Tuesday, January 4, 2011

January 4, 2011 THESE ARE NOT URBAN LEGENDS

“Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.” Jules Renard (1864-1910)

Man dies, 3 others hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
Fox 31 KDVR.com
One person died and three people were hospitalized after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes inside a camp trailer in Delta. ...

City sanitation workers sickened by carbon monoxide from snow melter exhaust fumes
New York Daily News
"These guys need carbon monoxide detectors," said Joseph Colangelo, head of Service Employees International Union Local 246, which represents sanitation…

Family Transported to Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Leak
Patch
The responding firefighters took readings of the air quality in the home, which turned out to have high levels of carbon monoxide. Also, family members were ...

Mother, son treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Staunton News Leader By Brad Zinn/staff •WEYERS CAVE FOLLOW-UP STORY—
A mother and son who collapsed from carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday are alive ...

Carbon monoxide poisoning in Redlands - Riverside CA Inland Empire ...
WEB By Craig Fiegener
A 35-year-old woman was transported to Redlands Community Hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Her condition is unknown. Another resident was evacuated from one additional unit. No one was home at the remaining two units. ...

Faulty wall heater almost kills 3 Inglewood residents
Daily Breeze
Three Inglewood residents, including two young children, almost lost their lives because of a faulty, carbon monoxide-emitting wall heater after two women ...

COSA NOTE: The next two story links are related updates to the Aspen, Colorado, Lofgren poisoning legal cases. There have been several indictments as a result of the deaths associated with this November 2008 incident.Misdemeanors dropped in carbon monoxide deaths case
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
They had won a stay at the home, which did not have a carbon monoxide detector at the time of their deaths, at an auction held at their school. ...

Sequence of deaths under scrutiny in Aspen CO case
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
The house at 10 Popcorn Lane, near Aspen, where a family of four died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2008. ASPEN, Colorado — Efforts are under way by ...

Family OK After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KPHO Phoenix
Alondra Garcia said she was shocked to learn a backyard grill caused all nine of her family members to suffer carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Save Lives
WCTV
If you have a gas stove, water heater, or fire place in your home, fire officials say having a carbon monoxide detector is a necessity. ...