Sometimes, I just wished more people could read our warnings about the risk of carbon monoxide exposure. What I have come to learn about carbon monoxide and the news, if there is a big storm that knocks out power, someone will die because of the way they compensate for the absence of electricity. After torrential […]
It’s not terribly often that one reads about building evacuations in Manhattan due to high levels of carbon monoxide, but that’s what happened this past Sunday. Thirty five people were forced out of eight Upper West Side buildings after firefighters were called to West 76th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park, which is a […]
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle Wednesday signed a bill that mandates that state residents put carbon monoxide detectors in their residences. http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/87282252.html Under the new law, carbon monoxide detectors will have to be installed on all floors of single-family homes and two-unit residences. These detectors are already required in other kinds of housing. New homes will […]
Carbon monoxide poisoning can strike at some pretty surprising places, and Minnesota aims to do something about that. The state has introduced a bill that mandates that ice rinks install gear to check levels of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide, hazardous gases that Zambonis emit. http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_14643858?nclick_check=1 The deadly gases sometimes build up to unsafe levels […]
An Indianapolis man was found dead inside a house Sunday, an apparent victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.fox59.com/news/sns-ap-in–carbonmonoxidedeath,0,7928982.story Brian Beckley, 45, was using a portable generator to run the appliances inside the home, where his electricity had been shut off. He and his landlord had been in a dispute over his electric bill, according to […]
A carbon monoxide detector saved a Lexington, Ky., family from being poisoned by the deadly gas. http://www.wtvq.com/news/2450-carbon-monoxide-detector-alerts-family The family, which lives on Lakeview Drive, were alerted to the gas at 2 a.m. Monday morning. Local firefighters responded to the scene, and the family did say it was feeling sick. Authorities found high levels of carbon […]
Washington state is looking to overturn part of its law regarding carbon monoxide, the most common cause of accidental poisoning in the United States. And that has an expert on carbon monoxide poisoning up in arms. “I am appalled that the state in which I reside would consider taking a giant step backward in preventing […]
Here’s a mystery: A carbon monoxide scare that didn’t turn up any carbon monoxide. Earlier this week 31 students and faculty members at a school in Derry, N.H., became ill and were evacuated, then treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. But as it turns out, investigators didn’t find any of the dangerous gas in the building.http://www.wmur.com/news/22601072/detail.html […]
Another day, seemingly the same headline. It’s carbon-monoxide poisoning season, with yet another hotel, this one in New Hampshire, having to be evacuated because of the deadly gas. Eleven people, including nine guests, became ill Monday because of high levels of the potentially fatal gas at a Hilton Hotel, according to the Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKAorwv0FwtdDpRsB4dTWQPyq8SQD9DT2C5O1 […]
The Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn., was evacuated Sunday morning after four of its employees were sickened by carbon monoxide gas. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/feb/15/carbon-monoxide-spurs-evacuation/ The four hotel employees, who included a pregnant woman, were sent to a local hospital for treatment. http://www.newschannel9.com/news/firefighters-988757-carbon-monoxide.html All four of the employees had been working in the hotel’s basement when […]