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Everyday is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day

If you are serious about enhancing your understanding or teaching activities with carbon monoxide safety or combustion analysis for safety and efficiency, sign up now for the “Train with Trainers” two day certified training program held July 15 & 16, 2008 at IntelliTec College in Colorado Springs, CO.

April 29, 2008

Carbon-monoxide fumes sicken 13 at Lake City building
Seattle Times - United States
Four residents of the building and six firefighters were taken to local hospitals with symptoms of carbon-monoxide poisoning; three of the victims were ...
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19 evacuated from Rockland rest home after carbon monoxide detected
Enterprise News - Brockton, MA, USA
A carbon monoxide alarm helped save more than a dozen people on Monday when a faulty oil burner filled a rest home with toxic fumes. ...
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Carbon monoxide may have caused plane crash
Leesville Daily Leader - Leesville, LA, USA
By TAMMY SHARP/News Editor HEMPHILL, Texas - Carbon monoxide seeping into the plane cabin is a possible culprit behind last Tuesday's airplane crash into ...
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Court to consider carbon monixide case
Daily Report - Atlanta, GA, USA
By AP writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court will hear a case that asks whether carbon monoxide is a pollutant. Leslie Reed says that she was ...
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State Representative Wants to Make Hotel Rooms Safer
WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown, PA, USA
State Representative Carl Mantz has introduced legislation that would require carbon monoxide detectors installed in any hotel or motel room heated by oil ...
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April 28, 2008

Boy dies after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning
Boston Globe - United States
(AP) -- One of two boys who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in the woods in Lunenburg has died. Nine-year-old Alejandro Thomasian of Fitchburg and ...
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Two boys pulled from SUV are in critical condition
Boston Globe - United States

They were both unconscious, apparently the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. "Both of them were bad," said Jason Gowell, who is friends with the men who ...
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DOE to check vehicles for smoke emissions
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Wan Ramlah said that the smoke emission level allowed for vehicles manufactured before 1997 was 4.5% carbon monoxide and 600 parts per million (ppm) of ...
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Carbon monoxide kills 9 in Beijing residence
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China
By Yang Jian 2008-4-25 CARBON monoxide gas killed nine women and injured another in a Beijing residence yesterday when one of the victims used a gas water ...
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Public input sought on carbon monoxide
Tucson Citizen - Tucson, AZ, USA
The Pima Association of Governments will accept public comments on a proposed Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan at 4:30 pm Tuesday. ...
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6 hospitalized after CO fills S. Side house
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Three adults and three "young people" were hospitalized after carbon monoxide filled their Englewood home early Friday on the South Side. ...
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April 25, 2008

Family of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms
Building.co.uk - UK
By Joey Gardiner The family of a 26-year-old woman killed by carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this year in a new Barratt home have launched a petition ...See all stories on this topic 

Miners withdrawn after gas leak in Maharashtra
Times of India - India
CHANDRAPUR: About 1000 miners have been withdrawn from an underground mine of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) in Maharashtra after a carbon monoxide leak. ...See all stories on this topic 

April 24, 2008

Love of classic cars drove search for cleaner exhaust
Globe and Mail - Canada
Tests conducted by GESI on Burlington's edger indicated that installing its technology practically eliminated carbon monoxide emissions, and reduced output ...See all stories on this topic 

hotel to install carbon monoxide detectors
CatererSearch - Sutton, England, UK
A four-star Liverpool hotel is to install carbon monoxide detectors in rooms after two guests became ill, possibly due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a ...See all stories on this topic
 

Carbon monoxide a 'sinister, silent killer'
Lake Powell Chronicle - Page, AZ, USA
PAGE — Carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the larger causes of fatalities on Lake Powell, if not the largest. Several fatalities and many more cases of ...See all stories on this topic

Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning presenting without a history ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York, NY, USA
We present a case of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Case presentationA middle-aged man, who lived alone in his mobile home was found by friends in a ...See all stories on this topic

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Kankakee Daily Journal - Kankakee, IL, USA
Two Braidwood girls who were overcome early Sunday by carbon monoxide in a stuck vehicle were treated at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, ...See all stories on this topic

