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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…
Three Dead In Long Island From Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning On Houseboat
In The NewsIt is another generator run indoors case.Three people died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after being found unconscious on a houseboat in Huntington Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
http://www.lohud.com/article/20100324/NEWS05/3240358/-1/newsfront/Carbon-monoxide-suspected-in-3-deaths-on-Long-Island-houseboatThe…
Pennyslvania Food Store Evacuated As A Half Dozen Fall Ill To Carbon Monoxide
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A Giants Food Store in Forks Township, Pa., had to be evacuated Monday as at least a half dozen people got sick from carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2010/03/carbon_monoxide_poisoning_sick.html
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Minnesota Weighs Bill That Requires Carbon Monoxide Alarms At Ice Rinks
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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…
Kentucky Family Saved By Carbon Monoxide Detector
In The NewsA 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.…
Maryland Family Sent To Hospital After Using Grill Inside to Cook During Storm Blackout
In The NewsIt 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…
New York Law Ordering Installation of Carbon Monoxide Alarms Takes Effect In February
In The NewsNew York’s law mandating the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in dwellings goes into effect Feb. 22.The law requires that carbon monoxide alarms be installed in all new and existing one- and two-family homes, multi-family residences…
Wash. woman dies; carbon monoxide found
In The NewsJanuary 6, 2009THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER -- 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…
65 children sickened by carbon monoxide in China
In The NewsDate: 12/25/2008 7:29 AMBEIJING (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…
Gas Vent Dampers Recalled by Effikal Due to Carbon Monoxide Hazard
In The NewsThe recall involves Effikal RVGP-PC Gas Vent Damper size 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 which are installed with the gas boiler systems listed below. The vent damper date code is located on a sticker under the motor assembly cap on the plastic base.…
Carbon Monoxide: The statistical data
In The NewsFacts about carbon monoxide poisoning:Most signs and symptoms of CO exposure are nonspecific (e.g., headache or nausea) and can be mistakenly attributed to other causes, such as viral illnesses. Undetected or unsuspected CO exposure can result…