“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851)
Wisconsin seeing more carbon monoxide poisoning
Superior Telegram
Calls to Wisconsin's Poison Control Center about carbon monoxide have increased in recent years. And, health officials are reminding homeowners that having a CO detector is law. Carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless and tasteless. ...
3 Adults, 2 Kids Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak in Bala Cynwyd
Patch.com By Richard Weisgrau and Eric Campbell
A carbon monoxide leak caused five residents of a Bala Cynwyd apartment building to be hospitalized Tuesday morning, Lower Merion Fire Chief Chas McGarvey said. McGarvey said investigators determined a malfunction ...
9 treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in Hackensack
NorthJersey.com BY TARIQ ZEHAWI
HACKENSACK — Nine people were taken to the hospital early Monday afternoon with carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty furnace flue at a Gamewell Street home, authorities said. Hackensack emergency officials treat people at the scene ...
Carbon monoxide sickens worker at Hendersonville job site
The Tennessean
Hendersonville firefighters evacuated a construction site Monday morning after high levels of carbon monoxide sickened a worker. The crew was at work on the site of a future Sam's Club at 301 Indian Lake Boulevard, when a worker became ill and rescue ...
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Save 2 Different Families
WPBF West Palm Beach
Two different carbon monoxide scares, just two weeks apart, leave elderly couples thankful they had detectors for the noxious gas in their homes. The first happened Nov. 11 in The Grove community just east of Florida's Turnpike. ...
Military family says they were exposed to carbon monoxide in Lincoln Military home
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3
“We're lucky to be alive,” says Amy Crum who stated that her family was exposed to carbon monoxide and gas leaks inside their Lincoln Military home for 14 days. Medical records showed the diagnosis in black and white; it was indeed carbon monoxide ...
Colder weather brings carbon monoxide warnings
KHAS-TV by Ginger ten Bensel
As the cold temperatures begin to bear down on Central Nebraska concerns of carbon monoxide poisoning rise. With wind chills plummeting to zero degrees this weekend it's just the beginning of the cold temperatures to come. ...
More homes adding carbon monoxide detectors
Kennebec Journal By Mechele Cooper
AUGUSTA -- The percentage of Maine apartments with carbon monoxide detectors nearly doubled in one year, from 34 percent in 2009 to 58 percent in 2010, because of a new state law.
Grand Prairie family glad to survive close call with charcoal fumes
Fire fighters also need treatment
WFAA by REBECCA LOPEZ
GRAND PRAIRIE — Four members of a Grand Prairie family were rushed to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas Sunday night for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. Al Shimary, a family member, spoke to News 8 on Monday. ...
States push to catch winter's silent killer with carbon monoxide alarms
USA Today By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY
To catch a silent killer that often strikes in winter, a growing number of states are requiring homes to install carbon monoxide detectors. While smoke alarms have been required in homes for decades, similar devices to detect ...
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
