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to warn fans about the dangers of carbon monoxide. ...
Health fears hit school heater plan
The Australian
Un-flued gas heaters, which release a potentially poisonous cocktail of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and formaldehyde, are being phased ...

May 19, 2010

Gas smell in home sparks concerns of mine seepage
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
First responders were called to the scene about 1:30 pm after the home's carbon monoxide detector went off repeatedly. "It went off several times. ...
EMTs treat five for carbon monoxide poisoning in Nibley
The Herald Journal  By Matthew K. Jensen
Emergency medical crews responded to a carbon monoxide alarm in Nibley on Tuesday at 4:10 pm after it was ...
Gladstone seeks votes in smoke detector grant competition
Kansas City Star
Gladstone is competing for a $5000 grant to buy smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, courtesy of Pepsi's Refresh Project. The soft-drink company is giving ...
Athens May Require Carbon Monoxide Detectors
WSAZ-TV
ATHENS, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Athens already requires fire alarms and smoke detectors, but if City Council member Sherri Coon has her way carbon monoxide detectors ...

May 18, 2010

Make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in Ontario, says MPP
CP24, Canada
Safety officials say the only way homeowners can protect themselves against carbon monoxide is with a detector. TORONTO — Supporters will be at the ...
NEMA-Backed Carbon Monoxide Bill Now a Law in California
TMC Net   By Anamika Singh
NEMA championed legislation, the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2010 (SB 183), was signed into law by California Governor ...

May 15-17, 2010

Nederland family treated for carbon-monoxide poisoning
Daily Camera
Two members of a family of four were treated Saturday night for carbon-monoxide poisoning after calling for help from a home near Nederland in the 39000 ...
Gas warning after tragic death of OAP
Scotsman
SCOTTISH Gas is advising householders to be alert to the danger posed by carbon monoxide following the death of a city pensioner from suspected carbon ...
Carbon monoxide charity site set up in Katie Haines' memory
Wokingham Times
A charity in aid of a carbon monoxide victim is a step closer to launching after a website address was set up in her name. Katie Haines, 31, died in ...
Fumes enter Millstone animal hospital; patients evacuated
Asbury Park Press By NANCY SHIELDS • STAFF WRITER • May 16, 2010 MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP —
An animal hospital had a carbon monoxide scare this morning after fumes from a cleaning ...
Boating deaths up in Brevard in 2009
Florida Today
All internal combustion engines emit carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas. In the early stages, the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning ...

May 14, 2010

Carbon monoxide claims lives of four pets
The Morning Sun
By SUSAN FIELD An Isabella County woman is thankful to be alive but is mourning the loss of four beloved pets who died from carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
21 Miners Killed In China
RTT News
The bodies of 21 other miners were recovered by members of rescue teams in the mine which was struck by the burst of poisonous carbon monoxide, ...
Pittsburgh Municipal Courts building evacuated for fumes
FireEngineering.com
Two Pittsburgh Municipal Court employees were treated for elevated levels of carbon monoxide after the building was evacuated this morning when workers ...
Brocket home evacuated after family was exposured to carbon monoxide
Pincher Creek Echo
One person is in critical condition in a Calgary hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide at a residence in Brocket. Early Thursday morning Piikani ...
Carbon monoxide testers now mandatory in Hotels
CBS 5 - Green Bay
The culprit was dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide. To meet the deadline, the Ramada Plaza in Green Bay now has five new carbon monoxide detectors. ...
WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-Strong odor of gas ...
WBTV
At one point, firefighters were told by officials with PSNC Energy that the carbon monoxide level was so high in the school, it was potentially explosive. ...
Woman dies at home after being overcome by gas fumes
Scotsman By BRIAN FERGUSON
A PENSIONER died and her husband remains seriously ill in hospital after a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

May 13, 2010

Pittsburgh Municipal Courts building evacuated for fumes
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Emergency workers said four people were treated for high carbon monoxide levels. At least two were taken to hospitals after being overcome by exhaust fumes ...
BREAKING NEWS: 11 in Geneseo Treated for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
13WHAM-TV
The unit with the generator did not have a state required carbon monoxide detector, but, a neighboring unit did have one and those people there called 911.
Overnight Gas Leak Scare; Middle School Declared Safe
WSOC Charlotte
The school's carbon monoxide detectors went off Wednesday night and firefighters reported a strong odor of gas when they arrived at the school around 11:45 ...
Crews Respond To Reports Of CO Poisoning
WFMZ Allentown
Emergency crews are on the scene of a reported case of carbon monoxide poisoning. More » AMITY TWP., Pa. -- Emergency crews are on the scene of a reported ...
Carbon Monoxide Leak at Dallas Hometown Suites
33 KDAF-TV
However, a DFR worker soon began to exhibit the same symptoms, so firefighters immediately suspected that a carbon monoxide leak had taken place in the ...

May 12, 2010

Assembly votes to end vehicle emissions testing program
Anchorage Daily News
The emissions test was begun in 1985 to help Anchorage meet federal clear air standards for carbon monoxide, but Anchorage has not violated the standard ...
Norfolk shipyard workers treated for carbon monoxide
The Virginian-Pilot
The six were sandblasting and cleaning a tank on the amphibious assault ship Bataan when a carbon monoxide alarm went off, said Capt. ...
Offshore lifeboat tests ordered by regulators
CBC.ca
A Transport Canada investigation subsequently found that some passengers had been exposed to "high levels" of carbon monoxide, and that the lifeboat ...

