“The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect.” Rene Dubos (1901-1982)
Advocate pushes for approval of Hawkins-Gignac Act
The North Bay Nugget
Bill 69, the Hawkins-Gignac Act, calls for mandatory carbon monoxide alarms in all Ontario homes. The private member's bill has passed first and second reading, but third reading has been held up. "It's our second kick at the can," Gignac, ...
YMHA Offices Evacuated Due to Carbon Monoxide Leak
WKBN/WYFX-TV
Workers in the building began complaining of symptoms related to a carbon monoxide leak around 10:30 am at the Amedia Plaza on Boardman Street. Dominion East Ohio crews were called and located the problem in the basement. They shut down the boiler ...
New Hialeah rule requires carbon monoxide warnings
MiamiHerald.com
The rule requires warning signs about carbon monoxide in enclosed garages. It comes four months after five teens died from the gas in a Hialeah motel. By Laura Isensee Hialeah City Council approved a new ordinance to warn more people about the lethal ...
Houseboat Death Action Survives Bid to Dismiss
Courthouse News Service By TIM HULL (CN) –
A family's houseboat vacation on the idyllic Lake Powell turned nightmarish when carbon monoxide seeped into their rooms as they slept after silently building up on the boat for days, killing one man as he attempted to wake his ...
Biomass meets air quality standards, reduces carbon footprint despite some ...
Montana Kaimin
The biomass boiler, which will superheat wood chips to heat buildings on campus in place of natural gas, would release carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, lead and micro-sized particulates. ...
Are keyless cars a convenience or a threat?
WPTV
According to investigators, Tim and Chasity were poisoned by carbon monoxide after Chasity, accidentally, left her keyless ignition Lexus running in the garage of her Boca Raton town home. "I miss her so much, " said Maddock, who remembers hearing ...
Death toll rises to 8 after gas poisoning in NW mine
Global Times
Eight people were confirmed dead Friday in a mining accident in northwest China's Gansu Province after rescuers retrieved bodies of three more miners who died from carbon monoxide poisoning, local authorities said. According to an official with the ...
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