Turning ‘Earth Day’ into Earth ‘Every Day’
HR Magazine - Alexandria, VA, USA
As a group performing a number of different challenges, it reduced carbon monoxide emissions by 712 tons, according to Carbonrally.com. ...See all stories on this topic 

South Africa: Public Transport Reduces Carbon Footprint By 10%
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA

Public transport produces 90 percent less carbon monoxide, 90 percent less in volatile organic compounds and about half as much CO2 and nitrog
en oxide per ...See all stories on this topic 

Burncoat students win arson watch awards
Worcester Telegram - Worcester, MA, USA
Amy Javier, 13, a seventh-grader at the school, took the top spot in Worcester County for her poster on carbon monoxide detectors. A fellow seventh-grader, ...See all stories on this topic 

HISD: Carbon monoxide halts classes at charter school
Houston Chronicle - United States
By ANITA HASSAN Classes at a southwest Houston high school will be canceled Tuesday after a rise in carbon monoxide was detected inside the building, ...See all stories on this topic 

April 21, 2008

If you are serious about enhancing your understanding or teaching activities with carbon monoxide safety or combustion analysis for safety and efficiency,
sign up now for the “Train with Trainers” two day certified training program held July 15 & 16, 2008 at IntelliTec College in Colorado Springs, CO.

Fatal gas investigation at Newquay hotel
Times Online - UK
The body of a man found dead in his Newquay hotel room is being tested for carbon monoxide poisoning today. The guest, who was in his fifties, ...See all stories on this topic

Carbon Monoxide Fumes Fill Hotel For Second Time
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dangerous carbon monoxide fumes filled a Lehigh Valley hotel on Sunday for the second time in three months. All guests were evacuated. No one was injured. ...See all stories on this topic

FUEFUKI, Yamanashi -- Two men died of suspected carbon monoxide ...
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
Investigators said they suspect that the two died of carbon monoxide poisoning, noting that the door and the windows of the villa were closed.See all stories on this topic

April 18, 2008

Carbon monoxide sends kids to hospital
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Two children were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning early Wednesday at their West Jordan home, police said. An adult at the home, ...See all stories on this topic

Harris County has top carbon footprint in nation
Houston Chronicle - United States
Most heavy industries must report carbon monoxide data to the US Environmental Protection Agency, from which the Purdue scientists calculated fuel burned ...See all stories on this topic

Council moves to prevent carbon monoxide scares
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com - Trenton, NJ, USA
The carbon monoxide situation in the Roebling Avenue house was detected by a resident in an adja cent house before any of the 26 residents evacuated March ...See all stories on this topic 

Is your home slowly killing you?
Medill Reports - Chicago, IL, USA
Landlords are required to have carbon monoxide detectors on every floor level in buildings that have more than one residential unit and use gas heat. ...See all stories on this topic 

Smoke Cloaks Buenos Aires City as Farmers Burn Fields (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
Randazzo said tests indicated there was a high level of carbon monoxide in the air. On its early morning show, Radio Mitre received calls from dozens of ...See all stories on this topic 

Manhole fire temporarily evacuates
7Online.com - New York, NY, USA
MURRAY HILL (WABC) -- A manhole fire sparked a carbon monoxide scare that left dozens of Murray Hill residents temporarily homeless. ...See all stories on this topic 

COVER- Smoldering truth: Ashley Mauter's fight and a shocking fact ...
The Hook - Charlottesville, VA, USA
Instead it was the searing smoke that damaged her lungs, the carbon monoxide poisoning that, depriving her brain of oxygen, incapacitated her and kept her ...See all stories on this topic 

Carbon Monoxide Closes College Campus
WYFF - Greenville, SC, USA
GREENVILLE, SC -- The northwest campus of Greenville Tech was closed Wednesday due to carbon monoxide in the culinary arts area. School officials said that ...See all stories on this topic 

Family saved from poison gas threat
North Devon Gazette & Advertiser - Barnstaple, England, UK
When engineer Andrew Crofton made the routine call to their home at Slade, Ilfracombe, he discovered two gas leaks and dangerously high carbon monoxide ...
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April 16, 2008

Man, 74, dies accidentally of carbon monoxide intoxication
Chicago Tribune - United States
A 74-year-old man died Monday of carbon monoxide intoxication in a South Side home due to a malfunctioning propane heater, according to an autopsy performed ...See all stories on this topic