May 8-11, 2010

Ex-Paloma head found guilty over poisoning death of gas heater user
Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A former president of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd. received a suspended prison term Tuesday over a 2005 fatal carbon monoxide ...
6 people in Brockett in hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning
iNews880.com
RCMP in southern Alberta say six people from a home in the community of Brockett were taken to hospital after exposure to carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

May 7, 2010

Teenager killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in summerhouse
Telegraph.co.uk
A teenager who moved into a summerhouse in his parents' garden for more independence died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a stove he fitted with his ...
Rescuers struggle to trace missing mine workers
Thaindian.com
At least four people were killed and 32 injured in the accident which occurred when workers were trying to fix a Carbon Monoxide leak inside the mine. ...
Couple dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Sun City home
Hilton Head Island Packet
A husband and wife died late Tuesday after they left their vehicle running in the garage of their Sun City Hilton Head home and carbon monoxide ...
Could CO2 be the green fuel powering tomorrow's cars?
The Guardian
The key challenge is to convert CO2 into carbon monoxide (CO), by removing one of its oxygen atoms. Once you have CO, the process of creating hydrocarbon ...

May 6, 2010

Dad's agony after carbon monoxide killed his son
Bournemouth Echo By Laura Kitching »
THE father of a 19-year-old who died from the silent killer carbon monoxide has told how he lost his “best mate”. ...
OSHA Cites Montana Company for Exposing East Helena Workers to Carbon Monoxide
KFBB NewsChannel 5
Midwest Motor Express was cited for the "willful violation" of exposing employees to unsafe levels of carbon monoxide and not properly training forklift ...
Two couples in suburban Boynton Beach suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
Palm Beach Post By Julius Whigham II
Four people were hospitalized tonight after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in their suburban Boynton Beach residence, ...
Couple Dead After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
ABC2 News
As news of the carbon monoxide poisonings reached the couple's neighbors, some, like Elrich Smith, pledged to learn a lesson from their deaths. ...
Enbridge Gas Distribution Donates $100000 to Help the Fire Marshal's Public ...
Marketwire (press release)
Project Zero is a public education program aimed at reducing residential fire and carbon monoxide deaths to zero. Enbridge Gas Distribution supported the ...
Underground cables blamed in NYC manhole fire
The Associated Press
No power outages have been reported. A fire official said earlier that firefighters were checking carbon monoxide levels in the basement of a nearby building.

May 5, 2010

Biodiesel chemicals cause scare
Standard Speaker
Firefighters responding to a carbon monoxide call at a Beech Mountain Lakes home evacuated 15 households in the gated community after discovering four drums ...
Work stalled at mine
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Arch Coal Inc., the second-biggest US coal company, said it has temporarily idled its mine in Carbon County, Utah, after a fire increased carbon monoxide ...
Free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors available
Peoria Journal Star  By Ruth Longoria Kingsland
For Margaret Spracklen it wasn't just about driving down to the supermarket and picking up a new smoke or carbon monoxide ...
Wood cargo releases gas
New Zealand Herald
Gases produced included carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and hydrocarbons. The study noted this occupational hazard for people entering ...

May 4, 2010

Montana communities ranked for worst CO pollution numbers
KECI-TV
Most Montanans are shocked to hear our cities are among the worst in the country for carbon monoxide pollution. Montana is the state known for its big skies ...
Officials respond to carbon monoxide alarm on York Street
Seacoastonline.com
York firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a York Street home around 1 pm, Monday. YORK, Maine — Firefighters responded to 88 York St ...
Carbon Monoxide Scare
WBNG-TV
By WBNG News Windsor, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A family in Windsor is safe after a trace of carbon monoxide was found in their home. While New York law requires ...
Cat inducted into Animal Hall of Fame
Montreal Gazette
It turns out, the house was filled with carbon monoxide and Phyllis was suffering from stage two carbon monoxide poisoning. “If I'd gone back to bed, ...
Transformer Fire, Manholes Exploding in Midtown
Gothamist
"High carbon monoxide readings" are being reported near the scene. There are no injuries reported yet. City Room reports that one exploding manhole "shot ...
Kids steal keys, almost poison themselves by starting car
Plainfield Sun
... who took their mother's car keys while she slept and started a vehicle in the garage ended up hospitalized with carbon monoxide inhalation Saturday. ...
Dugout Canyon mine shut down by remote fire
Salt Lake Tribune
Louviere said the decision was prompted by "rising carbon monoxide and elevated methane." A company statement said "carbon monoxide levels have not ...

May 1-3, 2010

Yeadon couple, responders sickened by carbon-monoxide fumes
Philadelphia Daily News
The tailpipe was the only ventilation for the generator, which was "pouring carbon monoxide" back into the house, Melazzo said. Any level of carbon monoxide ...
Carbon monoxide trio saved
The Herald
THE lives of three people treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a city house were probably saved by their alarm, say firefighters. ...
One dead in Sudbury carbon monoxide poisoning
Boston Globe
By Globe Staff One man died and three others were injured after a carbon monoxide leak in a Sudbury home early this morning, according to the Sudbury Fire ...
7 in Middle River hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure
Baltimore Sun
By Brent Jones, The Baltimore Sun Seven Middle River residents were taken to area hospitals early Friday after they were exposed to carbon monoxide, ...