April 2010

April 30, 2010

Schenectady County officials warn of CO detector scam
WTEN
Thelma Zeh worries about making sure her home's carbon monoxide detector is uto-date. "I was just thinking about calling the fire department and saying, ...
Carbon Monoxide Exposure Can Be Reduced During Routine Anesthesia in Kids
Insciences Organisation
Doctors at Children's National Medical Center have found that carbon monoxide levels in the blood of young children increase during routine general ...
Report: Most Americans still live in unclean air
The Associated Press
Others include carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and a variety of toxic substances. For the first time, the association included ...

April 28, 2010

Governor urged to sign carbon monoxide safety bill
abc7news.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger is under some pressure to sign legislation to protect people from carbon monoxide poisoning. It would require everyone in the Bay Area ...
Cities offer discounts on green mowers to protect air quality
USA Today  By Brett Flashnick for USA TODAY By Ron Barnett, USA TODAY
When a gasoline-powered mower rumbles along a lawn, the tiny puff of carbon monoxide it coughs up ...

April 27, 2010

CO poses a great danger
Guelph Mercury
Two local incidents in recent days seem to call out for the need for renewed or greater public education about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Milton Family Survives Deadly Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Accident
WISC Madison
A Milton family is lucky to be alive after surviving a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. Stacie Foreman and her son Austin were staying with Foreman's ...

April 24-26, 2010

Nationwide: Keselowski breathes in Victory Lane air
Stamford Advocate
Brad Keselowski said his carbon monoxide level was nearly three times the limit allowed by NASCAR as he scrambled to prepare for the final 312 miles of his ...
Defeated 2008 Bill Might Have Prevented Mine Disaster
Capitol News Connection
The legislation included a provision requiring each miner to wear personal monitors that could detect odorless and deadly methane and carbon monoxide. ...
Rock Co. couple found dead in home
WKOW-TV.com
Emergency crews found a high level of carbon monoxide in the home at 10645 N. Bay Shore Lane. It appears the couple left their car running, in their garage, ...
Guest View: Death by carbon monoxide is preventable
Pasadena Star-News
Unfortunately, the life a dynamic young woman was snuffed out all because carbon monoxide (CO), known as the "silent killer," was lurking in her home. ...
Six hospitalized in local carbon monoxide incident
Breckenridge American
A local family was ravaged by carbon monoxide Monday at their home, located south of Breckenridge. Breckenridge Fire Department and Emergency Medical ...
Police suspect carbon monoxide poisoning in trucker death
Land Line Magazine
A Canadian truck driver was found dead in his cab this week after his propane heater apparently created an overwhelming amount of carbon monoxide inside the ...
Fire calls drop, but false alarms continue
Savage Pacer
One way residents can reduce the number of false alarms is to familiarize themselves with their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, he said. ...

April 23, 2010

Climate change a matter of science
The Desert Sun
Similarly, it has been known for decades that the distribution of the toxic gas carbon monoxide also correlates closely with human activity. ...
Fire code changes next week
Williams Lake Tribune
“Most fires and carbon monoxide deaths are preventable,” says Dave Ferguson, deputy fire commissioner for Emergency Management BC. ...
Holmes Middle School
Colorado Springs Gazette
The symptoms – nausea, dizziness and headaches – are consistent with exposure to carbon monoxide or natural gas, but firefighters said they were unable to ...
Carbon monoxide keeps City Hall shut in Ann Arbor | detnews.com ...
Ann Arbor --City Hall is closed again Thursday because of high levels of carbon monoxide, a day after the building was evacuated.
Higher vehicle exhausts increase kids' E-R visits
ABC7Chicago.com
The pollutants include carbon monoxide and certain types of fine particles small enough to be inhaled deeply into the lungs. Experts say that ground-level ...
Fire & Intrusion
SecurityInfoWatch
The latest (2009) edition of NFPA 720, Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment(r), has also been overhauled. ...

April 22, 2010

Despite improvements to environment, local leaders say more needs to be done
Poughkeepsie Journal
A report from the federal Environmental Protection Agency said emissions of pollutants caused by human activities — such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide ...
Carbon monoxide kills trucker
Guelph Mercury
It appears the truck driver, Bruce Kidd, 59, of the community of Lisle near Barrie, died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Police reported Wednesday the driver ...
Woman Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 4/21/10
KOSA
Carbon Monoxide was the cause of death for 53-year-old Betty Contreras. Contreras lived with six others at 4314 Trevino. A gas heater is suspected to be the ...

April 21, 2010

Narrow escape for family as CO fumes filled house
Hamilton Spectator
His wife, Samantha, and their children narrowly escaped their Ashley Street home Monday night when carbon monoxide levels climbed to 10 times the safe ...
Association fined £70000 for carbon monoxide death
Inside Housing
A housing association has received a £70000 fine following the death of a security guard from carbon monoxide poisoning. Clyde Valley Housing Association ...
Columbia State evacuated again after woman faints
Marshall County Tribune
A city carbon monoxide gas sensor measured 350 parts per million of carbon monoxide in the building on April 8. Sustained CO levels above 200 ppm can cause ...
Carbon monoxide forces evacuation of Yonkers' School Street public housing
The Journal News | LoHud.com
... Police are evacuating the public housing apartments at 80 School St. after a number of people became nauseous because of high levels of carbon monoxide. ...
How safe is your home?
Ironton Tribune By Lori Kersey (Contact) | The Tribune
Lead, mold and carbon monoxide are just a few of the environmental health hazards that will be discussed at a free ...

April 20, 2010

Hero cops save carbon-monoxide kids
Hamilton Spectator
Three Hamilton police officers charged into a downtown house last night and rescued two children overcome by carbon monoxide. The children – age four and ...
Gas firm gives out detectors
Scotsman : SCOTLAND
Gas Networks has donated 500 carbon monoxide detectors to West Lothian Council's Home Safety Service. The local authority service provides ...
John David: Toughen mining regulations now
Charleston Gazette
This is because coal releases methane, belt areas are fire-prone, and fire creates carbon monoxide. Clearly, this is a deadly and explosive combination that ...

April 17-19, 2010

No injuries in DeKalb fire
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – When firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a condominium in the 3100 block of Fairway Oaks ...
No such thing as a clean and green refinery
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
In addition to carbon dioxide, Hyperion would emit other greenhouse gasses, including 1900 tons of carbon monoxide and unspecified quantities of methane. ...
Memorial held for NM teens passionate about rodeo (2:54 pm)
Las Cruces Sun-News
By AP ROSWELL - Family, friends and classmates gathered Friday in Roswell to remember two teenagers who apparently died from accidental carbon monoxide ...
We Need More Indoor Plants!
Macau Daily Times
Cars and other pollution sources lead to unduely high levels of carbon monoxide and dioxide, nitrogen and sulphur oxides, particulates, lead, ...
Virgin passengers poisoned by gas
Herald Sun
A VIRGIN Blue passenger has been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. The woman, believed aged in her 50s, ...

