carbon monoxide deaths Archives - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning https://carbonmonoxide.com/tag/carbon-monoxide-deaths Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:19:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://carbonmonoxide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/comodule-36x36.png carbon monoxide deaths Archives - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning https://carbonmonoxide.com/tag/carbon-monoxide-deaths 32 32 Post-Hurricane Sandy, Five Carbon Monoxide Deaths In New Jersey https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/11/post-hurricane-sandy-five-carbon-monoxide-deaths-in-new-jersey.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/11/post-hurricane-sandy-five-carbon-monoxide-deaths-in-new-jersey.html#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:19:06 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/?p=1344 Hurricane Sandy is continuing to kill people on the East Coast. No, I’m not talking about people hit by falling trees, or any one else drowning. I’m referring to carbon monoxide poisoning deaths. So far in New Jersey alone, at least five people have died by being poisoned by the lethal gas, which came from […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/11/post-hurricane-sandy-five-carbon-monoxide-deaths-in-new-jersey.html/feed 0 Pennsylvania Woman’s Death Could Spur Passage Of CO Alarm Law https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/10/pennsylvania-womans-death-could-spur-passage-of-co-alarm-law.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/10/pennsylvania-womans-death-could-spur-passage-of-co-alarm-law.html#respond Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:04:54 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/?p=1326 Well, let’s hope the death of Virginia Brecheisen, an 82-year-old woman from East Stroudsberg, Pa., will guarantee passage of a law requiring carbon monoxide detectors to be installed in many homes. That was sentiment expressed by a writer for the Pocono Record in the wake of Brecheisen’s death last Thursday at her home on Kistler […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/10/pennsylvania-womans-death-could-spur-passage-of-co-alarm-law.html/feed 0 Bill Would Mandate Standards For Carbon Monoxide Detectors https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/07/bill-would-mandate-standards-for-carbon-monoxide-detectors.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/07/bill-would-mandate-standards-for-carbon-monoxide-detectors.html#respond Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:38:54 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/?p=1192 Two U.S. Senators last week introduced legislation that would give the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) the power to impose stricter standards for carbon monoxide detectors, according to the Echo Press of Alexandria, Minn. http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/95738/group/homepage/ Amy Klobucher, D-Minn., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, are pushing for passage of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2012/07/bill-would-mandate-standards-for-carbon-monoxide-detectors.html/feed 0 Florida Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Their 29-Foot Cabin Cruiser https://carbonmonoxide.com/2010/07/florida-couple-killed-by-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-their-29-foot-cabin-cruiser.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2010/07/florida-couple-killed-by-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-their-29-foot-cabin-cruiser.html#respond Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:00:08 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/?p=412 In the winter, there are always carbon monoxide fatalities when people use gas generators to warm their homes. In the summer, gas generators used to run air conditioning are often to blame for giving off deadly fumes that kill. Over the Fourth of July weekend a married couple was found dead inside their 29-foot cabin cruiser in New Smyrna Beach, […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2010/07/florida-couple-killed-by-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-their-29-foot-cabin-cruiser.html/feed 0 Carbon Monoxide and Pets https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/01/carbon-monoxide-and-pets.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/01/carbon-monoxide-and-pets.html#respond Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:01:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/01/carbon-monoxide-and-pets.html It is very sobering to realize how many people are affected by carbon monoxide every year. These incidents always go up during natural disasters or power outages, like the one affecting so many right now. As much as we hear about carbon monoxide in the news, we rarely hear how many pets die. Smaller and […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/01/carbon-monoxide-and-pets.html/feed 0 Wash. woman dies; carbon monoxide found https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/01/wash-woman-dies-carbon-monoxide-found.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/01/wash-woman-dies-carbon-monoxide-found.html#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:01:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/01/wash-woman-dies-carbon-monoxide-found.html January 6, 2009 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Investigators say a boiler vent damaged during a recent windstorm may have led to the high levels of carbon monoxide that left one college student dead. Denver’s Chief Deputy Coroner Michelle Weiss-Samaras says 23-year-old Lauren Johnson died Monday after being taken from a third-floor unit at Josephine […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/01/wash-woman-dies-carbon-monoxide-found.html/feed 0 7 killed in Philadelphia fire https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/12/7-killed-in-philadelphia-fire.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/12/7-killed-in-philadelphia-fire.html#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:59:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2008/12/7-killed-in-philadelphia-fire.html Date: 12/28/2008 7:52 AM By KATHY MATHESONAssociated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of Liberian immigrants mourned Saturday at a house where seven members of their community died in a fire that a survivor said started when a kerosene heater spilled fuel and exploded as it was being moved outdoors. Authorities have not released the […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/12/7-killed-in-philadelphia-fire.html/feed 0 65 children sickened by carbon monoxide in China https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/12/65-children-sickened-by-carbon-monoxide-in-china.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/12/65-children-sickened-by-carbon-monoxide-in-china.html#respond Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2008/12/65-children-sickened-by-carbon-monoxide-in-china.html Date: 12/25/2008 7:29 AM BEIJING (AP) — Sixty-five elementary school students in northern China were poisoned by carbon monoxide after smoke from a dormitory boiler seeped into their rooms, state media reported Thursday. Nineteen were still being treated in hospitals in Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Meng Lei, a regional health official, […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/12/65-children-sickened-by-carbon-monoxide-in-china.html/feed 0 Vent Pipe to Blame in SD Carbon Monoxide Deaths https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/vent-pipe-to-blame-in-sd-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/vent-pipe-to-blame-in-sd-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:32:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2008/11/vent-pipe-to-blame-in-sd-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html Date: 11/10/2008 BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) _ Authorities in Brookings think a missing vent pipe was to blame in the apparent carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a man and his daughter found in their home early Sunday. The victims are Grant Holmstrum, 54, and Janna Holmstrum, 21. Police Capt. Jeff Miller said the call came in […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/vent-pipe-to-blame-in-sd-carbon-monoxide-deaths.html/feed 0 Worker on barge traveling near New Haven dies https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/worker-on-barge-traveling-near-new-haven-dies.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/worker-on-barge-traveling-near-new-haven-dies.html#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:35:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2008/11/worker-on-barge-traveling-near-new-haven-dies.html Date: 11/8/2008 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ The Coast Guard says a 52-year-old barge worker has died after being found unresponsive on the ship as it traveled near New Haven Harbor. Coast Guard Lieutenant Ellen Phillips says it appears that John Campagno died of carbon monoxide poisoning. An autopsy is planned. Crew members on the […]

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