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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…
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…
Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike
In The NewsDate: 10/4/2008 1:58 PMBy MONICA RHORAssociated Press WriterGALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left…
Carbon monoxide poisoning left two tenants unconscious
In The NewsBREWER, Maine (AP) — Carbon monoxide poisoning left two tenants unconscious and sickened many more in a 31-unit apartment complex, fire officials said. Officials believe a separated vent pipe from a new water heater allowed the colorless,…
Summer of Exposure - Carbon Monoxide Symptoms
In The NewsYesterday we talked about the fourteen things that RV users can do to prevent being exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Today we are going to review what symptoms a person with carbon monoxide might have. Since, carbon monoxide is odorless,…
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 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 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…