Friday, July 22, 2011

July 22, 2011

“Good ideas are not adopted automatically.”
Hyman Rickover (1900-1986)

3 overcome by carbon monoxide in Stoughton
WHDH-TV
Three people were overcome by carbon monoxide at a convenience store in Stoughton Friday morning. Police say three members of a cleaning crew were found unconscious at the store on Pearl Street and rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital. ...

WINK Reporter Nearly Dies Inside Live Truck
TVSpy By Andrew Gauthier
My photographer (who was also feeling sick) suspected carbon monoxide,” Spinetto told TVSpy. “He ordered me out of the truck, which is when I collapsed. He called 911. I was taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Trials set in carbon monoxide deaths case
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
A judge ruled Thursday that two local men will stand separate trials for the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a Denver family of four in an Aspen-area home in 2008. Marlin Brown, a sub-contractor, is scheduled to go to a two-week trial beginning Nov ...

Carbon monoxide suspected in Air Force fighter troubles
Anchorage Daily News
Carbon monoxide poisoning -- perhaps caused by procedures unique to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson -- may be the cause of fighter pilot symptoms that led to the grounding of Air Force F-22 Raptors in May, sources tell the Air Force Times. ...

Carbon monoxide warning after camper dies in New Forest
Bournemouth Echo By Daily Echo reporter 
SAFETY experts today issued a warning to campers after a man is thought to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning when he put a gas-fired barbecue inside his tent to keep warm. Vincent Clare is understood to have put the ...

Alarm warns of carbon monoxide
Sault Star
For the second time in less than a week, a carbon monoxide alarm warned a Sault Ste. Marie homeowner of the toxic gas. Thirty parts per million of carbon monoxide were found at the front door. The problem was a faulty hot water tank. ...

Did Giant Earth Fart Give Rise to the Dinosaurs?
International Business Times
"A small release of carbon monoxide from volcanism initiated global warming of the atmosphere, increasing temperatures in the oceans," lead researcher Micha Ruhl told FoxNews.com. "Methane is stored in the sea floor -- it's a molecule which is caught ...

Researchers stumble on colorful discovery
PhysOrg.com Credit:
Queen's University modified metals that change color in the presence of particular gases could warn consumers if packaged food has been exposed to air or if there's a carbon monoxide leak at home. This finding could potentially influence the ...