May 13, 2011

“No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.”
Plato (427-347 BC)

Report: Evacuations ordered in townhouse complex after carbon monoxide death 
Orlando Sentinel  Dangerous carbon monoxide levels found at a townhouse community after a person was discovered dead in a garage with a running car prompted authorities to evacuate nearby homes early today, according to WKMG. Firefighters went door to door in the Orange ...

Gates Police set up fund for family devastated by CO poisoning 
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The Gates Police Department has teamed with Gates Chili Community Connections to raise funds for a Gates family who suffered from an apparent carbon monoxide accident. On May 5, Raul A. Correa, 44, was found dead at 54 Nisa Lane in Gates. ...

Tyler's Law: Education On The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide
Patch.comIn December of last year, Tyler Lavers died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning while working on his car. Tyler was working on his car with the garage door open, but the cold air prevented the dangerous fumes from leaving the garage as well as one would think….The bill would require driver's education courses to contain a section about carbon monoxide, its characteristics, and how quickly it can cause harm or death. The bill also requires a driver’s license exam to test the applicant’s knowledge of the dangers of carbon monoxide.

United Kingdom News
Mum and three children without hot water for week after fears boiler leaked ... 
Southport Visiter A MUM fears lethal carbon monoxide fumes could have leaked into her Marshside home after her boiler was incorrectly installed. Mum-of-three Lisa Ashbee has been without hot water for a week and is worried her children were exposed to the gas. ...

Carbon monoxide fumes killed elderly couple while they watched television
This is Lincolnshire 
AN ELDERLY couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning after fatal fumes leaked into their house, an inquest heard. Tragedy struck Dorothy Bond, 85 and husband William Bond, 87, after they settled down for an evening watching television on New Year's ...

May 12, 2011
“Exchange ideas frequently.” James C. Penney (1875 - 1971)

CALIFORNIA
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Required
cityofsanrafael.orgCarbon monoxide detectors are required to be installed in all existing single family homes by July 1, 2011, and in all other dwellings by January 1, 2012. This requirement was established by the State in the California Carbon Monoxide Prevention Act of 2010. No building permit is required, and the detectors can be battery powered. On average, 170 people in the U.S. die every year from the CO produced by consumer products. CO is odorless, colorless and otherwise not detected by human senses, so people do not know they are exposed. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has information at www.cpsc.gov.cpscpub/pubs/466.html.

 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (CO) Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and ...
 EMEDICINEHEALTH.COM
Learn about Carbon monoxide poisoning (CO), a colorless, odorless gas and is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America.

No action to be taken over Earby family's carbon monoxide poisoning 
Craven Herald
Just over a year after an Earby family was poisoned by carbon monoxide, a Government agency has ruled it will not take enforcement action despite discovering failings. Tina Broughton, of Victoria Mews, and her two children Holly, 17, and Jake, 13, ...