January 31, 2011

“Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.”
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)

Café worker killed by carbon monoxide
Towerlight
Mikeia Lucas, 30, who worked in the Arts Café at the Center for the Arts, was found dead at her apartment in late December due to carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Man dead in faulty furnace incident
Toronto Star
A faulty furnace spewing carbon monoxide has killed a 40-year-old man and sent two police officers and a paramedic to hospital. Police responded to a call ...

Woman, baby, 3 others sickened by fumes in NYC
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — A woman, her 1-year-old niece and three other people had to be rushed to the hospital after they were sickened by carbon monoxide fumes at a ...

Father pays tribute to daughter 'killed from carbon monoxide poisoning'
Metro
A multi-millionaire magazine tycoon has paid tribute to his 'dazzling' daughter who died aged 24 from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Carbon monoxide alarm credited for saving Calgary families
Calgary Herald
CALGARY - The Calgary Fire Department credits a carbon monoxide detector for saving the lives of two Calgary families Monday morning. Shortly before 9 am, ...

Possible carbon monoxide death in Vestaburg
Big Rapids Pioneer
Deputies believe the man succumbed to carbon monoxide fumes emitted from a running generator next to the motor home. His body was transported to Sparrow ...

Carbon monoxide closes The Rinks at Exeter
Seacoastonline.com By Casey Sullivan
EXETER — Three people were treated for exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide after attending a Winnacunnet versus Merrimack High ...

Is it carbon monoxide again? Maybe, maybe not
The Durango Herald
It is the old tip-of-the-iceberg thing: For the 1000 or more annual deaths in the US from carbon monoxide poisoning, it is estimated that there are 40000 ...

Howard Couple Supports New Carbon Monoxide Law
WBAY by Molly Hendrickson
It requires all single and two-family homes in the state to have carbon monoxide detectors on every level of the home except attics or ...

January 30, 2011

“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.”
Confucius (551 BC-479 BC)

Students Create 'Warning Signs' Clothing That Detects Pollution
MyFox Philadelphia Follow up story
If a sensor on the fabric detects high levels of carbon monoxide in the air, blue veins appear in the organs. "Air pollution is kind of those things that's ...

Flagstaff lodge carbon monoxide sends 28 to hospital
AZ Central.com Jan. 29, 2011 11:52 AM
Carbon monoxide poisoning at a Flagstaff lodge caused 28 people to go to the hospital Saturday morning, officials said. ...

Hunter Business School Evacuated for High Levels of Carbon Monoxide
Patch
The building was evacuated as fire fighters found extremely high levels of carbon monoxide inside. All adjoining stores were also checked for carbon ...

PG&E urges customers to protect themselves from dangerous carbon monoxide
Lake County News
(PG&E) urges customers to be mindful of the dangers associated with carbon monoxide. Several tragic cases of carbon monoxide poisoning take place each year ...

NH group warns of carbon monoxide poisoning
Boston Globe
CONCORD, NH—New Hampshire officials are warning residents to be aware of carbon monoxide levels in their homes this winter. The New Hampshire Carbon ...

January 29, 2011

“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” 
Tecumseh (1768-1813)

Thanks for the life saving efforts, everyday!
EMTs say little girls rescued from carbon monoxide-filled car were not breathing
New York Daily News BY Michael Daly and Rich Schapiro
Two Bronx sisters poisoned by carbon monoxide after snow clogged a car tailpipe stopped breathing after inhaling the..

Family Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Running Car
WLKY Louisville
A Shelby County woman is fighting for her life after she and her entire family suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at their home. Jennifer Lewis, her live-in ...

Deputies believe man died from carbon monoxide fumes
WWMT MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) –
Sheriff's Deputies in Montcalm County are investigating the death of a man found in a motor home in Vestaburg. ...

High levels of carbon monoxide close River Street, Broadway in downtown Troy
Troy Record By Staff TROY –
Sections of River Street and Broadway have been closed due to a carbon monoxide leak in downtown Troy. City fire officials indicated that ...

New Statewide Law Aims To Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisonings
WISC Madison
Carbon monoxide can't be seen or smelled, but the gas can kill in minutes. Carbon monoxide poisoning claims an average of 170 lives each year in the United ...

January 28, 2011

“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Activity in Aspen, Colorado
AVFD on Call: Car accidents and carbon monoxide alarms keep AVFD busy
Aspen Daily News
At 1:35 pm, AVFD responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a residence. Alarm was chirping because of a dead battery. • Jan. 14 — At 11:51 am, ...

Continuing stories from Saskatchewan
Third death investigated after carbon monoxide leak at Saskatchewan seniors home
Winnipeg Free Press
SASKATOON - A third person who was exposed to carbon monoxide at a Saskatchewan seniors home has died. The Saskatoon Health Region says a 98-year-old woman ...

Coroner probes CO link
StarPhoenix
The carbon monoxide may have been a contributing factor in the declining health of the 98-year-old woman, said Shan Landry, vice-president of community ...

