Health Beat:
Cars and carbon monoxide
Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester,MA,USA
... But the most tragic result of the storm came not from slippery
driving, but from an equally treacherous and invisible hazard -- carbon
monoxide. ...
Man,
child die from carbon monoxide
WLS - Chicago,IL,USA
February 7, 2005 -- A man and a child died from carbon monoxide
fumes inside their Kane County home. The fumes apparently came ...
Vt.
officials weigh requiring carbon monoxide detectors
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
MONTPELIER -- State and local officials are considering requiring carbon
monoxide detectors in homes throughout Vermont as one response to
last weekend's ...
BC
Installs 2,500 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Columbia Daily Spectator - New York
City,NY,USA
By Lauren Hovel. Last week, a carbon monoxide leak in an apartment
near the University of Vermont, Burlington, resulted in the death of a 23-year-old
man. ...
7
hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Four children and three teachers were rushed to a hospital yesterday following
a carbon monoxide leak at a Baldwin tutoring center. ...
Detectors
could be mandatoryThe sense of urgency comes after a 7-year-old
Plymouth girl died from carbon monoxide poisoning last week
after snowdrifts blocked an outside heating vent. ...
Protecting
your home from carbon monoxide
Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA
This week, a Halfmoon family was hospitalized after carbon monoxide
in the home was found to be five times the normal level. And ...
Four Overcome
By Carbon Monoxide
KYW - Philadelphia,PA,USA
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, PA (KYW) At least two adults and two children are under
observation after a carbon monoxide scare in Montgomery County.
...
Test of
Zhvania's blood confirms carbon monoxide poisoning
ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia
... results of biochemical analysis of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab
Zhvania's blood indicate that his death was due to carbon monoxide
poisoning, forensic ...
Carbon
Monoxide Leak in Queens
7Online.com - New York,NY,USA
(New York, -WABC, February 2, 2005 ) -- A carbon monoxide
leak in Queens leaves several families out in the cold this morning. ...
Control
carbon monoxide fumes in hockey arenas
Toronto Star (Subscription) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
There is no excuse for carbon monoxide producing machines
being used inside arenas. Twenty-first-century technology has advanced
...
Carbon
Monoxide Investigation Continues
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
... Six people were hospitalized and one person died as the result
of a carbon monoxide leak at those apartments on Sunday. The
system ...
Firefighters Respond
To Carbon Monoxide Scare In Fairfax Co.
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
... arrived at the home in the 6400 block of Cavalier Drive in
Belle Haven, firefighters found several people suffering from symptoms of
carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Fire
chief urges use of carbon monoxide detectors
Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
KINGSTON - The city's top fire official urged residents to install carbon
monoxide detectors in their homes in the wake of eight cases since
Christmas in which ...
Family
escapes monoxide poisioning
Daily News Transcript - Needham,MA,USA
WESTWOOD -- Marianne LeBlanc-Cummings was home with her three children
during the recent blizzard when the carbon monoxide detector
started beeping. ...
Firefighters
warn carbon monoxide a threat all year
Stevens Point Journal - Stevens
Point,WI,USA
When Judy Hoff's carbon monoxide detector started beeping
a week ago, the town of Hull resident immediately decided not to sleep in
her home until it had been ...
Dozens
treated after carbon monoxide leak at Canadian hockey rink
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
PITT MEADOWS, British Columbia -- Carbon monoxide exposure
at a hockey rink sent more than 100 people, many of them children, to Vancouver-area
hospitals for ...
UVM:
All Residential Buildings Get Carbon Monoxide Detectors
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
One day after carbon monoxide poisonings in the Redstone
Apartment complex and residents are still shut out. "They should anticipate
...
Five
Survive Carbon Monoxide Scare
WXXA - Albany,NY,USA
... the Halfmoon home's owner John Burns realized the furnace wasn't
working -- and their common illness was a result of breathing in deadly carbon
monoxide fumes. ...
Carbon
Monoxide Found In Noble Home Where Two Died
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
NOBLE, Okla. (AP) _ Carbon monoxide was found in a home
where two people were found dead, officials said. Cleveland County Sheriff's
...