Breed students tops in county art contest
The Daily Item of Lynn - Boston, MA, USA
The 2008 contest, called "Wake Up and Face the Facts- Carbon Monoxide/Smoke Detectors Save Lives!" focused on carbon monoxide awareness and the dangers of ...See all stories on this topic

Family's death in garage ruled accidental
KPTM-TV - Omaha, NE, USA
A previous report concluded the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning but the investigation continued into the motive. The bodies were found by a deputy ...See all stories on this topic

Milford man dies from carbon monoxide
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport, CT, USA
MILFORD — Peter Bobalki was a perfectionist, his brothers say, but he died from carbon monoxide poisoning because the basement where he was working didn't ...See all stories on this topic

April 15, 2008

Construction site evacuated due to possible carbon monoxide scare
WHDH-TV - Boston, MA, USA
Officials evacuated the area because they thought carbon monoxide poisoning could be the cause. The injured worker is suffering from chest pains and showed ...See all stories on this topic
 

Warning over ‘silent killer’
ic CheshireOnline - Crewe, UK
by Paul Glynn, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News Lynne Griffiths, whose family have all suffered from the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning, will be a guest ...See all stories on this topic 

Second electrical fire causes Troy evacuations
Albany Times Union - Albany, NY, USA
Fire crews found elevated levels off carbon monoxide in nearby homes and ordered the evacuation. Carbon monoxide is formed wherever fuels, wood products or ...See all stories on this topic

April 14, 2008

Carbon monoxide poisoning
13abc.com - Toledo, OH, USA
A downtown homeless shelter closed and 16 people sent to the hospital, all because of carbon monoxide poisoning. Ambulances lined up outside St. Paul's ...
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Building evacuated after carbon monoxide scare
660 News - Calgary, AB, Canada
About 80 people were forced into the streets of Citadel when CO levels reached 900 parts-per-million. The Fire Department's Jeff Budai says those are ...
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Catching carbon - tricky, but it's not nuclear fusion
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
This gives you a mixture of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. You can then either burn them in a highly efficient power plant combining gas and ...
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Safety first at home and at work
Shields Gazette - South Shields, England, UK
Management decided to thank their safety-conscious staff by presenting them with carbon monoxide detectors for their homes. Richard Moss, who manages the ...
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April 11, 2008

Be alert to dangers of carbon monoxide in the home
Peterborough Today - Peterborough, England, UK
By Mark Lewis SAFETY experts today urged householders to be alert to the dangers of chimneys and flues becoming blocked following the "tragic and wasteful" ...See all stories on this topic

Bill mandating CO detectors in homes advances
Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA
Hagedorn said the alarms can provide vital warning of a carbon monoxide buildup in a home, which kills several people in Colorado each year. ...See all stories on this topic 

After wedding disaster . . . lawsuits?
Queens Courier - Bayside, NY, USA
BY TERRY CHUN Guests of a disastrous wedding on April 6 that resulted in their hospitalization for possible carbon monoxide poisoning are considering legal ...See all stories on this topic 

Builder guilty of manslaughter after carbon monoxide death
24dash - Hereford, UK
Builder guilty of manslaughter over carbon monoxide death. Robert Schenker (pictured) was found dead in his bed A mechanic poisoned by fumes after a builder ...See all stories on this topic 

April 7, 2008

Fumes sicken 42 at Queens wedding
New York Daily News - New York, NY, USA
BY OREN YANIV and BILL HUTCHINSON Martial bliss turned into a toxic terror Sunday night when the bride and 41 guests were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes ...
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Caution: Mind your sensor
Spectator Eau Claire (subscription) - Eau Claire, WI, USA
Bodeau died from carbon monoxide poisoning when the propane heater in his cabin malfunctioned - despite the carbon monoxide detector next to his bed. ...
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Deadly house fire renews safety calls
Altoona Mirror - Altoona, PA, USA
Logan Township is offering its seniors age 65 and older and low- to moderate-income residents a free dual smoke and carbon monoxide detector through the ...
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Copiague man found dead in boathouse
Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA
When Amityville police and fire officials arrived, they found that the boat's engine was running and the garage area had high carbon monoxide levels, ...
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April 4, 2008

