Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

School Carbon Monoxide Safety

Problems and Solutions for School Carbon Monoxide Safety School carbon monoxide safety must start with comprehensive preventative maintenance of fuel burning appliances and carbon monoxide alarms. By Rebecca Martin School is back in session across the country and unfortunately so are reports of carbon monoxide leaks. School safety continues to be an enormous issue in […]

Carbon Monoxide Heart Attack?

Am I Having a Carbon Monoxide Heart Attack? Are these cardiac symptoms a carbon monoxide heart attack? It could be as carbon monoxide poisoning can cause a heart attack. By Rebecca Martin Imagine this scenario.  You call 911 because you are experiencing chest pains, shortness of breath, nausea and lightheadedness. An ambulance is dispatched. In […]

Carbon Monoxide on College Campus

What Parents Should know about Carbon Monoxide on College Campus By Rebecca Martin                   Recently the New York Post published an opinion by Naomi Schafer Riley entitled “Parents need to stop crazy-shopping for their kids’ dorm rooms.” The article was written in response to questions posted on a Facebook group, Dorm Room Mamas, which the […]

Natural Gas Leaks or Carbon Monoxide?

Distinguishing Natural Gas Leaks or Carbon Monoxide Is it natural gas leak or carbon monoxide? While the two can coexist, the primary danger from a gas leak is fire and the primary risk from carbon monoxide is poisoning, including death. Gas leaks can be smelled by the human nose where only the most serious carbon […]

Tracking the Carbon Monoxide Killer

Tracking the Carbon Monoxide Killer Must be Treated Like a Crime Tracking the carbon monoxide killer must be treated like a homicide investigation, regardless of whether anyone has died because the disability in survivors can be a life robber. By Rebecca Martin Tracking carbon monoxide is much like a true crime story. While the killer […]

Anxiety Following CO Poisoning

Anxiety Following CO Poisoning Can Disable Anxiety Following CO Poisoning disrupts not only the mood of the poisoned person but can disrupt cognitive processes, social integration and neurological function. By Rebecca Martin We often speak of the symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure and the damage it causes in the brain and body, days, weeks or […]

CO Precautions for Gas Powered Tools

Gas Powered Tools Create Carbon Monoxide Risks The carbon monoxide risk of death and brain damage associated with portable electric generators is the same for other gas powered tools such as concrete saws, power washers and lawn mowers. By Rebecca Martin In the Spring many of us have projects that have been waiting for warmer […]

Identifying Carbon Monoxide in Ambient Air

Detectors Only way of Identifying Carbon Monoxide There is no reliable way of identifying carbon monoxide in indoor air other than to have fully functioning carbon monoxide alarms, as carbon monoxide symptoms are too easily confused with far serious health concerns. By Rebecca Martin In our previous blog, we talked about procedural deficiencies in the […]