Norwich MP Chloe Smith's Carbon Monoxide warning
Norwich Evening News
Norwich North MP Chloe Smith is urging homeowners to protect themselves against the threat of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. To send a link to this page to a ...

Five taken to hospital after CO alarm goes off in house
My Fox Boston ROSLINDALE (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) –
Five people, including three children, were taken to the hospital Wednesday night to be treated for carbon monoxide ...

2 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning after mother blocks car's exhaust with snow
New York Post
The victims, ages 4 and 7, suffered carbon monoxide poisoning during the 3:47 pm mishap near the corner of West Tremont Avenue and Kingsland Plaza in Morris ...

Elderly couple survives carbon monoxide poisoning
KLTV By Jena Johnson - TYLER, TX (KLTV) –
An East Texas woman is credited with saving her parent's lives after carbon monoxide seeped into their home ...

Fire prompts landfill monitoring
Bizjournals.com
4 included high levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and low levels of methane and oxygen. The fire is believed to be located deep within the south ...

Fairmount Heights couple sickened by CO
Washington Post (blog) By Matt Zapotosky
Two Fairmount Heights residents had to be hospitalized Thursday after they were poisoned by carbon monoxide produced by a generator they ...

FD Sees Rise In Carbon Monoxide Issues
WFSB Hartford
The Branford Fire Department said it has seen a high number of carbon monoxide emergencies as a result of the snow. Officials said snow is blocking furnace ...

Norwich MP Chloe Smith's Carbon Monoxide warning
Norwich Evening News
Norwich North MP Chloe Smith is urging homeowners to protect themselves against the threat of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. To send a link to this page to a ...

January 27, 2011

“A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.”
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

Couple hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
Palestine Herald Press
Carbon monoxide seeped into the house overnight, leaving Mrs. Fritz unconscious and Mr. Fritz semi-conscious and weak. Fortunately, the car ran out of gas ...

Man dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
Fond du Lac Reporter
The death comes about one week before Wisconsin residents who live in one- or two-family homes will be required to have carbon monoxide detectors. ...

Roslindale occupants taken to hospital after high carbon monoxide readings
Boston Globe
... and two children were taken to a Boston hospital tonight after a two-family home in Roslindale showed high carbon monoxide readings, authorities said. ...

Fire department reports increase in carbon monoxide calls
Airdrie City View
“We were recently called to a condo for a carbon monoxide problem and almost all of the exhaust vents on the outside were covered with snow drifts. ...

High carbon monoxide levels poison two Ottawa men
CTV.ca
Two men suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at this home on Bell Street in Centretown, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Fire officials are warning homeowners to make ...

Inmates, guard suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at jail
Eastern Arizona Courier By Jon Johnson
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that, in high quantities, is toxic to humans and animals and can be lethal. ...

Alliant Energy: Reminds customers about threat from carbon monoxide
Wisbusiness.com MADISON, WI – January 26, 2011 –
The threat of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is typically highest in the winter. Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), ...

Editorial: Law not only reason to install carbon monoxide detector
Green Bay Press Gazette
Carbon monoxide detectors will be mandated in Wisconsin homes as of Tuesday, but that's not why we're encouraging readers to ensure they have the devices. ...

President Obama Highlights Caltech Energy Research
socalTech.com
... which uses the metal cerium oxide to convert carbon dioxide and water into hydrogen and carbon monoxide -- both of which can be used as fuel. ...

Researchers observe carbon monoxide binding for first time
Cordis News
EU-funded researchers have for the first time succeeded in directly observing carbon monoxide binding to metal-porphyrines, a process that the research team ...

January 26, 2011

“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” James A. Baldwin (1924-1987)

Carbon monoxide sends Rochester mom, boy to hospital
RocNow
A Rochester woman and her young son were taken to a hospital today after firefighters found a small amount of carbon monoxide in their residence. ...

Two men sent to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning
Ottawa Citizen By Claire Brownell, Ottawa Citizen
Two men were taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after a furnace at their Bell ...

WisconsinI law getting tougher on carbon monoxide detectors
Fox11online.com
Starting next month, carbon monoxide detectors will be required in every home that has a fuel burning appliance. "It's the lethality of it, ...

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Donated
WLKM Radio
Local builder Bruce Muehlberger (MUUL-burger) and nine of his professional counterparts made a donation of 100 carbon monoxide detectors Tuesday to the ...

Carbon Monoxide Kills Man In Litchfield Garage
thejournal-news.net
"Once warm, Gauch may have unintentionally fallen asleep with the car still running, and carbon monoxide quickly overtook him," Litchfield Police Chief BJ ...

Exploding Comet Could Have Blown Up With Carbon Monoxide
Wired News (blog) By Lisa Grossman
The mysterious, spectacular flare of Comet 17P/Holmes may be warning of an imminent explosion fueled by carbon monoxide gas, ...

January 25, 2011

“Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.” Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

4 hospitalized after gas detected in NH library
WCAX AP - ET MILTON, NH (AP) –
New Hampshire fire officials say a faulty furnace was the source of a carbon monoxide leak at a Milton ...