Company recalls water heaters over fire, carbon monoxide hazards
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN, USA
(AP) _ A Tennessee manufacturer has announced the voluntary recall of gas water heaters due to fire and carbon monoxide hazards. ...
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Carbon Monoxide Leak Hospitalizes Day Care Children
WBBM780 - Chicago, IL, USA
CHICAGO -- A carbon monoxide leak Thursday in a Northwest Side day care center left 11 young children hospitalized. Fire Media Affairs Cmdr. Will Knight ...
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April 2, 2008

Carbon monoxide deaths at ADM in Decatur ruled accidents
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
10 deaths of Archer Daniels Midland Co. employees Charles M. Newgard, 55, and Jeffrey S. Miller, 46, from carbon monoxide poisoning were accidents. ...
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Cape carbon monoxide evacuation
Winknews.com - Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Five workers headed to the hospital being treated for higher than normal carbon monoxide levels at a Cape Coral construction site. Workers on the scene tell ...
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Carbon Monoxide Sends 20 Mussel Plant Employees To Hospital In PEI
AHN - USA
If there is a problem with their exhaust, they can give off carbon monoxide,'' Plant's manager Jerry Bidgood told The Guardian.
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Dixon police, fire incidents increase in 2007
Sauk Valley Newspapers - Dixon, IL, USA
Dixon City Fire responded to more calls because of a new state law mandating carbon monoxide detectors in homes, while police continued to step up their ...
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April 1, 2008

High levels of carbon monoxide close Fennville library
HollandSentinel.com - Holland, MI, USA
The library's carbon monoxide detectors went off, prompting a 911 call by student library employee Corinna Smutny, who was the sole staff member present ...
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Firefighters get carbon monoxide equipment
Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States
A grant and a donation gave the department a much-needed piece of equipment: a Masimo Rad-57 CO-Oximeter, which detects carbon monoxide levels in the blood ...
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Boiler Cover For You - Safety At All Times
Words that Work (press release) - Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless and potentially lethal gas. It can be given off by the incomplete burning of gas by household appliances, ...
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March 25-31, 2008

Bill sent to Doyle's desk
Spectator Eau Claire (subscription) - Eau Claire, WI, USA
Senate Bill 289, which would require public places to install carbon monoxide detectors, is making its way to the desk of Gov. Jim Doyle after passing both ...
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Bluffs man died of carbon monoxide poisoning
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs, IA, USA
A Council Bluffs man found dead in his parents' home Monday night died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, an autopsy report concluded Thursday. ...
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The Other Deadly Danger Of A Flood
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TORONTO, March 27 /CNW/ - The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) recently investigated a serious carbon monoxide poisoning in the Niagara ...
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Carbon monoxide suspected in deaths
The Press Association -
Gardai are investigating whether an elderly couple found dead in their country home succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Paddy Joe and Annie McCormack ...
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Carbon Monoxide Scare
WCAX - Burlington, VT, USA
Rescue crews arrived to find a high level of carbon monoxide in the boiler room. The three plumbers were taken to the hospital as a precaution. ...
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Police: 5 south Jersey workers sickened by carbon monoxide
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA, USA
AP TRENTON, NJ - Carbon monoxide poisoning sent five New Jersey construction workers to the hospital Wednesday. According to police, the men were also ...
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Air quality in Al Quoz worsens due to fire
GulfNews - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Authorities say the factory explosion and the ensuing fire have pumped carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, a natural greenhouse gas, into the air. ...
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Air Testing Inconclusive at Monroe County DJ's Office
WNEP-TV - Scranton, PA, USA
Emergency services workers in Monroe County have not found the source of carbon monoxide that sickened three women Monday. The women work in Magistrate's ...
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Faulty heating caused OAP's death
U.TV - Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
The court heard that Mrs Bingham, a widower, had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Her history of heart disease and emphysema were contributory factors ...
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8 at Motel Treated for Carbon Monoxide
Fire Fighting News.com - USA
North Carolina - Eight people staying at a motel in South Raleigh were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday after a water heater malfunctioned. ...
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Mobile homes deadly danger
The Star - Sheffield, England, UK
When Health and Safety Executive engineers inspected the homes they found gas leaks and dangerous levels of deadly carbon monoxide fumes. ...
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Air quality at district courthouse being tested after secretaries ...
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg, PA, USA
The Locklin employee made repairs and then tested the air quality, which came up negative for the presence of carbon monoxide, Krom-Powell said. ...
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Response to CO Alarms: Time For Another Detector?
FireRescue1 - San Francisco, CA, USA
Carbon monoxide incidents account for an increasing number of fire department responses. Based on the most contemporary medical and scientific knowledge of ...
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March 21-25, 2008

