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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…
Fourteen Safety Tips For RV User to Help Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In The NewsSince it is important for RV users to know how they can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning we have found a useful list of recommendations to ensure RV travelers are safer.This information came from Carbon Monoxide Kills, a site that started the…
Water Pump Causes Carbon Monoxide Death Again
In The NewsOnce again, a portable engine in a poorly ventilated place has caused carbon monoxide poisoning and death. This time, it was inside a gold mine in O'Neals, CA. See http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id;=6154061According to…
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning kills Two Carpet Cleaners
In The NewsJust when it seems like the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning is lessened because of the ending of the winter heating season, another story comes across to remind us that any time you operate an engine in confined areas, the risk exists.According…
Portable Carbon Monoxide Detectors
In The NewsOne of the greatest risks of carbon monoxide poisoning is staying at hotels and ski lodges. Sadly, most states do not mandate CO detectors in all hotel rooms. The solution? A portable carbon monoxide detector. Where to get one? Finding…
Carbon Monoxide Exposure in Construction Site
In The NewsJust when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Not the water, but today's news reports highlight another springtime hazard, construction sites. According to WHDH news in Boston, a construction worker was overcome today from what…
Carbon Monoxide and Boating?
In The NewsAs we shiver on a wet and windy day in Chicago, it seems bizarre to talk about boating, yet that season is soon upon us. (We hope.) As outboard motors replace the fires we build in our furnaces, the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning shifts…
Spring is not the End of the Carbon Monoxide Season
In The NewsAs the weather improves, the impression might be that risk of Carbon monoxide exposure is lessening. While in terms of total numbers such might be the case, spring and summer do come with significant risk factors for CO poisoning. Seriously,…
Carbon Monoxide Delayed Effects
In The NewsI have several times on this blog preached about the delayed effects of Carbon Monoxide Exposure, "Delayed Neurological Sequelae" or DNS, but a recent study confirms that an early study that cardiac or heart damage from carbon monoxide exposure…
Another Pennsylvania Carbon Monoxide Exposure
In The NewsIt is probably just the perception from what makes the national news, but Pennsylvania seems to be the hardest hit this winter for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The latest story to make news on Carbon monoxide exposure takes place in Altoona,…
Carbon Monoxide Death Lost in Political Shuffle
In The NewsAs all eyes in the political spectrum turned to Ohio, and the plight of Youngstown is on every politician's tongue, a man from nearby Vienna, Ohio quietly dies from carbon monoxide poisoning. In the wake of his death, paramedics put out a call…