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CO News - February 2007

Carbon Monoxide is Everybody’s Business

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Painters hospitalized after being overcome by carbon monoxide
Kentucky.com - Lexington, KY, USA
Three painters working in a new home under construction were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a generator Tuesday and taken to University of Kentucky ...

Carbon monoxide detectors a must
Northern Star Online - DeKalb, IL, USA
DeKALB | A new Illinois law called for mandatory installation of carbon monoxide detectors within 15 feet of rooms intended for sleeping by Jan. ...

Students face carbon monoxide risk
ic Ayrshire.co.uk - Ayrshire, UK
Nearly a quarter of students in Scotland are putting themselves at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, a survey has revealed. ...

Tips for Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KCRG - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
These alternative means of heating can be dangerous and cause carbon monoxide poisoning; therefore, the Iowa Department of Public Health issues the ...

Carbon monoxide kills four in Baku
Azeri Press Agency - Azerbaijan
Today, four members of a family died from carbon monoxide in January 20 St., Nasimi region, Baku, prosecutor Agshin Ziyadov told the APA. ...


Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Sister and brother victims of carbon monoxide poisoning
Capital News 9 - Albany, NY, USA
Firefighters entered the home and found a very high level of carbon monoxide and no carbon monoxide detector, something fire officials said they are seeing ...

Carbon Monoxide
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA, USA
Her treatment included immersion in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to accelerate the cleansing of the carbon monoxide in her blood stream. ...

Couple overcome by carbon monoxide
Munster Times - Munster, IN, USA
PORTAGE | A Portage couple was hospitalized over the weekend after lethal levels of carbon monoxide filled their home. “They are very lucky to be alive,” ...

Generator Use Indoors Causing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WHO-TV - Des Moines, IA, USA
February 26, 2007--Cases of carbon monoxide poisoning are being reported in Iowa. The culprit seems to be generators running inside homes affected by the ...

Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Rising Sun—
WMDT - Salisbury, MD, USA
The Cecil County Sheriff's Department says a 50-year-old Rising Sun man died today of carbon monoxide poisoning. Detective Sergeant Bernard Chiominto ...

Carbon monoxide gas fills seniors' home
CTV.ca - Scarborough, ON, Canada
Carbon monoxide detectors helped prevent serious harm at a North York seniors' residence early Monday, Toronto fire officials say. ...


Saturday-Monday, February 24-26, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

‘Opportune’ installation of monoxide detector saves Tinley family
Chicago Daily Southtown - Chicago, IL, USA
Fire officials say a carbon monoxide detector was installed two days before to a gas leak at a home in the 17500 block of Cloverview Drive. ...

Detectors may be required in rentals
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA, USA
The accidental carbon monoxide poisoning of five Chambersburg residents a week and a half ago left some borough officials concerned enough to propose that ...

Two elderly people hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
Capital News 9 - Albany, NY, USA
“We ventilated the structure, tried to find a reason for the high levels of carbon monoxide. The Pittsfield police assisted the fire department with that ...

Vancouver, Wash., man found dead in horse trailer in California
KOMO 1000 - News - Local - http://www.komoradio.com/news/local
Two men were found dead in a horse trailer at a Southern California equestrian park after they were apparently overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a gas generator, authorities said.

Elderly woman dies of carbon monoxide fumes
Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA, USA
A 73-year-old woman was found dead Saturday inside a south side home filled with "fatal levels" of carbon monoxide. Officers with the Savannah-Chatham ...

Clean Outdoor Vents To Prevent Carbon Monoxide
WKBT - La Crosse, WI, USA
The snow can pose a dangerous risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. The La Crosse Fire Department says to make sure you go outside and check all air intake ...

Groups distribute detectors to seniors
Joliet Herald News - Joliet, IL, USA
Joliet Fire Chief Larry Mores gives a free carbon monoxide detector to George Richardson on Friday at the Senior Services Center in Joliet. ...