Another ice fishing poisoning;
2 Illinois ice fishermen overcome by carbon monoxide
Green Bay Press Gazette By Ramelle Bintz
Two ice fishermen were resuscitated after being overcome by carbon monoxide in their ...

A Silence Ice House Danger
KAALtv.com
(ABC 6 NEWS) -- An ice fisherman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday and his body was found in his central Minnesota ice house on a lake near Atwater, ...

Carbon monoxide found in Marlborough baby's blood
MetroWest Daily News
The old and dirty furnace and hot water heater caused the increase in carbon monoxide, Ayotte said. One of the heating vents to the outside was blocked as ...

Three collapse of carbon monoxide poisoning at Silverton Dairy
OregonLive.com By Michael Russell, The Oregonian
Three men collapsed from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a power washer inside a Silverton dairy Monday morning, ...

Monoxide monitors lacking
MiamiHerald.com
A Hialeah law requires commercial buildings to have carbon monoxide detectors. A motel did not have these monitors when five teenagers died there from ...

Carbon Monoxide Calls Increase
LocalNews8.com By Staff Writer AMMON, Idaho –
The Ammon Fire Department said there has been an increase in carbon monoxide poisoning calls this winter. Wear your personal CO monitor; this is a good idea, unless you are sleeping.

Warning Signs: Clothing That Detects Carbon Monoxide | Design for ...
By Maria Popova
Warning Signs are garments outfitted with carbon monoxide sensors that make blue veins appear on lung- and heart-shaped thermochromic fabric appliques when a high level of air pollution is detected. ...

UNL fraternities add carbon monoxide detectors
Lincoln Journal Star (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln fraternity has installed a carbon monoxide detector after a buildup of the gas forced ...

January 24, 2011

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

Carbon monoxide poisoning blamed in fish house death
Minneapolis Star Tribune
A man is dead after being poisoned by carbon monoxide in his fish house on Lake Elizabeth, south of Atwater, Minn., in Kandiyohi County. ...

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Two to Hospital
Patch By Jonathan Moynihan | Anne Arundel
County Police and Fire received a report of a possible carbon monoxide leak at 11:49 pm ...

School Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Issue
WFSB Hartford
Lincoln Middle School in Meriden was evacuated after a possible carbon monoxide issue at the school. The possible issue was reported before 10 am when a ...

Family fights carbon monoxide poisoning
WIVB
The family of a teenager who died of carbon monoxide poisoning , is expanding their crusade to prevent similar tragedies. On Niagara Street, people are able to get carbon monoxide detectors. Ken Hansen, Amanda's father said, "The biggest reason is to save lives. ...

Cities get carbon monoxide grant
Warren Tribune Chronicle
Pete Mullier from the Masimo Corp. presented RAD 57 carbon monoxide /pulse oximetry meters to local firefighters. He said the equipment ''statistically will ...

January 23, 2011

“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.” Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Carbon Monoxide - Be Alarmed!
Andover Advertiser
TWO thirds of people in the South East could be at risk because they do not have an audible carbon monoxide alarm, according to new research released today ...

No Place LIke home
FireEngineering.com
…one of the residents of 12A Dediego Court, she said she and her children will be tested Monday for carbon monoxide poisoning. "I was lightheaded and dizzy for about three days. The baby was throwing up," she said. CO investigation follow up: “Of the units that were checked, inspectors found 122 furnaces (out of 223 inspected) with improperly installed exhaust pipes”, said Erik Johnson, LCI's executive director.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 2 to Hospital
WBAL Baltimore
SEVERNA PARK, Md. -- Crews responding to a possible carbon monoxide call found two people in serious condition, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire ...

Wisconsin gets prepared.
Officials warning of dangers of carbon monoxide in frigid weather
WSAU
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can be emitted from poorly functioning or unvented furnaces or other gas powered home appliances…

Reader comments to this article might give insight to consumer views on carbon monoxide and the challenges in raising awareness.
Family supports carbon monoxide law after close call
Green Bay Press Gazette
1 requiring carbon monoxide detectors in most homes and apartments. "I'm glad to hear that," said Morgan, who said she nearly died four years ago from ...

Radon; a slow and silent killer.
Invisible and deadly threat may be seeping into your home
Peoria Journal Star
Worse than carbon monoxide leaks or fires or lead paint exposure. Years of breathing in radon - an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas - is more likely to ...

January 22,2011

“As soon as there is life there is danger.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Temperatures drop; house fires rise
Providence Eyewitness News
Carbon monoxide and smoke detectors are one of the best ways to avoid serious injury or death, but the Warwick Fire Department says all too often,…

Coroner: Baby Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
LEX18 Lexington KY News
Police say a baby has died and two other children are sick after carbon monoxide somehow built up inside their family vehicle. The coroner pronounced little ...

Carbon monoxide suspected in couple's death
Chicago Tribune
A man and woman died today in their home on the Far South Side from what officials believe may be carbon monoxide poisoning, police said. ...

