February 22, 2011

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” James Thurber (1894-1961)

New York-Amanda’s Law Anniversary
Carbon monoxide law turns 1 year old
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
ALBANY — A year ago today, Amanda's Law took effect in New York state, requiring that carbon monoxide alarms be placed in most homes. The law is named for Amanda Hansen of West Seneca, Erie County, who died in 2009 at the age of 16. ...

Carbon monoxide detector bill passes Arkansas Senate 
Baxter Bulletin
The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill to require low-voltage carbon monoxide detectors in new home construction. It passed 18-14 with three senators not voting. Sen. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home, voted against House Bill 1385 while Sen. ...

Woman to share her cancer journey
Green Bay Press Gazette
Her family encountered carbon monoxide poisoning on Dec. 21, 1997, in their home in Green Bay at the time. "Jim, me and our three children almost died," Graff said. "It's just a fluke that we got up and out of our house in the middle of the night. ...

UPDATED: 5 treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Port Huron Times Herald
He said crews found a 3-year-old boy, a 4-year-old girl and three adults with carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms. There were "serious" levels of carbon monoxide in the house due to a faulty water heater, Eick said. The home did not have a carbon ...

Central Yavapai Fire District to buy heart monitors with grant
Sun Shopper
The heart monitors record heart rate and rhythm, let medics defibrillate if necessary and also measure carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, take blood pressure readings, automatically download that information into CYFD's electronic patient records and can ...

Colorado Lawsuit
Attorney charges lax inspection led to family's carbon monoxide death in Aspen
Denver Post
By The Denver Post A lawyer for the survivors of a Denver family who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in November, 2008 while staying at an Aspen vacation home claims Pitkin County's lax inspection "unlocked the door to the 'death trap,'" the Aspen ...

Officials: Snow Can Block Furnace Vents, Increase Carbon Monoxide Risks
FOX 9 News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists the most common symptoms of carbon-monoxide poisoning as headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and confusion; however, they stress that the gas can also cause loss of ...

Northern Ireland 
NI: Carbon Monoxide Detectors To Be Fitted In Housing Executive Homes With ...
eGov monitor
Following tragic deaths from carbon monoxide last year, DSD Minister Alex Attwood instructed the Housing Executive to conduct a review of safety in its properties. Alex Attwood said: “The Housing Executive has provided me with an initial response to my ...