RECALLS THIS WEEK: Water Heaters Pose Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
HNN Huntingtonnews.net - Huntington, WV, USA
... air filter door is out of place, the water heater could continue to operate and dust and lint could build up, posing a carbon monoxide poisoning hazard. ...

Experts call carbon monoxide a “silent killer”
KESQ - Palm Desert, CA, USA
Investigators believe the deadly fumes that killed the two men were carbon monoxide. News Channel 3 has more tonight on what experts call a silent killer. ...

Residents OK after carbon monoxide scare 4:21 PM CST
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX, USA
A car left running in an apartment building garage set off a carbon monoxide detector about 4 am Friday, said Lakepointe Residences manager Sandie Meurer. ...

Rolling Meadows apartment complex found with high levels of carbon ...
rss.beepcentral.com - http://rss.beepcentral.com/LocalNews/
A carbon monoxide detector saved the lives of several residents in a Rolling Meadows apartment building Thursday morning, fire officials said. A gas leak set off the detector at 1:30 am at 4700 Arbor Drive. Rolling Meadows firefighters ...


Friday, February 23, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide alarm saves lives
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago, IL, USA
A carbon monoxide detector saved the lives of several residents in a Rolling Meadows apartment building Thursday morning, fire officials said. ...

Carbon monoxide detector prevents potential disaster
Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA, USA
March said an employee heard the digital carbon monoxide detector alarm. The particular model in the building displays a reading of the gas level. ...

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KBSD - Dodge City, KS, USA
Four people are recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday afternoon. The Garden City Police and Fire Departments were sent to the home on ...

MONOXIDE LEAK MUM IS MAKING QUICK RECOVERY
Doncaster Today - Doncaster, England, UK
Both offspring reiterated warnings about the dangers of carbon monoxide - an odourless and colourless gas unless it mixes with other fumes - and the ...


Thursday, February 22, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon Monoxide Possibly Poisons Family
WDIV - Detroit, MI, USA
Unspecified levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the house, but no specific readings were released. The home was being powered by a gasoline generator ...

Carbon monoxide scare
Ravenna Record Courier - Ravenna, OH, USA
Carbon monoxide detected at the Young Friends Childcare Center in Ravenna Township sent 21 children and their adult teachers to the hospital Wednesday ...

Ogden City Council approves mandatory carbon monoxide detection
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City, USA
Ogden residents without carbon monoxide detectors will now have to get one. Ogden City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to pass an ordinance that will...

Carbon Monoxide problem at Riverview Colony sends 30 to local ...
Liberty County Times - Chester, MT, USA
Take an unventilated gas heater shut all the windows and doors to the building and you have a sure recipe for carbon monoxide build up. ...

Tankless Water Heaters Recalled for Repair Due to Carbon Monoxide ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
Consumers are reminded to use the air filter door for these water heaters to avoid a carbon monoxide hazard. Consumer Contact: For more information, ...


Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

One Dead After Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KDKA - Pittsburg, PA, USA
(KDKA) PENN HILLS A man is dead and his mother is in the hospital after a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. Police in Penn Hills say the family ...

Normal complies with detector law
Daily Vidette - Normal, IL, USA
1, the Carbon Monoxide Alarm Detector Act went into effect for the state of Illinois. The Act states that every dwelling unit must be equipped with an ...

Ovens Can Be A Source Of CO Poisoning
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
(WCCO) When we hear of cases of carbon monoxide poisoning most of the time the cause is traced to a faulty furnace or water heater. But one Minnesota couple ...

Restaurant says it will install CO detectors
Postbulletin.com Local News - http://www.postbulletin.com
Green Mill announced plans to install carbon monoxide detectors in all of its restaurants after more than 20 people were sickened by carbon monoxide at a Green Mill in Shoreview during the weekend. Green Mill Rest.

Carbon monoxide victims recovering
Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA, USA
CHAMBERSBURG - Two of five people hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning last Thursday have returned home, and the other three are slowly improving. ...


Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide victims recovering: 3 remain hospitalized after ...
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA, USA
CHAMBERSBURG -- At least two of the five people overcome by carbon monoxide at a South Third Street home last week are now out of the hospital, according to ...

