EDITORS NOTE: While the primary focus of this blog is carbon monoxide poisoning, all toxic exposures are relevant herein. The same type of issues that can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, can cause immediate fire or explosion risk, as per these gas connectors recalled today. GSJ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 4, 2008Release #08-205 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) […]
Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson
Carbon Monoxide Death Lost in Political Shuffle
As all eyes in the political spectrum turned to Ohio, and the plight of Youngstown is on every politician’s tongue, a man from nearby Vienna, Ohio quietly dies from carbon monoxide poisoning. In the wake of his death, paramedics put out a call for increased use of CO detectors. The victim in this case was […]
Carbon Monoxide and Boating?
It is winter, below zero here in Wisconsin this week, and I am warning about boating and carbon monoxide? As I joked to a friend who asked me about sailing – the water is a little hard right now. Still, the carbon monoxide story of the day is a Washington Supreme Court Decision where a […]
Winter Kills – Carbon Monoxide Claims Many More
This winter of 2008, there have been two well publicized mass shootings in my part time home state of Illinois, and many more mass killings from Carbon Monoxide. Even the election cycle news had to take a pause for the Northern Illinois tragedy. Nary a peep, except in the local media, about Carbon Monoxide’s rampages.The […]
Winter Heart Attack and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Winter Heart Attack – The Hidden Impact of Carbon Monoxide I have coined a term, “winter heart attack”, to describe what I believe to be a large number of carbon monoxide related cardiac arrests and heart attacks, that are caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. It is likely that in many of these cases the true […]
Boilers and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The temperature is plummeting in the upper midwest, and the number of carbon monoxide poisoning cases is skyrocketing. This time it was Libertyville, IL. One man dead. The culprit, a malfunctioning hot water boiler for a car wash, in an enclosed space. That is a lethal combinations: a stressed boiler, a small room. No carbon […]
Two More Dead
Two more days, two more dead, and one in critical condition: The bodies of two Chickasaw, Alabama residents were removed from a home after apparently being poisoned by carbon monoxide. Click here for the breaking news.
And Again – Hotel without Carbon Monoxide Detectors
It is three days since my last rant about hotels and carbon monoxide detectors, and once again 17 more people are hospitalized with dangerous carbon monoxide levels at a hotel. A hotel which is part of a national chain, a chain that does not require carbon monoxide detectors in each room. Comfort Suites. But this […]
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Strikes Again
It has been a few days since our last blog and two more news stories have hit the national news about carbon monoxide poisoning. The first involved what seems to be good news, the second tragedy. Both may have far more tragic results than appears at present. The good news story involves a family of […]
January is the deadliest month for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
According to a new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the first month of the year is the worst for carbon monoxide poisoning. At least two people die each day from carbon-monoxide poisoning in January—three times the fatality rate recorded in August and July. Fatalities were highest among men and senior […]