Madison County Family Overcome By Carbon Monoxide
WAAY
Three children and two adults were overcome by carbon monoxide at their home in Meridianville. The family was using a small propane heater in the garage to ...

Close call with carbon monoxide on Clifton Avenue
Saugus Advertiser By Mike Gaffney
An automatic car starter is to blame for potentially fatal amounts of carbon monoxide found in a Clifton Avenue residence. ...

Carbon Monoxide Requirements Coming To Rock County
WISC Madison
Rock County officials are gearing up to enforce a new law requiring all homes to have carbon monoxide detectors. The new law goes into effect on Feb. ...

Daycares urged to install CO detectors
CBC.ca
The Manitoba Child Care Association is urging parents to ask their daycare operators if carbon monoxide detectors are in place. The detectors are mandatory ...

January 21, 2011

“Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.”
James Cash Penney (1875 – 1971)

Dogs killed, family sent to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning
WAFF, MERIDIANVILLE, AL (WAFF) –
Carbon monoxide killed family pets and sent a family to the hospital. Around 6:00 Friday morning two dogs and several puppies ...

Detector warns of CO at daycare
Winnipeg Free Press
Authorities say the carbon monoxide scare at Winnipeg's Peek-A-Boo Infant Child Care centre ought to sound the alarm for anyone who hasn't installed a ...

Two Exposed to Carbon Monoxide in Shenandoah County
WHSV 3
Two people are being treated after being exposed to carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas. (in a chicken house)

Carbon monoxide leaves two sick
Northern Virginia Daily
WOODSTOCK -- Carbon monoxide poisoning sent two people to area hospitals Thursday morning, according to Shenandoah County Fire Marshal David Ferguson. ...

Carbon Monoxide Forces Evacuation At S.I. Borough HallCBS New York
By wcbsmark as reported by CBS New York
The fire department says a faulty feeder overheated in the subbasement Friday morning. That created a smoky condition that elevated levels of the gas.

Memorial for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Victims
CBS 47
Carbon monoxide poisoned and killed four of the five people sleeping in their Oakhurst home. The only survivor was the girls' mother, who was too grief ...

Firefighters spread word about new carbon monoxide detector law
Appleton Post Crescent, Wisconsin news
BUCHANAN — Firefighters will be at Lowe's from 10 am to noon Saturday to inform shoppers of a state law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all homes ... The law requires carbon monoxide alarms on each floor of all single-family homes and duplexes, including the basement. Attics, garages and storage areas are exempt. Homes built after Feb. 1 must have the alarms directly wired with backup battery power. Existing laws already require the detectors in multifamily dwellings.

WEBWinter Weather Warning: CPSC and USFA Issue Home Heating Safety
Jan 20, 2011 ... Carbon monoxide (CO) is also a serious threat in the winter months. ... should follow these safety tips to prevent fires and CO poisoning: ...

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Donated
WLKM Radio
... that a press conference will take place next week to share information about the donation of 100 carbon monoxide detectors to the fire department. ...

New carbon monoxide detector regulations could mean more alarms
CJOB
New regulations will be in place April 1st that will require facilities like daycares to have carbon monoxide detectors. Manitoba's Fire Commissioner says ...

Couple Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Scare Talk To LEX 18
LEX18 Lexington KY News
"I was told normally people don't survive after 15 minutes of exposure to carbon monoxide." Joyce says they bought two carbon monoxide detectors for their ...

Space-based measurements of boundary-layer carbon monoxide
SPIE Newsroom
Boundary-layer concentrations of carbon monoxide, an important pollutant, can now be measured from space by exploiting the multispectral capabilities of ...

January 20, 2011

“A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.” Henri Poincare (1854-1912)

WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderFive people in hospital from carbon monoxide
WREX-TV
More than 20000 Americans visit the emergency room each year because of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Sacto 9-1-1: Midtown apartment residents treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Sacramento Bee By Bill Lindelof
Residents of a midtown apartment building were being treated this morning for carbon monoxide poisoning. Seven residents of the 16-unit ...

Investigators uncover source of carbon monoxide
Global Regina
Investigators with the BC Safety Authority have tracked down the source of the carbon monoxide that killed a Kelowna woman. The 81-year-old woman died ...
Note: Combustion Appliance Zone Testing (CAZ) particularly with Category I appliances can help discover foreseeable poisoning situations before the incident manifests itself.

New Carbon Monoxide Law For Wisconsin
WDIO-TV
Corinna Eidum woke to the sound of her carbon monoxide detector going off Wednesday morning and called 911, but she said she knew something was wrong ...fire official said “detectors should be installed within 10 feet of the bedroom areas, It's a good idea not to have one right in your kitchen because cooking equipment does produce carbon monoxide even when it's functioning normally, and so you might get a lot of false trips." Wait a minute…The U.L. 2034 Listed CO alarms are tested to go off at 70, 150 and 400 PPM respective to their time constraints and if it goes off in a kitchen while cooking with gas it is a “false trip”? COSA RECOMMENDATION: Put the alarm in the kitchen and get the oven serviced to reduce carbon monoxide generation and use an oven exhaust fan while cooking. Do not use the appliance to heat the room, even if the electricity goes off. If you have specific medical conditions including pregnancy, cardio, lung, chronic headache, clinical depression, some other diagnosis or have young children, please get a low level carbon monoxide alarm to ensure that chronic low levels of CO are not detrimental or a contributing health symptom factor.