Homeowners reminded not to block furnace vents with snow
Little Falls Evening Times - Little Falls, NY, USA
Carbon monoxide poisoning is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, invisible gas. ...

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
KFDX-TV - Wichita Falls, TX, USA
hospital. The Dallas County Medical Examiner identified her as 36-year-old Anna Marie Stubbs. Investigators say. she was visiting relatives with her two ...

Preventative measures against carbon monoxide can save lives
Military News - http://community.emeraldcoast.com
Every year in America, unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning claims more than 500 lives and sends another 15000 people to hospital emergency rooms for treatment. Although the popularity of carbon monoxide alarms has grown in recent ...

Law fights carbon monoxide
Cincinnati Enquirer - Kentucky - http://news.enquirer.com
Covington might adopt an ordinance requiring all new homes that use natural gas to install carbon monoxide detectors.

1 dead, 5 injured in apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
WFAA (subscription) - Dallas, TX, USA
"They had noted they had a high level of carbon monoxide poisoning in their blood system," said Annette Ponce, Dallas Fire-Rescue. ...

Building where men killed by carbon monoxide to reopen
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh, NC, USA
WILSON, NC -- The plant in Wilson where two men were killed from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning has reopened. Ethan Jones and Melton Johnson worked for ...

Five in house overcome by carbon monoxide
Cantonrep.com: Local News, Regional... - http://www.cantonrep.com/
CANTON Five people went to the hospital after carbon monoxide was detected in a rental house Saturday night, the Fire Department reported. Three adults and two children were taken to Mercy Medical Cen...


Saturday-Monday, February 17-19, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Cold creates carbon monoxide threat
WCLO Local News - RSS - http://wclo.com
An increase in carbon monoxide poisoning reports in Beloit is blamed on furnaces working overtime in below-zero temperatures, but warmer weather this week does not reduce the threat.

TTC to accept rap for ‘wake-up call’
Toronto Star - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More than a year since nearly dying of carbon monoxide poisoning in a subway tunnel, TTC worker Jason Iamundo is still suffering the effects. ...

Family Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide
CBS 11 - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA
In searching for the cause of the sickness, the Dallas Fire Department ran carbon monoxide tests. Initial results showed no traces of the poisonous gas in ...

Four siblings poisoned by carbon monoxide
Today's Zaman - Istanbul, Turkey
In Gaziantep, a poisonous gas leak from a heating stove killed 4 siblings sleeping in the same room. Located in Eydibaba neighborhood, Halil (25), ...

Carbon Monoxide Leak At Green Mill Hospitalizes 15
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
A carbon monoxide leak at a Green Mill restaurant in Shoreview, Minn. led to the hospitalization of 15 people Saturday evening. ...

Lack of safety measures
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta, India
In the last couple of years, sudden and tragic deaths, mostly in bathrooms, have been linked to carbon monoxide poisoning caused as a result of using these ...

TWO DEAD FROM CARBON MONOXIDE IN NORTH CAROLINA
KPVI-TV - Pocatello, ID, USA
WILSON, NC (AP) -- Two workers are dead from exposure to carbon monoxide at an aerospace plant in North Carolina. Officials say the victims were working on ...

Benefit Held for Carbon Monoxide Tragedy
KOMU-TV - Colombia, MO, USA
HALLSVILLE - A fundraiser was held Saturday in Hallsville for four-year-old Deja McDermott who lost her mother and two siblings to carbon monoxide poisoning ...

Health experts work to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
KOMO - Seattle, WA, USA
National health experts say they're concerned the federal government is ignoring the potentially deadly problem of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Outages lead to carbon monoxide poisonings, fires
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD, USA
Three people who used a charcoal grill indoors to keep warm were hospitalized with severe carbon monoxide poisoning last night as the county continued to ...

Carbon Monoxide Threat
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando, FL, USA
With temperatures dipping at or below freezing tonight, Central Floridians are firing up the heat, but carbon monoxide can be a problem seeping into homes ...

