Snow Can Be Carbon Monoxide's Accomplice In Poisoning People

With Americans from Dallas to Milwaukee to Boston enduring record snowfalls, here's a word to the wise: Clear out all the snow from your car tailpipe and from the vents of your home furnaces.    http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110203-carbon-monoxide,0,1929248.story There…

Three Dozen People Fall Ill From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Banquet Hall

Roughly three dozen people became sick at a banquet hall in Upstate New York from carbon monoxide poisoning this weekend. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1759157/WBFO.News/Carbon.monoxide.at.banquet.hall.sickens.three.dozen.people The…

Wisconsin Woman In Madison Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

 A Madison, Wis., woman was hospitalized and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. http://www.channel3000.com/news/26731016/detail.html# Firefighters and paramedics were called to an East Side Madison duplex, address 1027 Jana Lane,…

Two Bronx Girls Almost Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Due To Snow-Clogged Tailpipe

The snow storms that have blanketed the New York metro area indirectly almost killed two young girls in the Bronx, N.Y., last week. They came close to dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/nyregion/28carbon.html?scp=1&sq=bronix%20girls%20collapse&st=cse Sisters…

New Wisconsin Carbon Monoxide Law Is Too Late To Save Elderly Man

If  Wisconsin's law mandating carbon monoxide detectors had taken effect Jan. 1, instead of Feb, 1, maybe an 88-year-old man and his dog would be alive today. This week Stanley Neckuty of Auburn, Wis., was found in his home Monday by one of…

Toddler Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Her Family's Van

Here's a frightening and tragic lesson for parents: Your own vehicle, especially if it's an older model, can expose yout young children to carbon monoxide poisoning. That's what happened last Friday in Kentucky. A 15-month-old died of carbon…

Four Family Members Killed By Carbon Monoxide In Their California Home

Here's a scene that will be played out again and again during the winter when poor people's electricity is turned off. Four family members were found dead in their Oakhurst, Calif., home Sunday, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.  http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17122304?nclick_check=1  The…

Veteran Surgeon Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hunting Club

A elderly surgeon died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in an Arkansas hunting club last weekend.  http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20110112/NEWS01/101120337 Dr. Tom Bell of Harrison, Ark., and William Hicks of Yellville, Ark.,…

Vermont Students Striken By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Eleven students and a staff member at a Vermont school were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday, according to the Associated Press.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010603080.html The…

Five Teens Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hialeah Motel

Five teenagers were found dead in a Hialeah, Fla., motel, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to several press reports. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/27/1990337/five-men-found-dead-inside-hialeah.html# One of the…