New Reactor Harnesses Sun's Energy Like Plants
Fox News
Conceptually, the device has boundless potential with its ability to break down water into hydrogen fuel and oxygen or carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide

Fire Department gets OK to apply for state grant
WatertownDailyTimes.com
By CRAIG FOX The city Fire Department can apply for a state grant to give away 500 carbon monoxide detectors to residents who cannot afford to install them ...

New Haven CO leak victims fed up
WTNH New Haven, Conn (WTNH) –
A group of New Haven residents that are out of their homes because of a carbon monoxide leak last weekend are fed up. ...

Manchester Police/Fire: Carbon monoxide alarm brings MFD response
Gloucester Daily Times by Jonathan L'Ecuyer Times Staff MANCHESTER —
Firefighters investigated a carbon monoxide alarm activation at a Hickory Hill home Tuesday night at 7:02. ...

January 19, 2011

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

5 taken to hospital after furnace malfunctions
Chicago Tribune
AP, Fire officials in Janesville say four of five people taken to the hospital from a residence Wednesday morning had levels of carbon monoxide in their ...

Man dead, woman critical after carbon monoxide poisoning
KTNV Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV –
A local family is devastated after losing a loved one to carbon monoxide poisoning. Frank Acosta, 69, is dead. His wife is fighting for her ...

Four Adults and One Kid Hospitalized Due To Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
TopNews United States
According to a recent report, four adults and one child suffered from carbon monoxide in Dediego Court apartments on Saturday. The New Haven fire officials…

Heath officials: Beware of carbon monoxide when using generators
TheDay.com By Judy Benson
Connecticut residents are being warned of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning that could result from the use of alternate power sources, ...

Candlelight Vigil for Oakhurst Family
CBS 47
Four members of the same family were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend. The girls' mother was the only survivor. ...

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Selling Quickly In Oakhurst
CBS 47
Richard Lowther, owner of True Value Hardware, says he's sold at least 100 carbon monoxide detectors since Sunday. An "increase (of) at least 90 percent," ...

Main Street underground explosion vacates several businesses (video)
The Times Herald By JENNY DeHUFF NORRISTOWN –
Fire Chief Tom O'Donnell said a buildup of carbon monoxide may have been to blame for a series of underground explosions ...

Carbon monoxide detector required in some homes
Beloit Daily News By Hillary Gavan
Local fire departments are applauding the new Wisconsin law requiring carbon monoxide detectors to be installed in most homes starting on ...

New Device Helps Detect Carbon Monoxide
WTVQ
"The crews discovered their were high levels of carbon monoxide in the house. The levels were potentially lethal. They left their vehicle running all night. ...

January 18, 2011

“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Carbon monoxide close call for Newburgh family
Times Herald-Record
NEWBURGH — A Newburgh family was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide when the management company for their building tried to use a propane heater to ...

Two Hospitalized After High Levels Of Carbon Monoxide Found In Home
LEX18 Lexington KY News
Two people were hospitalized Tuesday morning after firefighters say they found high levels of carbon monoxide in a Lexington home. The incident happened at ...

WEB
Carbon monoxide scare at LI nursing home | 7online.com
Seniors out in the cold after a carbon monoxide scare at a Hempstead nursing home.

Is a Silent Killer at Work In your Home?
Linn County Leader
These, along with a blocked flue or chimney, are among the leading causes of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. By Dennis Stephenson Snow is falling, ...

KIDBROOKE: Carbon monoxide alarm leads to house evacuation
News Shopper By News reporter »
SIX people, including a one-year-old baby, evacuated their home in Kidbrooke last night due to carbon monoxide. ...

Avoiding Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KSEE By KSEE News
Carbon monoxide poisoning can be of slow or swift onset depending on circumstances. But it is deadly. The California Poison Control, ...

Spring Lake family heeds carbon monoxide alarm; political analyst Tim Skubick ...
MLive.com By The Grand Rapids Press •
Some people ignore their carbon monoxide alarms, but a Spring Lake Township family took heed when the monitor went off.

Silent killer mirrors many common illnesses
Irish Times
THE DEATH of Miriam Reidy last week of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a Co Cork hotel has brought into sharp focus the threat of this odorless, ...

Safety concerns after New Haven CO scare
WTNH New Haven, Conn (WTNH) –
The brother and sister of a New Haven woman taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend don't want their ...

CO scare at home daycare on Brown Street
News 10NBC
Carbon monoxide detectors started sounding inside a Brown Street home that doubles as a daycare. Six adults and nine kids were inside. ...