Carbon monoxide sends five to hospitals
Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA, USA
CHAMBERSBURG - Carbon monoxide poisoning likely sent five Chambersburg residents to three different hospitals Thursday afternoon. ...

3 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD, USA
Three adults were rushed to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center last night for carbon monoxide poisoning, an Annapolis Fire Department spokesman said today. ...

Preventative measures against carbon monoxide can save lives
EmeraldCoast.com - Sandestin, FL, USA
Every year in America, unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning claims more than 500 lives and sends another 15000 people to hospital emergency rooms for ...

CO Scare Evacuates A Building In Jamaica Plain
WBZ-TV Boston - New England's... - http://wbztv.com/local
A carbon monoxide scare sent several people in Jamaica Plain to the hospital. Firefighters were called to the Bromley Heath housing project just before 1 am Friday. A faulty furnace in the basement was apparently leaking carbon monoxide ...


Friday, February 16, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

No warning of deadly carbon monoxide gas
Times Herald-Record - Middletown, NY, USA
Cornwall — The elderly couple found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday had no detector for the odorless gas that killed them. ...

Heavy snow accumulation leads to carbon monoxide emergencies
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington, VT, USA
UPDATE: Seven additional people are being treated this morning at Fletcher Allen Health Care for carbon monoxide poisoning, according to hospital spokesman ...

Carbon Monoxide: The Invisible Killer
WXIX - Cincinnati, OH, USA
Actually, some homes have carbon monoxide detectors that don't work. Maybe the batteries have died or maybe the detectors go off, but people don't act ...

Gas generators sicken 8 people
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA
Gasoline-powered generators pumped high levels of carbon monoxide Wednesday into two homes in Clermont County, injuring eight people. ...

Death Toll Rising Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Portable ...
DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog - http://injurylaw.reganfirm.com/
By jlawson@reganfirm.com (Regan Zambri & Long)
The death toll from carbon monoxide (CO) associated with power generators has been steadily rising in recent years. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a warning concerning this issue. The CPSC found that "[A]t ...

Carbon Monoxide is a Serious Threat
whiznews.com :: Local / Regional News - http://www.whiznews.com
A Somerset couple and their neighbor are lucky to be alive this afternoon, after a carbon monoxide poisoning early this morning. The family of Willard Wagner and a neighbor were without power and had...

Family taken to hospital after discovering dangerous fumes in home
EagleTribune.com, North Andover,... - http://www.eagletribune.com
HAVERHILL - Two adults and four children were taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon after a faulty heating unit at 104 Portland St. emitted enough carbon monoxide to cause a CO detector to sound.

Vermont begins to dig out
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com
Hospitals treated victims of carbon monoxide poisoning as homeowners and highway crews battled massive drifts of snow Thursday after a ferocious nor'easter walloped Vermont with the heaviest 24-hour snowfall in the state's history.

Detecting carbon monoxide
Cambridge Times - Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
It was our carbon monoxide detector. We've had it for eight to 10 years. We had plugged it in and never really given it a second thought. ...

Carbon Monoxide Sickens 19
Hartford Courant - Hartford, CT, USA
NEWINGTON - -- Nineteen people experienced symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday after a heating unit in their office building broke down and ...

Gas poison fear as man found dead
Scotsman - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
POLICE are investigating the death of a man suspected to have suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning at a caravan site in East Lothian. ...


Thursday, February 15, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

HSE issues carbon monoxide warning as it takes over Reading ...
Contract Journal - UK
The carbon monoxide is believed to come from a generator, which was being run inside a steel storage container. Contrary to some reports at the time of the ...

Officials report no major safety issues related to storm
Towanda Daily Review - Towanda, PA, USA
Skip Roupp, deputy emergency management director, said that one fire call — involving possible carbon monoxide poisoning — was reported on Wednesday, ...

Youths help install smoke detectors
Miami Herald - FL, USA
Firefighters and volunteers from a youth organization installed dozens of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in the homes of residents on Saturday. ...

