Minnesota Weighs Bill That Requires Carbon Monoxide Alarms At Ice Rinks

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…

Indianapolis Man Found Dead Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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…

Kentucky Family Saved By Carbon Monoxide Detector

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-familyThe family, which lives on Lakeview Drive, were alerted to the gas at 2 a.m.…

Carbon Monoxide Experts Warns Against Changes in Washington State Safety Law

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…

New Hampshire School Tests Negative For Carbon Monoxide After 31 Students And Teachers Fall Ill

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…

New Hampshire Hotel Evacuated, And 11 Ill, Due To Carbon Monoxide Leak

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…

Chattanooga Marriott Evacuated, Four Hospitalized In Carbon Monoxide Incident

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…

Three Maryland Men Found Dead In Running Cars From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Most people realize that winter is the carbon monoxide season, with fault furnaces and space heaters the perceived culprit. Yet what most people don't understand how dangerous it can be just to get stranded in the winter in a car.Three men in…

San Fran Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide In RV Trailer

Another culprit in the carbon monoxide poisoning equation is portable generators, that are so often used in RV's. The details aren't clear yet, but don't be surprised to learn that some external generation of electricity, vented directly into…

Maryland Family Sent To Hospital After Using Grill Inside to Cook During Storm Blackout

It is one of the most predictable connections we see in our daily comment on brain injury and the news. If there is severe weather, especially with a power outage, there will be a carbon monoxide story. Candles are OK; fires in fireplaces are…