April 16, 2010

Carbon monoxide leaks at college
Columbia Daily Herald
By CHRIS GRAHAM LEWISBURG — Authorities say at least 16 people were hospitalized when carbon monoxide gas spread through the city's Columbia State Community ...
Warning given over the dangers of carbon monoxide
ContractorsCompare.com
Public liability insurance holders have been warned about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after the prosecution of a landlord. ...
Carbon monoxide keeps City Hall shut in Ann Arbor
The Detroit News
Ann Arbor --City Hall is closed again Thursday because of high levels of carbon monoxide, a day after the building was evacuated. ...

April 15, 2010

Ann Arbor city hall carbon monoxide levels down, but building closed for evening
AnnArbor.com
Carbon monoxide levels are down to safe levels throughout Ann Arbor city hall building now, officials say, hours after the building was evacuated today. ...
Sheffield Landlord Knowingly Endangers Tenet To CO Poisoning
Gov Monitor
Mohammed Ikram, of Shiregreen Terrace, Shiregreen, exposed a tenant living on Morrison Avenue, Maltby, to the potential risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

April 14, 2010

Crash underscores CO poisoning risks
Bonner County Daily Bee
By KEITH KINNAIRD SANDPOINT — A collision on Priest Lake is highlighting the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning while boating. Two boaters were stricken ...
New devices make fighting fires safer
Clackamas Review
Last week Clackamas Fire District #1 EMS Captain Karl Koenig showed off two new carbon monoxide detectors the district received through a grant program and ...
Family poisoned by indoor BBQ
The Copenhagen Post
A family of seven was admitted to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning after the father decided to light a barbeque inside their home. ...

April 13, 2010

Police: Two Teens Found Dead From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KPHO Phoenix
"At this time, it appears that both subjects died from apparent accidental carbon monoxide poisoning as a generator on the rear of the vehicle may have been ...
NEW: Man stricken in carbon monoxide case is improving
Alton Telegraph
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH ALHAMBRA - A man stricken by carbon monoxide poisoning in a incident that killed his father is improving at a St. Louis hospital, ...
10:56 am - West Virginia Officials Using New Tools to Protect Rescuers in ...
Martinsburg Journal
With the simple push of a button, officials will be able to instantly detect who has carbon monoxide poisoning on the spot in just seconds-allowing for ...
£70000 fine after construction site security guard dies from carbon monoxide ...
The Construction Index
Clyde Valley Housing Association Limited has been fined £70000 after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning on a construction site in Burbank, ...
Elderly cat rescued from fire
Toronto Sun
By MARYANNE FIRTH, QMI Agency Despite suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation, and facing the possibility of brain damage and blindness, ...
Calif. bill requires home carbon monoxide monitors
Washington Post
Californians would be required to install carbon monoxide monitors if their home has an attached garage or fireplace under legislation adopted by the state ...

April 10-12, 2010

Carbon monoxide in Upper Yoder home sickens 5
The Tribune-Democrat
JOHNSTOWN — Emergency responders treated five people – including two of their own – who were sickened by carbon monoxide inside an Upper Yoder Township home ...
Carbon Monoxide suspected in turkey hunter's death
KMOX.com  ALHAMBRA, Ill. (KMOX) –
Authorities say a Collinsville man died early Saturday while on a turkey hunting trip near Alhambra. The Madison County coroner's ...
Cell Phones that Detect Toxic Chemicals
eMaxHealth
In fact, the first prototypes of Cell-All will detect carbon monoxide and fire, according to Stephen Dennis, Cell-All's program manager. ...
Upper Big Branch used ventilation system with a history of problems
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
And carbon monoxide is a product of fire. When MSHA granted Performance Coal Company's petition to use belt air, the company was required to install a ...

April 9, 2010

Hampshire plane crash 'due to exhaust gases in cockpit'
BBC News
Two people who died in a light plane crash in Hampshire could have been suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at the time, a report says. ...

April 8, 2010

Apartment dweller saves lives after a silent, odorless killer seeps into her ...
SF Weekly
Early Sunday morning at 230 Central Ave., carbon monoxide from a leaky boiler sent 13 people to the hospital. One man downstairs from Tillman had it the ...
Cumberland Fire/Rescue quick to respond to carbon monoxide emergency
Valley Breeze
Our family was awakened by a carbon monoxide detector going off at 2 am We knew immediately that something was wrong, and we all got out of the house and ...
TRUCKS: Butler Suffers Bizarre Injury In Nashville Race
SPEEDtv.com
He was also breathing carbon monoxide. “It was really painful,” Butler said in a phone interview Tuesday. “I had fiberglass in my face and eyes. ...
3 Bronx Schools Evacuated Over Carbon Monoxide Fears | NBC New York
A building housing three public schools in the Bronx was evacuated this morning over concerns about carbon monoxide, authorities say.
Officials Investigate Cause Of Midtown Explosion
WCBS-TV New York
Deadly levels of carbon monoxide were sent streaming upwards. The Novotel Hotel took the brunt of it. The three-alarm fire that followed spread from the ...
Clackamas Fire District 1 to receive carbon monoxide detectors
OregonLive.com
By Rick Bella, The Oregonian HAPPY VALLEY -- Clackamas Fire District 1 soon will get two new high-tech carbon monoxide detectors, thanks to a $7000 donation ...
Despite warm temperatures, the "silent killer" can still lurk in your home
KCBD-TV
If it wasn't for a carbon monoxide alarm, they wouldn't have even known that a toxic gas was a engulfing their kitchen every time they use their oven. ...

April 6, 2010

Our deepest sympathy goes to the families and communities in West Virginia who are suffering from their tragic coal mining accident.

25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984
The Associated Press
The buildup of toxic methane gas — a constant problem at the mine — and of carbon monoxide prevented teams from reaching other chambers, officials said. ...
Baltimore takes a holistic approach to unhealthy housing
Washington Post
But after five years there, the 31-year-old mother of three learned that carbon monoxide had been accumulating in the house, its escape hindered by a ...