Senator's death triggers calls for smoke, carbon monoxide alarms
By chron.com, MySA.com
Texas lawmakers soon will debate legislation that would require all family homes built after Jan. 1, 2008, to come equipped with both smoke detectors and a carbon monoxide alarm. Older homes that go on the market for sale also...

Carbon monoxide poisoning kills elderly Cornwall couple
Times Herald-Record - Middletown, NY, USA
Cornwall - An elderly couple found dead in their Perry Road home yesterday were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a malfunctioning gas heater, ...

Carbon Monoxide, Crafty Killer, Spreads Quickly
Carbon Monoxide, Crafty Killer, Spreads QuicklyKIROtv.com - Seattle, WA, USA
SEATTLE -- Local doctors are calling it the worst epidemic of carbon monoxide poisoning in the history of the United States. ...

Selecting The Right Carbon Monoxide Detector
WBZ-TV Boston - New England's... - http://wbztv.com/consumer
As temperature go down this winter, thermostats go up. More heat means higher chances of deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. And people may not be taking all the possible steps to protect their homes and loved ones. More Special Reports.

Family Hospitalized For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WXIX - Cincinnati, OH, USA
All were exposed to what officials say is carbon monoxide gas and all five were taken to University Hospital. We are working on this story and will bring ...

Hotel in SouthPark evacuated for carbon monoxide 4:31 PM
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte, NC, USA
The Charlotte Marriott South Park Hotel was temporarily evacuated for about 90 minutes this afternoon when high carbon monoxide levels were discovered in ...

Madla's widow pushes fire detector bill in Austin
San Antonio Express - San Antonio, TX, USA
If Texas passes the Frank Madla Act, it will be one of the few states in the country to require both a smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarm in private ...


Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

More help needed on poison gas safety
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield, England, UK
GAS suppliers and mortgage and insurance companies are being urged to fund a nationwide campaign about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Air testing equipment to reduce liability
Manufacturing Info - http://businessknowledgesource.com/manufacturing/
By DF
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, invisible, yet potentially deadly gas that's produced wherever there's ... Low-level carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning often goes unrecognized, since its symptoms resemble those of flu and colds. ...

Carbon monoxide fells 4 women in Ansonia
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport, CT, USA
ANSONIA — Four women had to be evacuated from a Sixth Street home early Tuesday morning after a car left running in the garage pumped carbon monoxide into ...

WA Carbon Monoxide
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima, WA, USA
Police found a man unconscious inside the car yesterday and medics treated him for carbon monoxide poisoning. He had driven from out of state overnight and ...

Rinnai heaters in CO incidents unchecked
The Japan Times - Japan
Carbon monoxide poisonings involving Rinnai Corp.'s gas water heaters may have occurred because the appliances were not checked for lengthy periods, ...


Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide leak relocates Jenkins Hall classes to different ...
MU The Parthenon (subscription) - Huntington, WV, USA
Anxiety rose for many when rumors filled the air of a gas and carbon monoxide leak in Jenkins Hall Friday. The leak was quickly determined to be coming from ...

Carbon Monoxide Safety Resource
Medialink - http://media.medialink.com/
(UL), a world leader in product safety testing and certification, encourages you to help your viewers, listeners or readers learn more about the deadly effects of carbon monoxide (CO), as well as the importance of CO alarms and tips to ...

Workers Evacuated, Sent to Hospital From Carbon Monoxide
ABC30.com - Fresno, CA, USA
02/12/2007 - A carbon monoxide release at a Clovis packing house sent eight people to the hospital over the weekend. Clovis fire teams found the dizzy ...

Poorly parrot helped save family’s lives
Scotland Courier - Dundee, Scotland, UK
A FIFE FAMILY told yesterday of how their pet parrot saved their lives as their home filled with deadly carbon monoxide fumes. Already groggy from the gas, ...

No further illness reported after carbon monoxide scare at Target
Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT, USA
BETHEL — No one has become ill since Target reopened Saturday following a 3-hour evacuation of the store because of high carbon monoxide readings, ...