Follow up Leak That Forced Evacuation Prompts Changes
KETV Omaha
There's a new measure of safety inside a Lincoln fraternity house after carbon monoxide sent dozens of students to the hospital on Friday. ...

January 17, 2011

“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

4 dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in CA
Washington Post
Authorities says four people, including two children, have been found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in a house in California. ...

CO poisoning cases rising
Dayton Daily News Ty Greenlees
Dr. Jaleh Eslami, MD, Medical Director of Hyberbarics at Kettering Hospital talked about the increase of carbon monoxide poisonings in 2009. ...

Carbon monoxide alarm an awakening experience for SL family
Grand Haven Tribune BY BECKY VARGO SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP —
Rhonda Michels has taken on the role of carbon monoxide detector advocate since the device went off in her home early ...

Deep sadness in West Limerick at funeral of carbon monoxide poisoning victim ...
Limerick Leader By Leader Reporter
THERE were emotional scenes in Ballyhahill yesterday at the funeral of Miriam Reidy, 35, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a ...

January 16, 2011

“Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.” Joe Lieberman (1942-

Springfield apartment building evacuated over high carbon monoxide levels ...
MassLive.com
Leger said the initial call came at 3:01 am and following an investigation, firefighters learned that each apartment in the building had carbon monoxide ...

CO Poisoning Sends 5 To Hospital
WFSB Hartford
Fire officials in New Haven reported that four adults and one child were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. Crews responded to a 12-unit ...

5 people in serious condition after CO leak reported
Baltimore Sun By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun
Five people were in serious condition after a carbon monoxide leak was reported in Baltimore County, fire officials ...

Carbon monoxide detector alerts Champaign family to problem
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
CHAMPAIGN — Five people were evacuated from a west Champaign home for a brief time Saturday night suffering from symptoms of exposure to carbon monoxide. ...

Carbon monoxide scare
Omaha World-Herald
Fleck and most of his fraternity brothers spent part of Friday in the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak in the house. More than 40 students who were in ...

UNL frats take precautions after monoxide scare
KCAU
(AP) - Fraternity houses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are taking precautions after a carbon monoxide scare that sent about 40 people to hospitals. ...

Village will come to a standstill for the funeral of woman killed in gas tragedy
Irish Independent
Ms Reidy, of Lisloose, Tralee, Co Kerry, died after a build-up of carbon monoxide gas in the Trident Hotel in Kinsale, Co Cork, last Sunday. ...

January 15, 2011

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Carbon monoxide leak reported at day care center
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Two adults were hospitalized but more than a dozen adults and children escaped injury this afternoon after a carbon monoxide leak was discovered in a ...

Pitkin County seeks dismissal from carbon monoxide case
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
The suit scrutinizes the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of Caroline Lofgren, 42, her husband, Parker, 39, and their two children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8. ...

Carbon monoxide the 'silent killer'
London Free Press (QMI Agency file photo)
Since 2000, more than 400 Canadians have died as a result of carbon-monoxide poisoning in their homes. ...

Carbon Monoxide Poisons 42 UNL Fraternity Men
Action 3 News
Lincoln, NE - A failed flue is to blame for poisoning 42 Phi Kappa Psi fraternity men with carbon monoxide early Friday morning. Fire fighters evacuate the ...

New Technology Helps Paramedics during Carbon Monoxide Scare
Action 3 News
The Physio Control Lifepack 15 can detect carbon monoxide levels in a person's blood in about 30 seconds instead of transporting patients to the hospital ...

CALIFORNIA
Sounding the alarm: State law to require CO detectors
Record-Searchlight By Laura Christman
A carbon monoxide detector does what your body doesn't — let you know if you are in danger from a deadly gas that can't be seen or ...

January 14, 2011

“A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.” Anderson Cooper (1967-

8-year-old dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Quincy
The Patriot Ledger
Eight-year-old Brendan Yang, of Quincy, who authorities believe died of carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. By Jack Encarnacao Police say an 8-year-old boy ...

South Boston buildings evacuated because of carbon monoxide
Boston Globe By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff
Boston fire fighters evacuated four buildings on a South Boston street late tonight due to high carbon monoxide readings in ...

Building Dept. Stresses Carbon Monoxide Safety
KRDO
The Pikes Peak Building Department is alerting all homeowners with damaged roofs or even with recent reproofing work about the dangers of carbon monoxide. ...

SAFETY SHORT: Beware carbon monoxide
Randolph Herald
Requirements: For most buildings with fossil fuel burning equipment or enclosed parking areas, carbon monoxide alarms required on every level, ...

Carbon monoxide poses deadly danger
Middletown Journal
Malfunctioning furnaces, water heaters, stoves and improperly ventilated fireplaces can cause high levels of carbon monoxide — a colorless, odorless, ...

A FEW WISCONSIN SPECIFICS
State law requires carbon monoxide detectors in all homes
Pierce County Herald
1 requires owners of one- and two-family homes to install carbon monoxide detectors in them if they are heated by natural gas or have gas appliances. ...

