Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment
In The NewsTenant 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…
Carbon Monoxide Physiology Explained
In The NewsCarbon Monoxide Physiology - In Words and Pictures
To being our topic of carbon monoxide physiology, we must go back to Claude Bernard, a 17th century physiologist who first discovered the affinity of carbon monoxide for hemoglobin and the…
Carbon Monoxide in Children
In The NewsCarbon Monoxide in Children Requires Expert Assessment
This week I want to cover a difficult subject that has been interwoven into many of our blogs; the impact of carbon monoxide poisoning in children. Children and those with medically compromised…
Poor Training Equals Bad Hotel HVAC Maintenance
In The NewsHotel HVAC Maintenance Neglect is Systemic
Neglect in hotel HVAC maintenance happens because of inadequate training, lack of maintenance standards and thinly capitalized ownership. Over the past couple of months, we have blogged about two main…
Dangers of Carbon Monoxide in Boating
In The NewsHow to Avoid the Dangers of Carbon Monoxide in Boating
Last week we touched on the subject of the dangers of carbon monoxide in boating. Click here for that blog. Though we covered the dangers faced by the public and addressed issues the public…
Boating Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Watch Out
In The News Boating carbon monoxide poisoning
Boating carbon monoxide poisoning is a big problem because high performance engine exhaust is not vented away from where people breathe.
This week we will focus on a topic which has achieved the status of…
Wildfires and Global Health - More than Air Quality
In The NewsWildfires and Global Health - Toxic Exhaust
In thinking about the Wildfires and global health, I thought back instead of forward. My co-author, Attorney Gordon Johnson[1], and I were teenagers back in the late 1960s and early 70s when air pollution…
Why No Carbon Monoxide Alarms at Hotel Chains?
In The NewsDemand Carbon Monoxide Alarms at Hotel Chains
Why is there no guarantee of carbon monoxide alarms at Hotel Chains? In most states, every landlord must supply a carbon monoxide alarm. Most states require them in all new residential construction.…
Boone Best Western Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Story - The Rest of the Story
In The NewsBoone Best Western Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Story
Last week we spoke of the “perfect storm” of Boone Best Western carbon monoxide tragedy which led up to the deaths of the Jenkins couple in room 225 on April 16, 2013. A story which included…
Why are Hotel Pool Heaters So Dangerous for Carbon Monoxide?
In The NewsHotel Pool Heaters Cause Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Why are hotel pool heaters so dangerous for carbon monoxide poisoning? The answer is probably is as simple as they have the same danger of incomplete combustion as any other fuel burning appliance,…
Hotel Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - How Does it Happen?
In The NewsHow Does Carbon Monoxide Poisoning happen in a hotel?
At some point you have probably seen a headline about a hotel stay gone terribly wrong due to carbon monoxide poisoning, never thinking that you or a loved might fall victim to this seemingly…