April 3-5, 2010

Selling your home? Check new state rules on smoke alarms
Gloucester Daily Times
Since March 2006, in addition to smoke detectors, all homeowners have also been required to install carbon monoxide alarms on each habitable level. ...
Authorities encourage safety precautions with generators
Livingston Daily
The most common dangers involving generators are carbon-monoxide poisoning, electrical shock or electrocution, and fire hazards, according to the nonprofit ...
Consumers told to gut Chinese-drywall homes
Los Angeles Times
Consumers should remove "all possible problem drywall" and replace their electrical wiring, sprinkler systems, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, ...
State mandates carbon monoxide detectors in homes ...
APPLETON — Fire Inspector Brian Noel knows it will take a major effort to let people know that Wisconsin homeowners will soon be required to have carbon ...
Law Would Require CO Detectors In Ice Arenas
WCCO
(File) AP Thursday at the Capitol, there was a rally to support a bill that would require Minnesota ice arenas to have carbon monoxide detectors. ...
Hotel's donation to fire dept. will fund emergency equipment
Seacoastonline.com
By Elizabeth Dinan PORTSMOUTH — In appreciation of the city fire department's rapid response to a carbon monoxide leak at the Hilton Garden Inn, ...
Mother Dies After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WESH Orlando
Paramedics said when they arrived at the home on Kingswood Drive it was full of carbon monoxide. A 41-year-old mother was overcome by the fumes. ...
Firefighter Saves Elderly Woman's Life
WNEP-TV
Mildred says it's because of him she was saved from carbon monoxide poisoning. "I'm very grateful. I'm old, but I still enjoy my life. ...

April 1, 2010

Flood Waters Rise As Storm Winds Down
WCVB-TV
Twelve people, including a pregnant woman, were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after a gasoline-powered water pump was left on overnight in ...
Connecticut Only State to Receive Federal Energy Challenge Funds
Public News Service
Carbon monoxide, which is colorless and odorless, can seep into homes and cause serious health problems for unsuspecting residents. ...
Silent danger at the rinks
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Blake Whitecotton was one of 12 children on a Maple Grove peewee hockey team who were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in 2009. ...
Hybrid school bus receives mixed reviews
The Ames Tribune
A New York Department of Energy study of New York City hybrid transit buses documented 97 percent lower carbon monoxide emission than conventional diesel ...

March 2010

March 30, 2010

West Boca teen raising awareness about carbon monoxide poisoning in memory of ...
Sun-Sentinel
By Angel Streeter, Sun Sentinel A West Boca Raton teenager is working on becoming an Eagle Scout by raising awareness about carbon monoxide poisoning....

March 27-29, 2010

Family sickened by fumes
Cape Cod Times CENTERVILLE —
A family of four was taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon with carbon monoxide poisoning after a pipe came apart and dumped exhaust into ...
Carbon monoxide leak sends several SF residents to hospital
Examiner.com
Several San Francisco residents were evacuated from their homes early Sunday morning and taken to a hospital for carbon monoxide (CO2) poisoning. ...
State mandates carbon monoxide detectors in homes
Green Bay Press Gazette
The law requires that carbon monoxide detectors, which cost from $25 to $50 or more, be directly wired to a home's electrical system and have a battery ...
Carbon monoxide thought to have killed five in southwest China tin mine
People's Daily Online
Five workers died probably of carbon monoxide poisoning in a tin mine in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Friday. ...
Bodies of two missing Corvallis men found southeast of Waldport
OregonLive.com
Preliminary investigation indicates the subjects succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning as the result of using a barbecue to heat the inside of the van.
GCFD: Carbon Monoxide Alarms Save Lives
Garden City News
A new law recently went into effect that changes the requirements for both the location and number of carbon monoxide detectors needed in residential ...

March 26, 2010

Seniors can pick up free carbon monoxide detectors
NorthJersey.com
CLIFFSIDE PARK — The Cliffside Park Bureau of Fire Prevention is hosting a program to offer senior citizens carbon monoxide detectors free of charge. ...
Resort's Carbon Monoxide Compliance Rate Soars
The Dispatch By Bryan Russo, Staff Writer OCEAN CITY —
The Fire Marshal's office said this week compliance with the town's carbon monoxide detector law has quadrupled ...
Family of CO victim at Pa. hotel settles lawsuit
Lebanon Daily News
The family of a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning at an eastern Pennsylvania hotel has settled a federal lawsuit against the hotel and several ...
Fire crews respond to carbon monoxide poisoning in Logan
Cache Valley Daily By Cache Valley Daily
Fire crews responded Wednesday to an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning near Adams Elementary School and found what they called a ...

March 25, 2010

Family sues over alleged carbon monoxide boat death
Salt Lake Tribune
By Pamela Manson Relatives of a man who died on a houseboat on Lake Powell from a heart attack allegedly triggered by carbon monoxide poisoning have filed a ...
Schenectady garage workers evacuated after carbon monoxide emission
WRGB
... Schenectady's Department of Public Works garage were evacuated late Wednesday morning after malfunctioning machinery emitted carbon monoxide in the air. ...

March 24, 2010

Carbon Monoxide Suspected in 3 Deaths on Boat
Long Island Press, By AP on Mar 24th, 2010
Suffolk County police say carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of three people found unconscious on a houseboat in ...
Lawmakers look into ice rink air
Duluth News Tribune
Bills making their way through the Minnesota Legislature are aimed at improving ice rink air quality, especially by reducing carbon monoxide and nitrous ...
Simpson Dura-Vent Recalls Fireplace Dampers Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Both pose risk of carbon monoxide poisoning to the consumer. Description: This recall involves DuraTech Anchor Plates with Dampers and DuraChimney II Anchor ...

March 23, 2010

Debate over CO Alarms in public buildings and buildings where people work is a waste time in the U.S.
The workplace is protected by Federal Law and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
If the current law were enforced, buildings where people work would have an alarm set to go off when 50 PPM of CO is reached when the concentration, on average, has been present for a continuous 8 hour time period.
Look around where you or others work and you will find few, if any CO Alarms.
OSHA does not protect workers from higher, deadly concentrations; the law only protects the worker from an 8 hour time weighted (TWA) average and it is not enforced or monitored.
Still a Great Deal of Confusion Regarding New Carbon Monoxide Requirements in ...
Newzjunky.com
... still questioning what is required, and what they may need to do to come into compliance with the new requirements for carbon monoxide (CO) detection. ...
2 toddlers, 6 adults sickened by carbon monoxide leak
WFAA
Firefighters discovered a carbon monoxide leak in a water heater located in the garage. "They ended up turning the gas off to the water heater," said Asst. ...