Saturday-Monday, February 10-12, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide fears over death
BBC News - UK
A man has died and a woman has been taken to hospital suffering from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Ambulance and fire crews were called to a house in ...

Jury: carbon monoxide cause of three deaths
News from www.pekintimes.com - http://www.pekintimes.com/
Times staff writer PEKIN A coroner s jury ruled Thursday that the deaths of three individuals from Tazewell County were related to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Carbon monoxide fears close Bethel Target
Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT, USA
BETHEL — The Target store on Route 6 in Bethel was closed at 1:30 pm Saturday when four employees were suspected of having carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Japanese Manufacturer Investigating Carbon Monoxide Deaths
Manufacturing.net - Rockaway, NJ, USA
Last year, the government announced that Paloma Ltd.'s water heaters were linked to 28 carbon monoxide poisoning cases reported in Japan between 1985 and ...

Deadly gas drives seniors from homes
SalemNews.com, Salem, MA--News - http://www.salemnews.com
PEABODY - Dozens of senior citizens were forced out of their public housing complex last night after firefighters detected carbon monoxide at concentrations 15 times higher than the level considered safe.

Epidemiology of severe carbon monoxide poisoning in children ...
Safetylit: Age: Infants and Children - http://www.safetylit.org/
OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of severe pediatric CO poisoning cases treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) to determine key features that might aid prevention efforts. DESIGN: Using data on 250 consecutive children treated ...

Gee's Bend sews history into quilts
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville, IL, USA
Q. I have two carbon monoxide/smoke detectors in my one-story house, which has no basement. One is above the furnace room door and the other is by the side ...

Detectors, maintenance checks can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh, WI, USA
Residents can reduce their risk of spending time in an emergency room with a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning if they perform a simple set of ...

Three hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
Villages Daily Sun - The Villages, FL, USA
LADY LAKE — Three volunteers with the tornado recovery efforts in Lady Lake were hospitalized Thursday morning after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning, ...

Carbon monoxide - its a deadly responsibility straight talking for ...
Media Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
The recent death of two young children on holiday in Corfu has brought carbon monoxide poisoning into the headlines again but every year around 30 people ...

Monoxide leaks at Auburn child care
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
AUBURN – About 20 children were unharmed Thursday after a furnace leaked carbon monoxide at an Auburn church child-care center. ...


Friday, February 9, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide claims worker's life
WKYC-TV - Cleveland, OH, USA
The carbon monoxide from the heater and improper ventilation apparently killed him. In 2005, 64 people died in the United States from CO poisoning from ...

OC Passes CO Ordinance As Legislature Introduces Bill
The Dispatch - Ocean City, MD, USA
02/08/2007 OCEAN CITY – The final step in ensuring the safety of Ocean City residents from the deadly effects of carbon monoxide came on Monday night during ...

Carbon Monoxide Scare in Dakota Dunes
KTIV - Sioux City, IA, USA
Filled the house with carbon monoxide.” Mid-American determined the problem not to be gas but carbon monoxide... which can kill if consumed for too long.

Furnace Can Cause Risk Of Carbon Monoxide
10TV - Columbus, OH, USA
As furnaces and heaters are working overtime this week, they may be exposing you to the potentially deadly threat of carbon monoxide. ...

Beware Of Carbon Monoxide Dangers
CBS 5 - Green Bay - Green Bay, WI, USA
(WFRV) GREEN BAY The Green Bay Fire Department would like to remind everybody about the dangers of Carbon Monoxide in the home. ...

Carbon monoxide detector saved family's life
13abc.com - Toledo, OH, USA
A check of the family's old carbon monoxide detector mistakenly showed it was working, but still Alyson Wilson knew something wasn't right. ...

Monoxide threat nothing to sniff at
The Saginaw News - Saginaw, MI, USA
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that results from incomplete combustion of fuels. During 2001-2003, the latest period for which ...


