Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment

Tenant Awarded $3.25 Million for Carbon Monoxide Alarm Violation Failure to Install a carbon monoxide alarm in a rental property has resulted in a $3.25 Judgment against a Stevens Point Landlord, Pamalla Schneider in a March jury trial in Portage…

Two Milwaukee Men, Two Pitt Bulls Die Of Accidental Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning took the lives of two cousins, one who had been celebrating his birthday, and two pit bulls in South Milwaukee this weekend, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/117962754.html Authorities…

Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Wisconsin Cabin

A Minnesota man was discovered dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in his cabin in western Wisconsin last week, according to press reports. http://www.startribune.com/local/117647318.html Gene Prekker, 60, of St. Paul, Minn., was found…

Four Family Members In Wisconsin Are Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Four family members, one found semi-conscious,  were hospitalized in Neenah, Wis., Tuesday for carbon monoxide poisoning. One of the family's cats was killed by the lethal gas. http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110308/APC0101/110308032/4-hospitalized-1-cat-dead-after-carbon-monoxide-poisoning?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|APC-News The…

Tell The EPA You Want Stricter Carbon Monoxide Standards

 The Environmental Protection Agency has reviewed the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for carbon monoxide, and is proposing to retain them. At least one expert doesn't think keeping the old rules…

Snow Can Be Carbon Monoxide's Accomplice In Poisoning People

With Americans from Dallas to Milwaukee to Boston enduring record snowfalls, here's a word to the wise: Clear out all the snow from your car tailpipe and from the vents of your home furnaces.    http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110203-carbon-monoxide,0,1929248.story There…

Three Dozen People Fall Ill From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Banquet Hall

Roughly three dozen people became sick at a banquet hall in Upstate New York from carbon monoxide poisoning this weekend. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1759157/WBFO.News/Carbon.monoxide.at.banquet.hall.sickens.three.dozen.people The…

Wisconsin Woman In Madison Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

 A Madison, Wis., woman was hospitalized and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. http://www.channel3000.com/news/26731016/detail.html# Firefighters and paramedics were called to an East Side Madison duplex, address 1027 Jana Lane,…

Two Bronx Girls Almost Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Due To Snow-Clogged Tailpipe

The snow storms that have blanketed the New York metro area indirectly almost killed two young girls in the Bronx, N.Y., last week. They came close to dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/nyregion/28carbon.html?scp=1&sq=bronix%20girls%20collapse&st=cse Sisters…

New Wisconsin Carbon Monoxide Law Is Too Late To Save Elderly Man

If  Wisconsin's law mandating carbon monoxide detectors had taken effect Jan. 1, instead of Feb, 1, maybe an 88-year-old man and his dog would be alive today. This week Stanley Neckuty of Auburn, Wis., was found in his home Monday by one of…

Toddler Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Her Family's Van

Here's a frightening and tragic lesson for parents: Your own vehicle, especially if it's an older model, can expose yout young children to carbon monoxide poisoning. That's what happened last Friday in Kentucky. A 15-month-old died of carbon…