March 22, 2010

Ogden firefighters checking for smoke detectors
Deseret News AP OGDEN —
Ogden firefighters are checking rental properties to see if they have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Brandon Thueson, a captain with the ...
Gas poisoning strikes 55 in S China food plant
China Daily BEIHAI, Guangxi:
Fifty-five food factory workers were being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, including five who are seriously ill, in south China's ...
NST Online 6 workers die after inhaling carbon monoxide
KOTA KINABALU
Six Filipino workers died after inhaling carbon monoxide gas while cleaning a tank at the Kampung Lawa water treatment plant in Beaufort about ...
Reno hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
Las Vegas Sun
AP Reno firefighters have evacuated a downtown motel after a carbon monoxide leak was detected in the building. Firefighters evacuated the Keno Motel Sunday ...
Carbon monoxide poisons 3 in DC apartment
WTOP
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities say two adults and a child are at a hospital in serious condition after being sickened by high levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Carbon monoxide alarm at Hackettstown apartment leads to pot bust
Dailyrecord.com
Hackettstown Detective Darren Tynan on Friday said that while a carbon monoxide alarm was triggered, fire officials didn't detect the poisonous gas. ...
Faulty furnace seeps deadly gas in Algonac home
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
Bridget Schwartz's children stand in the living room, near the box where their carbon monoxide detector sat, waiting to be installed, the day it went off ...

March 19, 2010

Technology's there for cleaner air
Calgary Herald
Carbon dioxide doom and climatic warming theories are only part of the emission story. With the relatively sudden realization that as a global community we ...
Proposed Bill Aimed at Saving Lives
WTVQ
Hundreds of people die every year from carbon monoxide poisoning. It's a growing problem and now a proposed bill is aimed at protecting people from this ...

March 13-18, 2010

Tributes paid to carbon monoxide victim
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard; By Gemma Casey »
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Cotswolds woman who it is believed died when a faulty boiler filled her home with carbon monoxide. ...
Berlin School To Reopen Today After Air-Quality Tests
Hartford Courant
Investigators checked for a number of chemicals, particulates, mold, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The only one of those that was found to have a high ...
Chief Says Farmer, Employee Ignored Firefighters
Newsradio 620
The two men suffered life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning. Friend Bill Jones was at the Waukesha County farm when his friends got stuck. ...
Mother and Daughter die from carbon monoxide
Examiner.com
This mother and daughter were overcome by 4 times the lethal dose of carbon monoxide in their bodies it would take to kill someone. ...
3-year-old dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
WOAI
Emergency crews responded to a call about carbon monoxide at a home in the 1400 block of Kollman Drive, near FM 462 early Monday. ...
Officials Investigating Possible Carbon Monoxide Death
NewsWest9.com MIDLAND –
Midland fire officials are investigating whether a Midland women died from carbon monoxide poisoning. 53-year-old Betty Contreras was pronounced ...
GA Aircraft Engine Exhaust and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
AvStop Aviation News
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident was in part “the pilot's incapacitation due to carbon monoxide (CO) and a fractured muffler. ...
Prescribed burns may help reduce US carbon footprint
EurekAlert (press release)
Previous research has indicated that such burns could reduce emissions of pollutants such as fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide. ...
Drivers lead cyclists in exposure to traffic pollution
Stuff.co.nz
The study found that cyclists on roads are exposed to 25 per cent more carbon monoxide than cyclists just two metres from the road. ...
Car sex couple 'die of carbon monoxide poisoning'
Metro
A Russian couple who decided to have sex in their car, parked in a small garage, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after they left the engine running, ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning sickens shoppers at Forks Township Giant
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
By Colin McEvoy At least six people were sickened tonight at the Giant supermarket in Forks Township due to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the ...
OSHA begins investigation into Giant carbon monoxide poisoning
Allentown Morning Call
Two federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors are at the Forks Township Giant this morning, the site of last night's carbon monoxide ...
Carteret man is found dead in basement from carbon monoxide poisoning
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger CARTERET —
Carbon monoxide fumes from a portable generator claimed the life of a 49-year-old Carteret man who died of ...
Report: Carbon monoxide problems continue at SHA
Orlando Sentinel
WESH.com reports that crews will be examining a Sanford Housing Authority complex this week to try to find the source of carbon monoxide that's been ...
Ill. fire marshal offers generator safety tips
KWQC 6
According to the fire marshal's office, the most common dangers involving generators are carbon monoxide poisoning, electrical shock or electrocution, ...
No reason why carbon monoxide still kills us
Albany Times Union
When a young West Seneca girl died because of carbon monoxide leaking from a defective boiler. Her name was Amanda Hansen and she was just 16. ...
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning Prevention
Food Consumer
... cooling, or cooking can cause carbon monoxide (CO) to build up in a home, garage, or camper and to poison the people and animals inside. ...
Officer Credited With Saving Boy
Three Villages Times
According to police, at approximately 7:35 am on Sunday, March 7, Officer Michael Frank responded to a home on Putney Road for a carbon monoxide call. ...
Fort Hood Clinic Closed Because Of High Carbon Monoxide Levels
KWTX
Maintenance workers detected the carbon monoxide after the clinic lost power when a car hit a utility pole at around 6 am Wednesday. ...
Gov. Doyle signed a bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all one-and ...
Pierce County Herald
Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill yesterday that requires carbon monoxide detectors in all one-and-two family homes. They're already mandated in larger ...

 

March 11, 2010

Rogers Fire Dept. Deploys New Equipment
KHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas
Rogers firefighters recently acquired have two new carbon monoxide oximeters. The devices can be used to take a patient's pulse and determine his or her ...
Erie doggy hero a finalist for national honor
Daily Camera
Kenai, from Erie, awakened her owner and alerted him to a carbon monoxide leak in the vacation home where he, six other adults, two children and four dogs ...
Fresca Foods workers show signs of carbon monoxide poisoning
Daily Camera
Louisville Fire Protection District Chief Tim Parker said seven employees at the facility tested positive for elevated carbon monoxide levels and some of ...
Doyle Signs Monoxide Detector Mandate
Today's TMJ4
Jim Doyle has signed a law that will require all homes and duplexes to contain carbon monoxide detectors as a safety precaution. ...
Air Quality Bad for 40 Percent of Americans
Courthouse News Service
Air also saw an 80 percent cut in carbon monoxide levels, a 70 percent cut to sulfur dioxide levels, a 46 percent decline in nitrogen dioxide levels, ...
Fire Marshal Suggests Changing Batteries This Weekend
KSMU Radio
The National Safety Council also reports that almost 700 people die each year as a result of unintentional poisoning from gas like Carbon Monoxide. ...
Scientists chemically turn CO2 into CO
UPI.com
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 10 (UPI) -- US and British scientists say they've developed a technique that chemically turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide ...