Thursday, February 8, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Lynn Family Survives Carbon Monoxide Scare With Video
WBZ-TV Boston - New England's... - http://wbztv.com/local
Two members of a Lynn family are lucky to be alive tonight after a carbon monoxide scare. Something went wrong with the heating system in their home, causing the house to fill up with the poisonous gas. More Local News.

Resident Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Westport Now - Westport, CT, USA
Firefighters arriving on the scene found heavy smoke because of a furnace malfunction and carbon monoxide levels exceeding 120 parts per million on the ...

Carbon Monoxide Scare In Pemberton
WMDT - Salisbury, MD, USA
If not carbon monoxide is going to enter the house and you'll have a very good cause of poisoning your family." Merritt adds that, just like smoke ...

Carbon monoxide scare at HF senior citizen complex
Carbon monoxide scare at HF senior citizen complexGlens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls, NY, USA
HUDSON FALLS -- A furnace problem caused high carbon monoxide readings this morning at the Earl Towers seniors high-rise brought firefighters and emergency ...

OC Approves Carbon Monoxide Detectors
WJZ - Baltimore, MD, USA
(AP) OCEAN CITY, Md. The Ocean City Town Council has approved an ordinance requiring that carbon monoxide detectors be installed in some buildings. ...

State lays down law on carbon monoxide alarms
Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau, AK, USA
But potentially fatal carbon monoxide may be seeping out of the appliances that keep many Juneau residents warm. Since Jan. 1, 2005, state law has required ...

Benefit to help family of carbon monoxide victims
News from www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com - http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/
KIRKSVILLE - To help offset burial costs for the mother and two children who died with five others in a Kirksville duplex Dec. 17, 2006, family and friends have organized a benefit at the Moose Lodge Sunday from noon until 6 pm.


Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Man found dead in barn died from carbon monoxide
Journal Times Online - Racine, WI, USA
A 77-year-old man who died in a barn along with 25 head of cattle and a dog was a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Tuesday. ...

Carbon monoxide sickens 5 in Albany
Albany Times Union - Albany, NY, USA
ALBANY - Emergency crews responded to an Elk Street house this morning after five people there were stricken by carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Carbon monoxide detectors required in homes
Woodstock Independent - Woodstock, IL, USA
1, requires the owner of any building to install carbon monoxide detectors within 15 feet of all rooms used for sleeping. ...

Cold brings carbon monoxide danger
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI, USA
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a hazard of cold weather. Furnaces can malfunction, such as in Bladorns' case. Vents can plug, sending the gas back into the ...

Senate OKs bill to require carbon monoxide detectors
Roanoke Times - Roanoke, VA, USA
It requires the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development establish regulations requiring the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in ...

Alternative Heating Sources Can Cause Deadly Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
eMaxHealth - Health News - http://www.emaxhealth.com
State health officials warned Coloradans not to cut corners to heat their homes by using alternative heating sources.


Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide sickens three
Cincinnati Enquirer - Local News - http://news.enquirer.com
Two adults and one child were rushed today to separate hospitals with possible carbon monoxide poisoning after lethal levels of the odorless gas were found in their Greenhills home, authorities said.

Dunn County Barn Death
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire, WI, USA
It appears carbon monoxide killed a 77 year old farmer, his dog and 25 head of cattle. It happened Monday afternoon in the town of Wilson, near the county ...

Red Cross Warns of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KCRG - Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Last year carbon monoxide from her heating and cooling system filled the home the same night her two nieces were sleeping over. ...

TTC faces charges over carbon monoxide poisoning
Inside Toronto - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has charged the TTC and two transit supervisors after eight maintenance workers suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in a ...

Faulty Furnace Closes HeadStart Program
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH, USA
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH, USA

What You Need To Know About Carbon Monoxide
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
It seems like we often hear about the dangers of carbon monoxide after someone dies. In Minnesota for every person who has died from carbon monoxide ...


Saturday-Monday, February 3-5, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Don't start car in garage
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
That's the message the Burlington Fire Department wants to share after receiving several emergency responses related to carbon monoxide alarms. ...

