October 15, 2010

“Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?”
Herman Melville (1819 – 1891)
Residents return home after carbon monoxide scare
Whitman & Hanson Express
Residents of Grandon Park Condominium Complex, located at 90/100 Myrtle Ave. have returned to their homes after a carbon monoxide incident this afternoon. ...
800 workers evacuated due to high carbon monoxide level at Holmdel building
Asbury Park Press
Firefighters entered the building to discover a high carbon monoxide reading, forcing the evacuation of the entire building, according to police Sgt. Eric ...
Four people rushed to hospital with possible carbon-monoxide poisoning
WXYZ DETROIT (WXYZ) –
Four people were rushed to the hospital from their home with what is believed to be carbon-monoxide poisoning. A man who lives at the home ...
CO blamed for deaths of pair
The North Bay Nugget By Press Release
The cause of death in the tragic deaths of Daniel Dube of Field and Michelle Fryer of Sturgeon Falls has been determined as carbon monoxide ...
Arraignments postponed in Aspen carbon monoxide deaths case
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Monday's scheduled arraignment of three men charged in the 2008 carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a family of four, has been postponed until Dec. ...
Gas Safety Trust raises awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning
H&V News
The Carbon Monoxide Hotspot Report was recently launched by the Gas Safety Trust to highlight the areas most commonly affected by CO poisoning. ...
Beijing Improves Air Quality, Harvard Study Finds
Harvard Crimson
Over the past six years, the ratio of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide—known as “combustion efficiency”—in the air flows from Beijing has nearly doubled, ...

October 14, 2010

“It is easier to stay out than get out.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Stopping carbon monoxide poisoning before it starts
KKCO-TV (KKCO) –
When the temperature drops, the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning rises. Carbon monoxide gas is given off by anything that burns. ...
NI gets new carbon monoxide guide
U.TV
Northern Ireland's chief medical officer has launched a new guide to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
NZ company given high profile in clean technology
guide2.co.nz
LanzaTech has developed a process to capture the carbon monoxide emissions from low-hydrogen waste gases at steel mills and use it as a feedstock for ...

October 13, 2010

“We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.”
Margaret Mead (1901 – 1978)
Young boaters treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Green Bay Press Gazette
The Sturgeon Bay Fire Department responded to a 4:33 pm call from parents who reported their four children might be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning ...
Why you should check your carbon monoxide detector now
9NEWS.com
DENVER - Frankie Dee Hosea knew her carbon monoxide detector was beeping too much, so she made a call to the Safety of Seniors Handyman Program, ...
MFD to Deliver Fire Prevention With Pizza
WMTV
This program is designed to increase awareness about the necessity of having working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in every home, while reminding ...

October 12, 2010

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
Mohandas Gandhi (1869 –1948
Study: China's CO2 levels improving
UPI.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 11 (UPI) –
Levels of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in Beijing and surrounding provinces suggest energy efficiency is improving ...

October 9-11, 2010

“The disciplined are free.”
James C. Penney (1875 - 1971)
Be CO safe
fwdailynews.com
With windows closed and gas appliances running, the fall season ushers in an increased chance of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide detectors are ...
Vt Gov Douglas encourages fire prevention
NECN
The governor says working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are essential for the safety of Vermonters. This year The Professional Fire Fighters of ...
Experts Warn About Dangers Of Home-Heating Season
WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Health experts are warning Minnesotans about the dangers of the home-heating season, particularly exposure to dangerous carbon monoxide ...
Day care evacuated after carbon monoxide alarm goes off
Temple Daily Telegram
... Temple Fire & Rescue, talk with day care workers and console children Friday at Legends Academy in Temple after responding to a carbon monoxide alarm. ...

October 8, 2010

“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Morgan family lives to urge use of carbon monoxide detectors
StandardNet
OGDEN -- A Morgan family of six feels lucky to be alive after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home. They told their story Thursday at ...
Carbon Monoxide Scare in Montcalm County
9&10 News
They suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in their own home. A daughter called 911 this morning after finding her whole family extremely ill. ...

October 7, 2010

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Carbon monoxide detector bought just in time
WXXA
Troy firefighters say a carbon monoxide detector alerted a family to a potentially deadly danger. But, the poisoning victims say their apartment didn't have ...
Carbon monoxide alarms are inexpensive safeguard
Hometownlife.com
Carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless and - in the case of an elderly Florida couple recently - deadly. A husband and wife were discovered dead in their ...
Approved alarms may not provide enough protection
COSA News
U.L. 2034 Listed carbon monoxide alarms do not give enough protection from chronic harmful levels of carbon monoxide.

October 6, 2010

“Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”
Malcolm Forbes (1917 – 1990)
St. Paul School Evacuated Because of Elevated CO Levels
KSTP.com
Como Park Elementary School in St. Paul was evacuated Tuesday afternoon for about an hour because of elevated carbon monoxide levels. ...
Staffers Checked Out After Gas Leak In Cafeteria
CBS 4
... checked the cafeteria at Charles Hadley Elementary at 8390 NW 7th Avenue they found potentially dangerous high levels of carbon monoxide in the room. ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in deaths of 4 men in van near Wichita
fox4kc.com
(AP) — Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of four men at a lake near Wichita. Authorities say the men's bodies were found Tuesday morning ...
Carbon monoxide is an invisible killer
Nanton News
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless and odorless gas that is produced by burning fuel. It is implicated in many deaths in Alberta and is the leading cause ...
Carbon monoxide leak at Normandy industrial site
Get Surrey
Crews were alerted to a carbon monoxide escape at the Vokes industrial block in Pirbright Road during the early hours. A spokesman from Guildford fire ...
Pub chain put 'hundreds at risk'
BBC News
Enterprise Inns plc was fined £315000 by Liverpool Crown Court after one of its landlords died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Paul Lee, 41, was found dead at ...
Homes to get gas safety devices
BBC News
About 18000 council homes in Edinburgh are to be fitted with carbon monoxide detectors at a cost of about £400000. The monitors are to be installed in every ...