March 10, 2010

Bill would help clear the Zamboni-fouled air at ice arenas
Pioneer Press
By Nick Ferraro The measure would require rinks to install electronic air-monitoring devices to continuously check for carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide ...
Carbon monoxide deaths linked to cookers
Which?
Gas cookers have been blamed for a significant rise in fatalities caused by carbon monoxide poisoning in Great Britain. That's the message from the UK's ...
LVFD – Quick and Skilled Response Saves a Life
Leader Newspaper
The importance of the installation of carbon monoxide alarms was reaffirmed this past week during an alarm call to a local residence. ...

March 9, 2010

Investigation sparks ice rink air quality bill
KSAX
The investigation found many rinks were either not testing for emissions, like carbon monoxide from ice resurfacers, or doing so incorrectly. ...
LI Mom Almost Loses Her Life, After Losing Her Job
New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
Firefighters found carbon monoxide levels more than two times higher than the safe levels. "They were at a critical level of carbon monoxide in the house," ...
Carbon monoxide kills Man, dog
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Firefighters say a man and his dog died of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday night. Indianapolis Fire Department Captain Fred Pervine ...
Scientists figure out way to convert CO2 into carbon monoxide using visible light
Sify
A team of scientists has figured out a way to efficiently turn carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, into carbon monoxide using visible light, ...

March 6-8, 2010

Police investigate apparent carbon monoxide death
WTHR
They also determined there was a lethal amount of carbon monoxide in the air inside the residence. A woman who described herself as a friend of the victim ...
Portage school district grapples with next move as construction triggers ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
In fact, it appears concerns about carbon monoxide may have been fueled by local pediatricians providing erroneous information to parents. ...
Fire Safety Tips
KPLC-TV
Another device that can help in catching a fire, before it can turn deadly, is a carbon monoxide detector. "Carbon monoxide is odorless, it is colorless, ...
Firefighters hand out free carbon monoxide detectors
NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Cicero (WSYR-TV) The law has been on the books for nearly two weeks, but firefighters say there are still some homeowners who don't have a carbon monoxide ...
Taylorsville family exposed to 'deadly' levels of carbon monoxide
KSL-TV
TAYLORSVILLE -- Three members of a Taylorsville family were exposed to what firefighters say were "deadly" levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Wal-Mart Workers' CO Claim Runs Out of Gas
Courthouse News Service
(CN) - A group of Wal-Mart employees waited too long to sue over their alleged exposure to carbon monoxide gas in the freezer section of Wal-Mart's ...

March 5, 2010

Furnace carbon monoxide leak kills woman, 90, in her home
Allentown Morning Call
A malfunctioning furnace leaked carbon monoxide into a Weisenberg Township home Thursday, killing a 90-year-old woman who lived there, according to the ...
Fire chief, state announce new smoke alarm regulations
Salem Gazette
Since March 2006, all homes have been required to install carbon monoxide alarms on each habitable level in addition to smoke detectors. ...
Oxford MPP promises to reintroduce bill
Brantford Expositor
WOODSTOCK -Oxford County's MPP is confident carbon monoxide detectors will eventually become mandatory in all Ontario homes. ...
Firefighters distribute free carbon monoxide detectors Saturday
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com: By Charley Hannagan / The Post-Standard Cicero,NY—
The Cicero Fire Department will hold a safety workshop and give away carbon monoxide detectors from 9 am ...

March 4, 2010

Children killed by carbon monoxide leak 'after catalogue of errors'
Telegraph.co.uk
A catalogue of errors in installing and maintaining a gas boiler caused a carbon monoxide leak that lead to the deaths of two children, a court heard. ...
Quick thinking by TVAC prevents potential tragedy
NorthJersey.com
Recognizing the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning, TVAC's crew chief Vito LaVille summoned additional help, according to Robertson. ...
W. Brookfield family sickened by carbon monoxide
Worcester Telegram: By Steven H. Foskett Jr. TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WEST BROOKFIELD —
Firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide in a Ware Street home after five ...
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Now Mandatory in Baltimore Homes
Baltimore City Paper: By Erin Sullivan | Posted 3/3/2010
Per the Baltimore City Health Department, as of March 1 it's mandatory that you have a carbon-monoxide detector installed ...

March 3, 2010

Time to check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
Reno Gazette Journal
Additionally, Ritter said carbon monoxide detectors detect faulty exhaust from the water heaters, exhaust from the garage, a furnace that is not venting ...
Carbon monoxide detector saves Homestead Circle family
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle
About an hour later, at 11:40 pm, the Cutters' carbon monoxide alarm sounded. Feeling tired and confused, Christine went downstairs to the alarm and ...
Victims Names Released In CO Poisoning
WOWT
Police have released the names of the two women who were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning on Friday. The two women, 42-year-old Tracey ...

March 2, 2010

Carbon Monoxide scare evacuates residents in Brooklyn - 3/01/10 ...
Brooklyn, NY: Elevated carbon monoxide readings prompted the evacuation of at least 30 residents of brownstones in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn.
Hotel Opens Again After Carbon Monoxide Scare - New Hampshire News ...
PORTSMOUTH, NH -- A Portsmouth hotel reopened Tuesday after getting the all- clear following a carbon monoxide incident the day before.
carbon monoxide poisoning A BABYSITTER has been taken to hospital with ...
Doncaster Today
When her father went round to the property with a carbon monoxide detector, the alarm was set off and they called the fire service. ...