January 13, 2011

“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

4 in Port St. John treated for carbon monoxide inhalation
Florida Today BY JD GALLOP • FLORIDA TODAY • January 13, 2011
Four people are recovering today after escaping a home with potentially dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, ...

Beware of Carbon Monoxide After Heavy Snow
The Daily Fairfield
"This can cause improper combustion or venting within the furnace or, in some cases, can cause deadly carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside the home," ...

Firefighters plow through storm, save woman from carbon monoxide poisoning
Minuteman News Center By Meg Learson Grosso
Most people woke Wednesday morning to a winter wonderland, but one woman woke to the sound of her carbon monoxide detector. ...

Authorities identify woman found dead in remote Santa Cruz Mountains home
San Jose Mercury News
Deputies suspect that Jessica Beerli, who had been reported missing by her out-of-state family, was a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a ...

Two released from hospitals after carbon-monoxide poisoning
Columbus Dispatch By Gina Potthoff
The 10-year-old boy who was hospitalized for carbon-monoxide poisoning Tuesday was released from Nationwide Children's Hospital today. ...

Nearly 50 People Evaluated For Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KPHO Phoenix
Workers at a Tempe facility were evaluated for possible exposure to carbon monoxide Wednesday. The Tempe Fire Dept. was called to Foresight Technology, ...

State Fire Marshal makes plea for storm safety
Beverly Citizen By Anonymous
State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan asks for help during this storm and offers tips to prevent fires and carbon monoxide poisoning during power ...

Hartford Hospital warns of carbon monoxide poisoning
West Hartford News
Hartford Hospital has already received calls about a patient suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Please be safe. 1. Do not operate snow blowers, ...

City alderman, wife survive carbon monoxide scare
Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser By Jerold LeBlanc
A Wetaskiwin city politician is singing the praises of carbon monoxide detectors after he believes the device saved his and his wife's ...

Reynoldsburg tragedy a reminder of need for furnace upkeep
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Heating and cooling professionals recommend installing carbon monoxide detectors near gas furnaces and water heaters to prevent fatal carbon monoxide ...

Heed these lessons of wintertime fire safety
Hometownlife.com
Recently, an Oregon family of three was hospitalized when responding firefighters found deadly levels of carbon monoxide inside their home. ...

Follow up in Saskatchewan 
 Deaths prompt installation of carbon monoxide detectors in Saskatchewan health ...
Global Regina
Residents, guest and staff had to be evacuated from St. Mary's Villa in Humboldt on December 26, 2010 due to a carbon monoxide leak. ...

January 12, 2011

“One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” Arnold H. Glasow (1905-1998)

Costa Mesa discount store evacuated
Daily Pilot
99 Cents Only store cleared Tuesday morning because of apparent build-up of carbon monoxide fumes. More than a dozen people were evacuated from a 99 Cents ...

Officials warn of carbon monoxide
Port Huron Times Herald By LIZ SHEPARD
As families hunker down in their homes to fight off winter's chill, rescue crews are responding steadily to reports of carbon-monoxide ...

Follow up - Ohio death
 Carbon monoxide kills 1, hospitalizes 3
Columbus Dispatch
Install carbon-monoxide detectors in your home but know their limitations. Recognize the often flu-like symptoms of CO poisoning, which include dizziness,

WEB – More guests poisoned in San Francisco
Carbon monoxide sickens S.F. hotel guests
Four guests at a downtown San Francisco hotel fell ill Thursday night after carbon monoxide got into the building's ventilation system, just two days after ...

January 11, 2011

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

1 Dies; 3 Hospitalized For Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning
NBC4i.com By Donna Willis REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio –
Carbon-monoxide poisoning kills one person and sends three more, including a child, to local hospitals. ...

Red Cross assisting residents of Reno apartments evacuated for carbon monoxide
Reno Gazette Journal
... responded this morning to a 16-unit apartment complex on Church Ln. that was evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide and other code violations. ...

Two Dixie residents critical after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Gainesville Sun By Karen Voyles
The threat of carbon monoxide poisoning was made apparent again over the weekend. Officials pulled two people - both in critical condition ...

Carbon monoxide scare at Mill Woods building
CTV.ca
A carbon monoxide scare brought emergency crews to this building in Mill Woods Monday morning. Fire crews responded to a south side building early Monday to ...

Police say Harrison surgeon dies from suspected carbon-monoxide poisoning at ...
WREG By AP HARRISON, Ark. (AP) —
Authorities say a long-time Harrison surgeon died of suspected carbon-monoxide poisoning at a hunting club in Arkansas County. ...

Carbon monoxide – Silent, deadly poison
Sublette Examiner
It turned out the family was poisoned by carbon monoxide, a deadly but invisible gas that basically robs the body of oxygen and puts people to sleep ...

Atmosphere still has self-cleansing capacity
Times of India
It also reacts with and destroys the powerful greenhouse gas methane and air pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide.

