Tuesday, February 28, 2012

February 28, 2012

“Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.”
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899 bio link)

Multiple Rochester businesses evacuated for carbon monoxide concern
Foster's Daily Democrat By LIZ MARKHLEVSKAYA ROCHESTER—
Nearly 30 people were evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide found at a local facility Monday afternoon. Carbon monoxide detectors on 20 Spaulding Ave., a building that contains multiple businesses, ...

Knowledge can prevent a tragedy
Haliburton County Echo By Darren Lum
The sad reality about carbon monoxide poisoning is that it can be confused for the flu and lead to tragic consequences. A couple of months ago an entire Whitehorse, Yukon family of four (plus a renter) succumbed to carbon monoxide ...

Carbon Monoxide Protection Bill passes Tennessee House and Senate
Clarksville Online
Nashville, TN – A bill sponsored by Tennessee State Senator Tim Barnes and Tennessee State Representative Joe Pitts to protect renters of recreation vehicles from carbon monoxide poisoning passed both the House and Senate on Monday.

Your Stories: Installing carbon monoxide detectors
NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) -- One of our Your Stories viewers wants to be sure his family is protected from the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning, but he's gotten some conflicting information about where to install detectors in his home.

Let's replace coal with gas, oil
Victoria Times Colonist
Coal-fired power plants produce carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds which form ozone, mercury, arsenic, lead and smaller amounts of cadmium and other toxic heavy metals. While those with the best ...