February 2010

February 27, 2010

Buy carbon monoxide alarms in memory of Katie Haines
Wokingham Times
By Alice Murphy The devastated parents of a newlywed who died from carbon monoxide poisoning have urged her friends to buy gas alarms in her memory to ...
Carbon Monoxide Detector Alerts Family
WTVQ
Firefighters credit a working carbon monoxide detector for saving the life of a Lexington family overnight. It happened around 2 am at a home on Lakeview ...
Need for warmth stirs danger in New Castle homes
Foster's Daily Democrat
Fire crews then tested his home and determined there were high levels of carbon monoxide throughout the house and evacuated the family, including children ...
Quick-thinking EMTs in Teaneck stop possible carbon-monoxide poisoning
NorthJersey.com
The EMTs realized they may have a carbon monoxide poisoning situation, called the Teaneck Fire Department, additional ambulances and began evacuating the ...
Lynch To Tour Storm-Ravaged Towns
WMUR Manchester
In Auburn, a child passed out and a woman showed signs of carbon monoxide poisoning after a fumes from a generator left running too close to their home ...
Two Women Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WOWT
Two women were taken to Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition Friday evening, after being found in their home suffering from carbon monoxide ...
Family Treated For Carbon Monoxide Exposure
WMTW Portland
LEBANON, Maine -- Three patients were transported to Goodall Hospital in Sanford for symptoms similar to carbon monoxide exposure Friday night. ...
State Issues Carbon Monoxide Warning
MPBN News
Maine Emergency Management officials say improper operation or placement of generators can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning hospitalizes Harrison Twp. man
Dayton Daily News
“Anything that burns fossil fuels puts out carbon monoxide,” Lynch said. Generators and other such devices, used to provide electricity or heat, ...
Three men overcome by carbon monoxide
FireEngineering.com : By Ellis, Sean
POCATELLO -- Three contractors were overcome by carbon monoxide Wednesday while remodeling a suite on Flandro Drive and were transported to ...

February 26, 2010

Kenilworth mum speaks of family's carbon monoxide poisoning ordeal
Coventry Telegraph
A SINGLE mum and her family are lucky to be alive after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty boiler. Tracey Bastock, her five children ...
Marriott Workers Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
Local News: Marriott Workers Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | firefighters, carbon, monoxide, guests, marriott, morning, air, employees, says, ...
Clemson University Fire Department receives federal grant
Clemson University
Daniel explained that the technology of carbon monoxide monitoring is relatively new, and the fire crews will now be able to test for exposure on site, ...

February 25, 2010

Warwickshire carbon monoxide detector 'saved seven'
BBC News
A carbon monoxide alarm almost certainly saved the lives of a Warwickshire family of seven, the ambulance service believes. Crews were called to a property ...
Smyrna Family Overcome By Carbon Monoxide Fumes
NewsChannel5.com
A Smyrna family's attempt to stay warm turned dangerous early Wednesday morning when the family was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. ...
Dog's Absence May Have Saved Couple From Carbon Monoxide
10TV
WHITEHALL, Ohio — A couple was recovering at a hospital Wednesday after being overcome by carbon monoxide. Firefighters said a parent who was trying to drop ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in death of Hailey man
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
By :EXPRESS STAFF Hailey resident Tyler Felton died Monday night of what the Butte County coroner believes to be carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

February 24, 2010

Task force to examine air quality concerns at Portage Northern High School
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
However, school officials say they have installed carbon monoxide detectors in every Northern classroom and have not found elevated levels anywhere. ...
Officials work to comply with new carbon monoxide law
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
She died from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of a leak from a defective boiler. Her tragic and accidental death sparked a movement in New York state ...
Carbon Monoxide Concerns At Greenville Apartment Complex
News Channel 7
Nicholson quickly reacted each of the four times her carbon monoxide detector went off in her Greenville apartment at Woodstream Apartments on Anderson Road ...

February 23, 2010

Arkansas Real Estate Inspectors attend carbon monoxide safety seminar
Eastlake CO
Gas alarms gift to honour Peterborough victim
BBC News
A woman from Peterborough whose boyfriend died from carbon monoxide poisoning has raised money to buy alarms for 150 homes in the city. ...
Pending legislation will increase risk of carbon monoxide deaths
TheNewsTribune.com
If it is not stopped, Washington residents will remain at risk of falling victim to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, the most common cause of accidental ...
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Now Mandatory in All Homes
13WHAM-TV
Rochester, NY - All homes must have working carbon monoxide detectors in them, as of Monday, February 22. Carbon monoxide [CO] is the gas is known as the ...
CO Detector Saves Life in Johnson City
WBNG-TV
Instead, he suspected it was the air he was breathing, so he bought a carbon monoxide detector. "I installed it and the alarm all three of them that I had ...
Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 11 People
NBC4i.com By Donna Willis | Multimedia Content Producer COLUMBUS, Ohio—
Almost a dozen people were transported to a local hospital Monday after a carbon-monoxide leak ...
Kentucky court upholds workers comp for Wal-Mart employee
Business Insurance
Donald Greg Wells stems from carbon monoxide exposure injuries Mr. Wells suffered in 2005 while working in a freezer at a Wal-Mart distribution center. ...
Euclid family suffers CO poisoning
News-Herald.com
The firefighters used a carbon monoxide oximeter and discovered the gas was the cause of the illness. The man's face had taken a reddish tint, Prijatel said ...

February 19, 2010

Three Recovering From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
13WHAM-TV
They found elevated carbon monoxide levels in the home. A woman and her two grandchildren were taken to the hospital for treatment. ...
School Installs CO Detectors After Evacuation; Classes Resume ...
DERRY, NH –
Fire officials are investigating a possible carbon monoxide incident at St. Thomas Aquinas School in Derry. Thursday, February 18, 2010.
Family of five hospitalized with CO poisoning
abc13.com
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A family of five was hospitalized Wednesday morning with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning after using a charcoal grill to heat their ...

February 18, 2010

Fire Dept. cooly handles hotel crisis
Seacoastonline.com
The Portsmouth Fire Department did a great job coordinating the response to the carbon monoxide scare on Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn. Crews got to the ...
New Hampshire: Fumes Cause School Evacuation
New York Times
... in Derry was evacuated Wednesday after a student and teacher collapsed, and more than 20 other people showed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Man's Death
WXYZ
DETROIT (WXYZ) - A Detroit man has died in what police are calling a case of carbon monoxide poisoning. He was living in a home on Rutherford on the city's ...
Carbon monoxide facts and safety tips
Foster's Daily Democrat
The potentially lethal amount of carbon monoxide or CO found to be leaking inside the Hilton Garden Inn on Monday is actually considered to be a by-product ...

February 17, 2010

Downtown hotel reopens, clear of carbon monoxide
Seacoastonline.com
By Dave Choate PORTSMOUTH — Following Monday's carbon monoxide leak at the Hilton Garden Inn, the downtown hotel has reopened. According to a statement from ...
Grieving parents want all families to have carbon monoxide detectors
WPEC
They also plan to get hospitals in south Florida to provide a free carbon monoxide detector for mothers of newborns, so when they leave the hospital with a ...
Witheridge family saved from carbon monoxide gas
Devon 24
The family were evacuated from the property, but one woman was taken to hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Firefighters used a gas monitor ...

February 16, 2010

FLORIDA

7 hospitalized in carbon monoxide poisoning
MiamiHerald.com
Four children and three adults have been hospitalized in central Florida for carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities say the seven people were hospitalized ...