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
-- One person died and six others were being treated for carbon
monoxide poisoning Sunday after a leak at an apartment building near
the University of Vermont. ...
RCMP Probes
Arena Carbon Monoxide Leak
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
The RCMP is looking at the zamboni as the possible cause of carbon
monoxide poisoning in a BC hockey arena. About 100 people were ...
Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning
WTEN - Albany,NY,USA
... to a house in Lexington Commons off of Route 146 in Halfmoon
around 7:30 am When they got to the house, the readings on their carbon
monoxide monitors were ...
Four
treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA
Four people were found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
... Officials said they found extremely high concentrations of carbon
monoxide in the home. ...
Seven
sickened by carbon monoxide fumes
Chicago Tribune (subscription) -
Chicago,IL,USA
Seven people were recovering in area hospitals early today after they
were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in their Humboldt Park
two-flat, officials said. ...
Carbon
Monoxide fumes evacuate Peace Dale School
Narragansett Times - Narragansett,RI,USA
PEACE DALE - Carbon monoxide detectors aren't mandatory
in schools, but after high levels of the lethal gas caused the evacuation
of Peace Dale Elementary ...
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning Prevention
Malden Observer - Medford,MA,USA
KeySpan officials recently asked the general public to take some critical
steps to prevent Carbon Monoxide poisoning. "Malfunctioning
...
Carbon
monoxide fumes sicken several people
WLS - Chicago,IL,USA
January 27, 2005 -- On the city's Northwest Side, carbon monoxide
fumes sicken several people inside a two-flat. Several ambulances ...
Carbon
monoxide sends 6 to hospital
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Six members of a Fort Collins family were taken to the hospital Tuesday
after exposure to carbon monoxide. ... The home did
not have a carbon-monoxide detector.
CARBON
MONOXIDE; CALLS RELATING TO SILENT POTENTIAL KILLER SEEN AS ...
Westerly Sun - Westerly,RI,USA
... woman had carbon-monoxide poisoning. Call carbon
monoxide the silent, but deadly, gas. Unintentional carbon-monoxide
poisoning kills ...
Carbon
monoxide poisonings in Plymouth, Boston, Beverly
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
Public health officials around the state reported numerous carbon
monoxide poisonings triggered by the weekend storm, killing two people
in Boston and a woman ...
Carbon
monoxide is hidden danger of cold weather
Port Clinton News Herald - Port
Clinton,OH,USA
... During these cold days, many people are using heating sources
that emit carbon monoxide that can be fatal in enclosed spaces.
Each ...
Family
hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
By 9NEWS. Six members of a Fort Collins family were hospitalized today
after they woke up with carbon monoxide poisoning. One member
...
Carbon
Monoxide Detection
KSNF - Joplin,MO,USA
... I. Initial results reveal the teenage girl died from asphyxiation,
but authorties believe Carbon Monoxide is to blame for her
death. ...
Carbon
Monoxide Forces Evacuation in Soho
7Online.com - New York,NY,USA
(New York -WABC, January 25, 2005 ) -- Emergency crews are on the scene
of an incident involving carbon monoxide on a New York City
block in Soho. ...
New York ENERGY
STAR(R) Programs Feature Carbon Monoxide Safety
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
Carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless, and tasteless fuel-burning
byproduct kills more than 200 people in the United States every year and
poisons more than ...
Three
being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
By Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Three people, including a pregnant
woman, suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Monday and were
being treated in hyperbaric ...
Woman, Grandchildren
Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WDIV - Detroit,MI,USA
A woman and her five grandchildren were hospitalized after apparently
suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in a Detroit home early
Monday morning. ...
Carbon
monoxide scare ousts eleven
San Mateo Daily Journal - San Mateo,CA,USA
Eleven San Mateo residents remain evacuated from their homes after firefighters
detected dangerous levels of carbon monoxide Friday, San Mateo
Deputy Fire ...
Carbon
Monoxide Kills Boy Three Others Treated
Team Amber Alert News - TX,USA
Americas Amber Alert News Center(Plymouth MA USA)AP --Three people, including
a pregnant woman, are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.
...