Brother of late Georgian prime minister demands new investigation ...
International Herald Tribune - France
3, 2005, death was caused by carbon monoxide, as an earlier Georgian investigation had concluded. Authorities said an improperly ventilated gas heater was ...

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: The Warning Signs [video]
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
(WCCO) For each person who dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Minnesota, 18 others are sickened by the gas. Hennepin County Medical Center has treated 19 ...

Family member has nose for heroics
Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA
And the carbon monoxide detector raced down the hall, dashed outside, ran in circles in the snow and would not come back in. With today's models, of course, ...

The silent killer: Cold is not the only danger in the winter ...
Hornell Evening Tribune - Hornell, NY, USA
Although no one was injured at either of these scenes, even one sick person is too many with carbon monoxide - because even a small amount can be fatal. ...

Smoke detector ordinance could be approved
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - Seguin, TX, USA
Schwenn brought up the idea of requiring all homes and businesses to install a smoke detector and/or carbon monoxide detector during the December council ...

Carbon Monoxide Awareness
KTVO - Kirksville, MO, USA
(Kirksville) Following the deaths of seven Kirksville residents there has been a raised awareness of the seriousness of carbon monoxide. ...

Diligence with appliances cuts carbon monoxide risk
Robertson County Times - TN, USA
A colorless, odorless, toxic gas produced by the incomplete combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, carbon monoxide can be present when appliances ...

Covington Woman May Have Died From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH, USA
A Friday autopsy may confirm that a woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning in her Covington apartment this week. The woman was found in a home along West ...

Threat shuts courthouse for 3rd day
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge, LA, USA
FRANCISVILLE — Authorities closed the West Feliciana Parish Courthouse again Friday after monitors registered abnormally high readings of carbon monoxide in ...

Carbon monoxide sent Denver family of three to hospital
FireRescue1 - San Francisco, CA, USA
DENVER — A small charcoal grill being used to heat the home of a Denver family is suspected as the source of carbon monoxide poisoning that sent a toddler ...

Carbon monoxide leak blamed on restaurant's charcoal burner
Daily News Tribune - Waltham, MA, USA
WALTHAM - Lethal levels of carbon monoxide from a Moody Street restaurant built up and seeped into upstairs apartments early this morning, setting off an ...

Avoid Carbon Monoxide Detector Mistakes
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
(WCCO) In the past five years, 140 people in Minnesota have died from carbon monoxide poisoning. More alarming than that is the fact that 2635 people had to ...


Friday, February 2, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide suspected in death
Cincinnati Post - OH, USA
The air inside contained 1000 parts per million of carbon monoxide, a ratio "inconsistent with sustaining life," Covington Fire Department Battalion Chief ...

The Heat is on for Home Fires and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risks ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
Because home heating fires and carbon monoxide poisoning spike during the winter months, both organizations have teamed up to provide critical home heating ...

Carbon monoxide sent family of three to hospital
Rocky Mountain News - Denver, CO, USA
A small charcoal grill being used to heat the home of a Denver family is suspected as the source of carbon monoxide poisoning that sent a toddler and his ...

2 die of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
CBS 21 - Harrisburg, PA, USA
(AP) - Police say the deaths of two people in a suburban Philadelphia home this week was an apparent case of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...


Thursday, February 1, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide claims 2 area lives
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Police said that in separate incidents - one in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, and the other in Philadelphia - carbon monoxide, a colorless and ...

Carbon Monoxide Still a Threat to Those Letting Property
Letting News - UK
Hopefully you will not have been able to avoid the advertisements about Carbon Monoxide deaths this year - it is still a killer and many people do not ...

Carbon monoxide sends 5 to hospital
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD, USA
Five people were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday morning after a malfunctioning furnace filled a Ferndale home with the ...

Reports Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In AACO
WJZ - Baltimore, MD, USA
People in the house called 911 because the carbon monoxide alarm was going off, and five people in the house felt sick. The fire department responded and ...