CALIFORNIA

Carbon Monoxide Forces Evacuation of Chico Business
KHSL
A carbon monoxide scare forces a Chico business to evacuate. The incident was reported around 7:45 Monday night. Employees at Chico Nut Company on the ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE

New Hampshire: Carbon Monoxide Leaks at Hotel
New York Times
By AP A worker at a Portsmouth hotel was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after a carbon monoxide leak sickened her and 10 other people. ...

PENNSYLVANIA

County juvenile detention center evacuated over carbon monoxide worries
Scranton Times-Tribune
SCRANTON - Four juvenile inmates were evacuated Monday night from the Lackawanna County Juvenile Detention Center over concerns about carbon monoxide levels ...
Ace Viking on East 30th Street evacuated for high carbon monoxide levels
GoErie.com
... from National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. found carbon monoxide levels to be elevated and ventilated the building, which was temporarily evacuated.

IOWA

Two taken to hospital after carbon monoxide incident
Mason City Globe Gazette
Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Kevin Pals said a plumber working in the house at 5536 125th St. noticed high levels of carbon monoxide and told the women inside ...

CONNECTICUT

Plainfield residents treated for carbon monoxide
Norwich Bulletin By Anonymous
Two Moosup residents were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Monday at Day Kimball Hospital after being overcome at their home. ...

NEW YORK

Carbon monoxide detector saves Binghamton family
News 10 Now
A new law will go into effect in New York State later this month requiring all homes to install carbon monoxide (CO) detectors. ...

ARIZONA

Disturbing trend with carbon monoxide
KTAR.com
"Four patients were critically ill from carbon monoxide poisoning." Brooks said the victims are coming in because of inappropriate use of heating elements ...

February 13-15, 2010

NEW YORK

HEALTH: Get ready for new law requiring CO detectors
Niagara Gazette  By Joyce Miles
If you don't already have at least one carbon monoxide detector in your home, add the item to your shopping list. As of Feb. ...

TENNESSEE

Carbon monoxide spurs evacuation
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Courtyard by Marriott was evacuated Sunday morning shortly after 10 am after four employees suddenly fell ill from carbon monoxide exposure. ..

OHIO

3 Sickened In Separate Carbon Monoxide Incidents
WLWT Cincinnati
He recommended yearly checkups to avoid problems and installing a carbon monoxide detector, which retails for about $20 or less.

MARYLAND Cruise Ship in Harbor

Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew
Baltimore Sun  By Jill Rosen jill.rosen@baltsun.com
Seven crew members aboard a cruise ship headed to Baltimore on Saturday were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning, ...

PENNSYLVANIA

Storm-related ailments keep hospitals busy
Tarentum Valley News Dispatch
Slips and falls sent many to the hospital last weekend, but doctors were surprised to treat 23 people for carbon monoxide poisoning at UPMC Presbyterian ...

WASHINGTON

Wash. family of 4 taken to hospital
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A Federal Way family of four has been taken to a hospital after complaining of headaches in a possible case of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN

Leader-Post
Regina retirement home employee suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
An employee of the Renaissance Retirement Residence was taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning.

CONNECTICUT

Protect yourself from carbon monoxide poisoning
Connecticut Plus
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas which is present wherever there is combustion or the burning of fuel. The staff in the Wound Care and ...

CANADA, ONTARIO

Liberty Village condo almost evacuated for high carbon monoxide levels
CP24, Canada
Firefighters monitor the situation after high levels of carbon monoxide were found in a condo. (CP24/Tom Stefanac) A condominium in Liberty Village was ...

MINNESOTA

Man poisoned by carbon monoxide
Post-Bulletin
By Janice Gregorson A 35-year-old Rochester man was rushed to the hospital early this morning with carbon monoxide poisoning after collapsing in his house. ...

February 12, 2010

PENNSYLVANIA

West Scranton home evacuated for carbon monoxide
Scranton Times-Tribune
SCRANTON - A multi-family home in Tripp Park was evacuated Wednesday because of high amounts of carbon monoxide. The gas at 1636 Farr St. was detected about ...

CALIFORNIA

Family Hospitalized For Carbon Monoxide Poison - San Diego News ...
SANTEE, Calif. -- A carbon monoxide leak sent an East County couple and their four children to a hospital, along with three firefighters who responded to ...

OHIO

Carbon Monoxide Found in Westwood Apartment
WKRC TV Cincinnati
Cincinnati firefighters found a Westwood apartment building filled with carbon monoxide overnight. One child went to the hospital and now, the residents ...

February 11, 2010

A number of today’s stories clearly demonstrate that there is a misunderstanding of fire departments recommending CO Alarms that are incapable of alarming at the levels they are telling people are “dangerous or deadly levels” of carbon monoxide. At the lowest level required, U.L. Standard # 2034 Listed Carbon Monoxide Alarms do not sound off until a concentration of 70 PPM of CO is present for between 1 hour and 4 hours.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Laconia FD: CO Detector Saved Family
WMUR LACONIA, NH --
The Laconia Fire Department said a carbon monoxide detector helped saved the lives of an entire family. Laconia Fire Chief Kenneth Erickson ...

WEST VIRGINIA

Generator Emissions Could Lead to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WBOY-TV
MORGANTOWN -- At least two deaths in Western Monongalia County are being linked to carbon monoxide poisoning, as many people are powering their homes with ...

KANSAS

FD evaluating response to carbon monoxide incident
Salina Journal
A Salina Fire Department official said Wednesday that he doesn't expect major changes in department procedures after a carbon monoxide incident last week ...

MARYLAND

Three dead from possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Business Gazette
by Andrea Noble | Staff Writer Over the weekend, three men were found dead in their cars from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, and two families were ...

OHIO

Family poisoned by carbon monoxide released from hospital
Dayton Daily News
Chris Stewart/Staff Photo A mother and three children were overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning early in the morning on Wednesday, Feb. ...

TENNESSEE

Carbon Monoxide Scare in East Memphis, Six Sent To Hospital
Eyewitness News Memphis  MEMPHIS, TN –
There's new information on a carbon monoxide leak that happened Tuesday, February 9, 2010 inside a house in East Memphis. ...

ILLINOIS

Carbon monoxide leads to apartment evacuation
Pekin Daily Times By Tara Mattimoe and Sharon Woods Harris
Carbon monoxide levels well exceeding safe amounts sent 14 people from their Pekin apartment building Sunday ...

