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Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment

Tenant 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…

Nine People Get Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Hackensack, N.J., Home

Sometimes it's a good thing when relatives stop over, uninvited. Here's a case in point. Three Hackensack, N.J., residents escaped death from carbon monoxide poisoning Monday when visiting relatives stopped by their house to pay a call on…

New Jersey Couple Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Trying To Keep Warm After Freak Fall Snowstorm

Unfortunately, it's no surprise that last weekend's freak snowstorm in the Northeast, which knocked out power for days in New Jersey and Connecticut, would end up killing people. Or perhaps rather, that carbon monoxide would wind up killing…

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 11 To The Hospital In New London, Wis.

Here's why you need carbon monoxide detectors in your dwelling. Nearly a dozen people in New London, Wis., were hospitalized and released Sunday for carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak of the deadly gas in their apartment building, according…

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Nearly 500 Annually In U.S., CDC Report Says

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States, with nearly 500 people succombing to the odorless, colorless gas each year, according to a report issued earlier this month by the Centers…

Don't Mistake Carbon Monoxide Poisoning For The Flu: Buy Detectors

This is why you need carbon monoxide detectors. Five family members, one incapacitated by carbon monoxide poisoning, were rescued from their home in Sidney Township, Mich., Thursday by local sheriff's officers.   http://www.sentinel-standard.com/newsnow/x829118347/Carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-Montcalm-County Firefighters…

Carbon Monoxide Threat Still Plagues Rupert Murdoch's New York TV Station

The carbon monoxide problems involving media baron Rupert Murdoch's TV station in New York City, WNYW, are far from over, according to the New York Daily News. On Tuesday a correspondent for WNYW, Antwan Lewis, and a photographer were sent…

Missouri Teenager Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Two Others Hurt

A 17-year-old girl died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Monday in Oak Grove, Mo., with two others overcome by the noxious fume.  http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/19/2161986/teen-who-died-in-apparent-carbon.html Authorities found the body…

Florida Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Their 29-Foot Cabin Cruiser

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…

Three Maryland Men Killed By Carbon Monoxide From Gas Generator

No matter how many stories appear in newspapers on the topic, people obviously still don't seem to understand the danger of using gas-fueled generators indoors to heat their home. Or maybe they're so cold, they don't care and put on the generators. In…

Carbon Monoxide From Generator Sickens Family Of 11 In New York State

When you don't have any electricity, I guess you don't think about the potential danger of using a portable generator in your home. But you should, as a family in the Mohawk Valley area of New York found out last week. Some 11 family members were sent…