Chicago Carbon Monoxide Linked to Cold Weather

The Season for Chicago Carbon Monoxide Chicago carbon monoxide poisonings increase in frequency as the cold is upon us. Daylight savings time is over, the nights are longer and colder. Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. If you had not already…

Carbon Monoxide Physiology Explained

Carbon 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

Carbon 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

Hotel 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

How 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

 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

Wildfires 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?

Demand 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

Boone 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?

Hotel 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,…