PENNSYLVANIA

Carbon monoxide leak detected in Somerset home
Daily American Online
Carbon monoxide (CO) was leaking from the furnace and filling the trailer. Columbia Gas and the Somerset fire department were on the scene investigating ...

February 9, 2010

PENNSYLVANIA

Siptroth calls for vote on carbon monoxide alarm bill
Pocono Record
Meg Watt of Stroudsburg lost her brother, Michael Hopkins, to carbon monoxide poisoning. She is now an advocate for a state law that would mandate carbon ...

MID-ATLANTIC

Carbon monoxide taking a toll on snowbound without power
Washington Post
The appliances they thought would keep them safe and comfortable were pumping dangerous levels of carbon monoxide into their homes. ...

SALT LAKE CITY

Salt Lake City apartment complex evacuated over carbon monoxide
Salt Lake Tribune
A resident initially called in the smell of smoke about noon, but when crews arrived they found workers inside and high carbon monoxide readings. ...

KANSAS

Eatery battles carbon monoxide problem
Winfield Daily Courier Online
By FOSS FARRAR The popular diner Jodi's Kitchen has closed after the Winfield Fire Department found high levels of carbon monoxide Friday night. ...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Reported At Local High School
WCPO
NEW RICHMOND, OHIO-- Emergency crews have been called to New Richmond High School for a report of carbon monoxide poisoning. The Clermont Sheriff's Office ...

NEW YORK

Amanda's Law requires all to have a carbon monoxide detector
WKTV:  By PAT BAILEY (WKTV) –
On February 22nd New York State law will require every dwelling to have a carbon monoxide detector. The law is called Amanda's Law, ...

February 6-8, 2010

POWER OUTAGES CAUSE PANIC RESULTING IN DEATH AND INJURY FROM CARBON MONOXIDE

Carbon monoxide sickens two in county
Martinsville Bulletin
By AMANDA BUCK - Bulletin Staff Writer Two residents of the Grassy Creek area were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday as they used a generator ...
Carbon monoxide at Warren County church sends 34 to area hospitals
GoErie.com
Nearly three dozen people were taken to hospitals in Pennsylvania and New York for treatment after being exposed to carbon monoxide Sunday at the church in ...
Six poisoned by carbon monoxide
The Review
NEW MANCHESTER - Four adults and two children were sent to Weirton Medical Center for carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday, New Manchester Fire Chief Roger ...
PA Mall Evacuated Due to Carbon Monoxide
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
Firefighters responding to a report of a diesel leak just before noon Sunday at a Delaware County shopping mall, instead found deadly carbon monoxide. ...
Maryland Family Survives Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
NBC Washington; By NANCY NORMAN
At least eight members of a Burtonsville family became sick from carbon monoxide fumes from a gas grill they fired up inside their house on ...
Carbon Monoxide Sends Family of 8 to Hospital
News Channel 8
Firefighters were called to the home in the 13600 block of Cedar Creek Lane about 9:30 am for the report of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Two die of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from emergency heat source
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A man and his daughter were found dead today, the apparent result of carbon monoxide poisoning that resulted from the use of a generator, according to the ...
Schenectady Man Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning  Please note the poor description of the source of CO (a natural gas leak?)
WTEN
SCHENECTADY -- According to the Schenectady Daily Gazette, a man trying to stay warm accidentally died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Snow raises carbon monoxide peril
Baltimore Sun
Weather that causes power outages is often followed by reports of carbon monoxide poisoning from gasoline-powered generators. But mammoth snowfalls also ...
10 People Sent to Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
fox4kc.com
GLADSTONE, MO - The WalMart in Gladstone has temporarily shut down after people experienced symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Man falls ill following carbon monoxide mishap in Brockton
Enterprise News
By Maureen Boyle One man was sent to the hospital Thursday after deadly levels of carbon monoxide fumes filled a Denton Street home. ...
Snow Could Put Your Home at Risk for Carbon Monoxide Po...
WHAG
Carbon monoxide could be lingering, but you can prevent it from creeping into your home. Houses that use high-efficiency combustion pipes need to make sure ...
Ohio teacher says co-workers' concern, police saved her and husband from ...
Fox 59
Both had been overcome by carbon monoxide gas from their heating system. They were treated at a hospital and returned to work a few days later. ...
Carbon monoxide sends man to hospital
Shakopee Valley News
30 after he was exposed to elevated levels of carbon monoxide in his garage. The man was using a gas power washer for about two hours to clean the inside of ...

February 5, 2010

Retailers Prepare for Carbon Monoxide Law
WXXI
CARLET CLEARE (WXXI) - Carbon monoxide detectors will soon be required in New York homes, so retailers are getting ready. The Henrietta Home Depot has moved ...
Carbon monoxide hospitalizes six in Quakertown; do you know the warning signs?
Examiner.com
KYW reports that six people were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. The CO came from a Quakertown auto parts store. Low levels of carbon ...
Carbon Monoxide Sickens 8 at Missouri Fitness Center
FOXNews
Authorities say a pool heater is to blame for a carbon monoxide leak that sickened eight people in southeast Missouri. The leak happened Tuesday at Ozark ...

February 4, 2010

One Salinan dies in carbon monoxide poisoning
Salina Journal
She was sickened by carbon monoxide when she entered the townhome, Williams said, but was able to get out and call for help. However, a paramedic and ...
Man charged for tenant's carbon monoxide death
AsiaOne
HSINCHU, Taiwan -- A landlord was charged with manslaughter after his tenant died from carbon monoxide poisoning, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office ...
Pep Boys employees sickened by carbon monoxide
phillyBurbs.com
Thirteen people were sickened by carbon monoxide Wednesday night inside the garage at Pep Boys on West End Boulevard in Quakertown. ...

February 3, 2010

Carbon monoxide levels cause church evacuation
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After being called to the center at 3320 W. Vliet St. at 9:35 pm a carbon monoxide detector carried by a paramedic showed the elevated levels, ...
Wake-up call on dangers of carbon monoxide
Laconia Citizen
It's carbon monoxide, and it claims 1500 lives in this country every year. It is treacherous stuff. It can build up in a house almost unnoticed. ...
Two people hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in Jackson County's ...
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
Two people were taken from a Leoni Township home to Allegiance Health early today for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Carbon monoxide shuts two city restaurants and high rise
Philadelphia Inquirer
Officials closed two restaurants - Capital Grille and the Olive Garden - after finding carbon monoxide readings as high as 3800 parts per million in one of ...
Possible carbon monoxide exposure sends Oakdale city staff to hospital
Modesto Bee
At least three Oakdale city staff members went to the hospital for observation after they were possibly exposed to carbon monoxide at the city planning ...