Woman, 4 Children Hospitalized
After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
NBC6.net - Miami,FL,USA
WILTON MANORS, Fla. -- A Wilton Manors family cooking on a charcoal grill
inside their home was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
Friday morning. ...
Increase
in carbon monoxide cases
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
VALHALLA -- When carbon monoxide seeped into the Todd home
in Bedford over the course of perhaps a week, the detector did not go off
to alert the family. ...
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning
WTVY - Dothan,AL,USA
The government says more than 15,000 Americans get sick each year from
carbon monoxide poisoning and more homes need carbon
monoxide detectors. ...
Protect Your Home
From Carbon Monoxide
WebMD - USA
Jan. 21, 2005 -- Accidental exposure to carbon monoxide
kills hundreds of people and sends thousands more to hospital emergency
rooms every year, says the CDC. ...
Homes
Need Carbon Monoxide Detectors, CDC Says
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 15,000 Americans get sick from carbon
monoxide every year and the odorless, toxic gas kills 480 people,
the Centers for ...
Carbon
Monoxide Detectors Saving Lives
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA
A lot of people can get carbon monoxide poisoning and not
know it. ... Carbon monoxide is odorless, tasteless,
can't see it," said Lt. Heil. ...
3 overcome
by carbon monoxide at steel plant
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
GARY, Ind. -- Three workers were hospitalized after they suffered what
a company report said was carbon monoxide poisoning at US Steel's
Gary Works mill. ...
Carbon
monoxide kills Albany man
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
... Christopher Corjasso, 61, of Albany died of apparent accidental
carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a Linn County Sheriff's
Office report. ...
SAFETY
TIPS TO PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE EMERGENCIES
Amity Observer - Orange,CT,USA
As reported by local media, it was found that a blocked chimney was to
blame for a buildup of carbon monoxide gas in the home. Carbon
...
Three Gary
workers overcome by carbon monoxide
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
-- Three workers were hospitalized after they suffered what a company
report said was carbon monoxide poisoning while working at
US Steel's Gary Works mill. ...
Carbon
monoxide poisoning kills San Jose woman
San Jose Mercury News (subscription)
- San Jose,CA,USA
... Moore, 63, who had spent the day skiing with a friend, had
been overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning from a malfunctioning
furnace. ...
Carbon
Monoxide Safety Awareness
Canada NewsWire (press release)
- Canada
... experts are urging people to be extra careful with fuel burning
appliances in their homes to prevent the serious hazards of Carbon
Monoxide (CO) poisoning. ...
Health Officials Warn
Hispanic Community Of Carbon Monoxide ...
NBC 17.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
... Officials said Hispanic immigrants often do not understand
the danger of carbon monoxide. "In many instances they are
not familiar ...
Family Overcome
By Carbon Monoxide
KYW - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... the cold Tuesday. Six people were overcome by carbon
monoxide fumes in their home in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane neighborhood.
...
Six people are alive and recovering today after living
through a night of carbon monoxide poisoning in a south Orem
home. Police ...
Protecting Yourself
from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WLNS - Lansing,MI,USA
State health officials 2 people died in Oceana County after being poisoned
by carbon monoxide from a propane heating source. It's ...
Alton
Explorers selling carbon monoxide detectors
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,USA
ALTON -- The local Boy Scout Explorers post is selling carbon monoxide
detectors as part of a fund-raiser for the group and to ensure area residents
are safe ...
In a carbon
monoxide bubble
Daily Miner and News - Kenora,Ontario,Canada
... fog. Carbon monoxide from idling vehicles and
trains filled the thick cold air making it difficult to breath for some.
"It happens ...
Residents
treated for carbon monoxide
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
WATERLOO --- A Waterloo couple is recovering after becoming ill from carbon
monoxide gas that filled their west-side home, firefighters said.
...
Family Poisoned By
Carbon Monoxide
KSL Radio - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
(KSL News) -- Police and fire officials are calling an Orem family very
lucky today after they almost died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
...
Warren
couple die in western Michigan from possible carbon ...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
(AP) -- Police are investigating the deaths of a two suburban Detroit
residents who apparently died in their sleep from carbon monoxide
poisoning. ...