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Proposed Bill Puts Carbon Monoxide Detectors In Some Public Places
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire, WI, USA
Senate Bill 289 would require owners of residential buildings to install carbon monoxide detectors by this fall. The legislation has passed both the State ...See all stories on this topic 

Leak wreaks havoc for tenants
Portage Daily Graphic - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
By Daily Graphic Staff PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Portage Emergency Services attended to a call of a carbon monoxide leak in a home in Portage la Prairie ...See all stories on this topic 

NAM Opposes Using EPA Plant Permit To Regulate Carbon Monoxide ...
Manufacturers' Blog - Washington, DC, USA
Emissions of carbon dioxide are orders of magnitude larger, which means the EPA’s inclusion of CO2 in the permitting process would dramatically expand the ...See all stories on this topic

Response to CO Alarms: Time For Another Detector?
FireRescue1 - San Francisco, CA, USA
by Mike McEvoy Carbon monoxide incidents account for an increasing number of fire department responses. Based on the most contemporary medical and ...See all stories on this topic

Norton Shores family escapes after carbon monoxide floods their home
MLive.com - MI, USA
Jason Kleinsorge is lucky to be alive after he, his wife and their two teen-aged children were overcome by carbon monoxide Sunday morning in their Norton ...See all stories on this topic

A checklist for spring cleaning
Kansas City Star - MO, USA
•If you don’t have a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector on each floor of your home, get them. Experts recommend one for each bedroom. ...See all stories on this topic

Spencer Street house has more carbon monoxide problems
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester, NY, USA
About 3:30 Thursday morning, six people, including two children, were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital from the address with symptoms of carbon monoxide ...See all stories on this topic

Carbon Monoxide: A Deadly Poison
St. Paul Asian American Press - St. Paul, MN, USA
This year’s theme is carbon monoxide (CO) awareness. Carbon monoxide is the leading cause of poisoning death in the US The Minnesota Department of Health ...See all stories on this topic 

Family Overcome By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
10TV - Columbus, OH, USA
GAHANNA, Ohio — A family of four was hospitalized on Friday morning after they were exposed to deadly levels of carbon monoxide, authorities said. ...See all stories on this topic 

Preventing Poisoning with Common Sense
Red Cross (press release) - USA
Install a carbon monoxide alarm in the hallways near sleeping areas, avoiding corners where air does not circulate, and follow the manufacturer’s ...See all stories on this topic

6 saved from carbon monoxide fumes
6abc.com - Philadelphia, PA, USA
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - March 20, 2008 (WPVI) -- An alarm may have saved 6 people from a case of carbon monoxide poisoning. Philadelphia firefighters tell ...See all stories on this topic

Rockport Police/Fire
Gloucester Daily Times - MA, USA
ROCKPORT — The Fire Department responded to a Sheehan Terrace residence Tuesday after a carbon monoxide detector inside the home activated at 12:38 pm ...See all stories on this topic

Generating a disaster
Searcy Daily Citizen - Searcy, AR, USA
Portable generators give off carbon monoxide, Reed said, and are dangerous in enclosed areas. “If it's a gas fueled appliance of any kind, ...See all stories on this topic

March 14-20, 2008

Carbon monoxide killed fire victim
The Express Times - Easton, PA, USA
Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek ruled Braig died of carbon monoxide gases from the fire. Novatnack said it only takes a couple of breaths of smoke ...
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'Health benefit from carbon monoxide'
Irish Health - Ireland
Scientists believe that carbon monoxide may be of benefit to patients with serious lung conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
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Poisoned man is flown 130 miles
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering, England, UK
A MAN airlifted to hospital after being diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning is recovering well. The 53-year-old was found unconscious at his Corby home ...
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Worker dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
WTHR - Indianapolis, IN, USA
Wabash - An insulation manufacturer has temporarily closed its plant as authorities try to determine how a worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning ...