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High CO Levels Found In Post Office; 17 Report Illness
WCVB-TV
EXETER, NH -- Seventeen workers became ill at the Exeter Post Office on Thursday morning after a contractor removing asbestos caused elevated levels of carbon monoxide inside the building, fire official said. Employees initially reported a strange ... COSA Notes that methylene chloride found in paint and adhesive removers is converted to CO in the liver after inhalation. Please note the following link.
WCVB-TV
EXETER, NH -- Seventeen workers became ill at the Exeter Post Office on Thursday morning after a contractor removing asbestos caused elevated levels of carbon monoxide inside the building, fire official said. Employees initially reported a strange ... COSA Notes that methylene chloride found in paint and adhesive removers is converted to CO in the liver after inhalation. Please note the following link.
It is also of note that test instruments utilized by first responders may be utilizing sensors cross sensitive to this poisonous gas which is also explosive. Most personal monitors for carbon monoxide will also be affected by certain combustible gases and register in PPM.
Examples include: paints and lacquers, paint strippers, cleaning supplies, ... in 1985) found levels of about a dozen common organic pollutants to be 2 to 5 times ... that contain methylene chloride include paint strippers, adhesive removers, and ... Also, methylene chloride is converted to carbon monoxide in the body and ...
Two deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning could have been prevented
Truro Daily News
A carbon monoxide detector sitting on a shelf in a room next to where a poorly ventilated generator was running could have saved the lives of two people, said a provincial court judge. Judge Del Atwood, who sentenced Rotor Mechanical Services Limited ...
1 dead, 2 injured from carbon monoxide poisoning
MiamiHerald.com
Tampa Police say one person has died and two people are in the hospital after they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning when a man in an apartment building left his car running inside a garage. Shortly after 9:30 am Thursday, a maintenance worker at the ...
MiamiHerald.com
Tampa Police say one person has died and two people are in the hospital after they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning when a man in an apartment building left his car running inside a garage. Shortly after 9:30 am Thursday, a maintenance worker at the ...
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