Thousands of homeowners in the U. S. purchase backup power generators in case their electrical power is interrupted. A significant and potentially fatal to humans and pets problem continually occurs with each severe storm and the use of gasoline and diesel generators. The problem is that generators emit carbon monoxide. Some generator owners fail to […]
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States, with nearly 500 people succombing to the odorless, colorless gas each year, according to a report issued earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6030a2.htm?s_cid=mm6030a2_x In a comprehensive 10-year report issued Aug. 5, the […]
The CDC-Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated in their weekly report that Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States. CO poisoning is preventable, nonetheless, CO related poisoning is responsible for approximately 15,000 emergency department visits and nearly 500 deaths annually in the United States. […]
In one of the larger incidences of carbon monoxide poisoning in recent months, a dozen guests at an Oklahoma inn were hospitalized in late July after taking in dangerous levels of the gas. http://www.koco.com/r/28670355/detail.html A damaged ventilation pipe, which led from a boiler to the roof, was blamed for the carbon monoxide leak at the […]
A reporter for WINK-TV in Florida was almost killed by carbon monoxide poisoning last Friday when he was out on assignment, according to the website TVSpy. Nick Spinetto was out in the field, working in a live truck to finish up a story for the Fort Myers-Naples CBS affiliate’s early 4 p.m. newscast. But he suddenly began to feel […]
It looks like authorities in Pennsylvania are taking a hard line with the owners of a grocery story that was using a generator indoors, emitting carbon monoxide fumes that killed two men in a second-floor apartment Friday. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/121058718.html Officials in the Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office have ruled that the deaths of Ernesto Huerta, 57, and Stephen […]
Here is a potentially life-saving tip: Make sure your carbon monoxide detectors, as well as your smoke detectors, have batteries that are working. That might have averted this scary situation on Cape Cod. Eleven people nearly died of carbon monoxide poisoning Friday night in an incident in Nantucket, Mass., according to several press reports. href=”http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/16/cops_nantucket_co_poisoning_puts_11_in_hospital/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Massachusetts+news”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/16/cops_nantucket_co_poisoning_puts_11_in_hospital/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Massachusetts+news The […]
Two recent deaths in a Jersey City, N.J., apartment building were due to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to The Jersey Journal. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1302157523245801.xml&coll=3 This story has several particularly tragic twists. If authorities had figured out the cause of the first death more quickly, perhaps they could have prevented the second one. And the carbon monoxide alarms that could […]
How many times has this tragedy played out this winter, one of the worse the country has seen in many years? Four people, a mother and her three children, died of carbon monoxide poisoning last week in Toledo, Ohio. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=8029564&pt=print They were living in a rented house with no heat or electricity, and were using a gas-powered […]
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 ruled the deaths of Juan Vasquez, who turned 29 on Saturday, and his cousin Noe Ramirez-Abriz, 28, as accidental. Their cousin had lent them […]