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Can Save Lives
KSAT San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO -- As homeowners turn on the furnaces to keep warm in the cold, wintry temperatures, the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning increases as well. ...

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector Drive Kicks Off
WSAZ-TV
(WSAZ) -- Over the next three weeks a local business is collecting new smoke and carbon monoxide detectors that will be given out to the public. ...

GREAT EDUCATIONAL LINK Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Natural Standard
Biomimetic sensors, carbon monoxide alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, carbon monoxide poisoning, carbon monoxide pollution, carboxyhemoglobin, Clean Air Act, CO poisoning medical tests, CO-oximeter, COHb, COHb test, combustion… Read the full article by Natural Standard

NM woman, family sue Mountaineer Gas for carbon monoxide exposure
West Virginia Record CHARLESTON –
A New Mexico woman and five of her family members are suing Mountaineer Gas after they were exposed to carbon monoxide in December 2008. ...

January 10, 2011

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
John Dewey (1859-1952)

Widow mourns death of husband after shocking carbon monoxide poisoning
KKCO-TV (KKCO) -
A woman from Delta who lost her husband to an abrupt carbon monoxide poisoning has opened up exclusively to 11 News about the sudden tragedy. ...

Amber India Restaurant Resumes Meal Service After Carbon Monoxide Leak That ...
The San Francisco Appeal FOLLOW UP by Bay City News
A San Francisco Indian restaurant has resumed meal service not more than a day after it was shut down for a carbon monoxide leak that

State agency warns about hypothermia, carbon monoxide
Anniston Star
Both “solutions” are likely to lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, McVay said. Home electrical generators can also be a carbon monoxide hazard — if they're ...

Home hit by carbon monoxide poisoning
Calgary Sun By NADIA MOHARIB, Calgary Sun
Three patients were taken from a home under construction in the Hamptons after likely carbon monoxide poisoning. ... ARTICLE QUOTES: …levels in the home on Hamptons View N.W. were as high as 250 parts per million (PPM.) To put it in to perspective he said fire crews typically started evacuating — especially pregnant women and children who are more vulnerable to CO poisoning — when levels reach 12-1/2 PPM. “At 25 parts per million we start evacuation of the general public and at 35 everyone is out,” he said.

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New insights from the nano world: Direct observation of carbon monoxide binding
Nanowerk LLC (Nanowerk News)
Carbon monoxide is highly toxic since it blocks the binding site for oxygen in hemoglobin. This very principle – a porphyrin ring with a…

Chipping Norton family owe their lives to carbon monoxide detector
Cotswold Journal
THE LIVES of a Chipping Norton family were saved by a carbon monoxide detector in their home last week. Firefighters from Chippy rushed to the home on the ...

January 9, 2011

“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.”  John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

FOLLOW UP
Call for school CO detectors
Waterbury Republican American
A poorly designed ventilation system and furnace area, combined with a broken flue, caused carbon monoxide to build up in Barnard Tuesday. ...

Carbon Monoxide Evacuation in Mt. Washington
WKRC TV Cincinnati
About 4 am Saturday morning, the Sutton House Apartments on Sutton Avenue in Mount Washington were evacuated due to Carbon Monoxide. ...

Carbon monoxide is a pervasive danger
Virginia Gazette
Two days after Christmas, just as Doug Cummings, his wife and their one-year-old daughter awoke around 7 am in their Westray Downs home, the carbon monoxide ...

January 8, 2011

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.” Richard Bach (1936 -

Carbon Monoxide Forces 10 Out Of Apartments
WLWT Cincinnati
CINCINNATI -- Several residents of a Mt. Washington apartment complex were evacuated Saturday morning after a carbon monoxide leak was found. ...

Carbon monoxide closes Quincy dry cleaner
The Patriot Ledger By Jack Encarnacao
A dry cleaning business on Quincy Shore Drive was evacuated and closed Friday afternoon after high levels of carbon monoxide were ...

3 construction workers in Calgary treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Winnipeg Free Press
CALGARY - Three home construction workers in Calgary had to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Fire crews were called to a home under construction in ...

FOLLOW UP – INVESTIGATION NEWS
San Francisco Marriott Hotel guests sickened by carbon monoxide
SanFranciscoSentinel.com
Fire officials believe the cause of the flu-like symptoms is carbon monoxide after measuring high levels of the potentially deadly gas, a San Francisco Fire ...

SASKATCHEWAN FOLLOW UP
Headaches noted day before deadly gas leak
CBC.ca
Resident were evacuated from a wing at St. Mary's Villa Boxing Day because of a carbon monoxide leak. Two seniors later died. ...

Family escapes carbon monoxide leak
Oxford Mail By Dan Hearn »
A FAMILY was saved from a carbon monoxide leak thanks to a detector in their home. Fire crews discovered the deadly gas in the boiler, ...

HEY WISCONSIN!
Carbon monoxide alarms required in Wisconsin homes by Feb. 1
Madison.com
All single and two-family homes in Wisconsin will be required to have carbon monoxide detectors by Feb. 1, according to a news release Thursday from the ...