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Carbon Monoxide Scare In Franklin County
LEX18 Lexington KY News
EMS took a Franklin County couple to the hospital Tuesday morning, and neighbors say family members tell them it was a case of carbon monoxide poisoning. Firefighters won't confirm that carbon monoxide made the couple sick, but they do confirm a high ...
Police urge residents to takes steps to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Carroll County Times
After a Hampstead couple died this weekend from possible carbon monoxide poisoning, a state official is urging people to take a number of steps to prevent or detect the lethal gas before it gets a chance to spread in their homes. ...
Tory trying to gain support for bill to make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory
Winnipeg Free Press
TORONTO - A Progressive Conservative is renewing his efforts to make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in all homes in Ontario. Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman will try again to gain support for his private member's bill today during a news conference at ...
Australian Carbon Monoxide News
Legal Standards in the Workplace
The current Australian standard set by the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) limits exposure to 30 parts of carbon monoxide per million parts of air averaged over eight hours, or 34 milligrams per metre cubed. This standard applies in Victoria. Remember though, that standards are generally set at a level that experts believe "most" people should not be adversely affected, and do not take into consideration personal health problems or strenuous work situations. Persons with heart trouble or respiratory ailments such as asthma or emphysema may be endangered by carbon monoxide at a lower threshold than that allowed by the standard. Any worker performing strenuous tasks that cause heavier than normal breathing will take in large quantities of carbon monoxide. Smokers, who may already have carbon monoxide in their blood from inhaled smoke, may feel adverse effects of carbon monoxide poisoning more quickly than non-smokers. OHS REPS @ Work
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
