CO News - April 2007
Carbon Monoxide is Everybody’s Business
Saturday-Monday, April 28-30, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Australia under the smoke of South American wildfires
innovations report - Bad Homburg, Germany
The carbon monoxide that hangs above Australia during the wildfire season originates largely from South American and not Australian wildfires. ...
Students escape toxic gas leak
Oxford Student - Oxford, UK
Carbon monoxide is a highly toxic, colourless, odourless and tasteless gas. According to government statistics, more than 50 people die in each year from ...
EPA is Put on Legal Notice by Los Angeles Environmental Justice ...
YubaNet - Nevada City, CA, USA
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas created from the combustion or manufacturing of fuels. Carbon monoxide in high concentrations can ...
The Capitol Power Plant's Impact
Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA
The article took note of carbon monoxide emissions, but modern coal-fired power plants emit little carbon monoxide or soot. They do emit sulfur dioxide, ...
CO Poisoning Related Drownings
KCSG News - http://www.kcsg.com
Before heading to Lake Powell this summer there's an important issue you should be aware of that involves carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide concerns hit upscale Charlestown neighborhood
WHDH-TV - Boston, MA, USA
Some residents in Charlestown really wish the rain would go away as the wet weather may be behind the reoccurring carbon monoxide problems in their ...
Friday, April 27, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Carbon monoxide blamed in man's death at DeWeese
Wet Mountain Tribune - Westcliffe, CO, USA
Authorities have determined carbon monoxide caused the death of a part time transient resident last weekend. On Sunday, April 22, shortly before 2 pm Frank ...
Thursday, April 26, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Pittsburgh couple die of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning
CBS 21 - Harrisburg, PA, USA
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Allegheny County Medical Examiner says an elderly Pittsburgh couple found dead yesterday were killed by accidental carbon monoxide ...
Carbon monoxide danger to be focus of SAFE night
Howell Tri Town News - Howell, NJ, USA
“We wanted to make sure everyone in Jackson knows there is an issue with carbon monoxide and how to protect themselves,” she said. ...
Tenants Complain About Landlord After CO Leak
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
The renters said they're dealing with all kinds of problems including mold on their walls, carbon monoxide leaking from their stove and some say they ...
Carbon monoxide suspected in elderly Beechview couple's deaths
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
An elderly couple was found dead in their home this morning, apparently the victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. Don and Joanne Reese, who were in their ...
Water Heater Recall a Tankless Job
Lawyers and Settlements - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Oxnard, CA: Three brands of tankless hot water heaters have been identified as potential sources of deadly carbon monoxide emissions, prompting a voluntary ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
S. Elgin cops, firefighters face off for charity
The Courier News - Elgin, IL, USA
In addition, part of the money raised will help fund the fire district's new program to provide free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to needy seniors ...
Making Gasoline from Carbon Dioxide
MIT Technology Review - Cambridge, MA, USA
Carbon monoxide is a valuable commodity chemical that is widely used to make plastics and other products, says Clifford Kubiak, professor of chemistry at ...
WWF Black Cloud Awareness to China
Vincent Chow dot Net - http://www.vincentchow.net
The black cloud balloon reads “Drive one day less and look how much carbon monoxide you'll keep out of the air we breathe”. Just imagine how many vehicles there are on the street and how much of carbon monoxide is being produced. ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Carbon monoxide kills man
KTVA - Anchorage, AK, USA
Investigators say he died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain says Jones was last seen alive at about midnight Friday. ...
Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning traced to propane oven
OregonLive.com - Portland, OR, USA
National Forest after leaving a propane oven burning in a camp trailer where he was sleeping, authorities said today. Michael Gentis, 43, of Canyon City was ...
Carbon Gas Is Explored as a Source of Ethanol
New York Times - New York, NY, USA
The company, LanzaTech, based in Auckland, said it had developed a fermentation process in which bacteria consume carbon monoxide and produce ethanol. ...
HSE warning over gas brooders
FarmersWeekly - UK
Mr Murray added that headaches were often an early sign of exposure to carbon monoxide. by Richard Allison (About this Author)
Saturday-Monday, April 21-23, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Friday, April 20, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
CO odor evacuates city hall annex
Attleboro Sun Chronicle - Attleboro, MA, USA
ATTLEBORO - Several city workers were sent home early Thursday after elevated levels of carbon monoxide were detected in their office, Mayor Kevin Dumas ...
Carbon monoxide kills two near Joliette
940 News - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
It appears as though a couple in their 60's found dead in the home in St-Jean-de-Matha this morning appear to have died accidentally. ...
Two mechanics found dead inside a car
Hindu - Chennai, India
CHENNAI: In a case of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, two automobile mechanics were found dead in an air-conditioned car parked inside a garage at ...
Carbon monoxide fumes likely killed banker
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH, USA
SANFORD, Maine — An active member of the Rochester community died at his Maine home on Wednesday, possibly of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Thursday, April 19, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Carbon monoxide forces school's evacuation
The News Journal - Wilmington, DE, USA
A carbon monoxide buildup Tuesday morning at PS du Pont Elementary School forced officials to evacuate 804 students, moving them to another school five ...
Swedes honor Filipino who saved fellow gob
Manila Standard Today - Manila, Philippines
There, he saw a fellow Filipino lying on the floor, killed after inhaling carbon monoxide, and then the Swede who was gasping for air. ...
Carbon monoxide detectors now mandatory in OC
Delmarva Daily Times - MD, USA
OCEAN CITY — With the passage on second reading, it is now Ocean City law that all existing one- and two- family dwellings have carbon monoxide detectors. ...
New Law Is More About Awareness
FireFighting News.com - USA
Illinois - Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in homes is now a law in Illinois. Presently there is no real way to enforce the law, save for people being ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Two Iranians die from carbon monoxide poisoning
Azeri Press Agency - Azerbaijan
On April 16, two Iranians died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Baku, Interior Ministry told APA. The Iranians Esmaili Ibrahim and Abdullahi Torjama were ...
Review of carbon monoxide incident information 90 PAGE REPORT
What's new at HSE - - http://www.hsenews.com
Continuation of the established during the Joint Industry Programme (JIP) Addressing Carbon Monoxide Issues, within the Incident Data project area. The aim of this work is to identify common causes of CO incidents related to appliance ...
Who should attend home inspection?
Mortage 101 - USA
Carbon monoxide, with an atomic weight of 28, is just slightly lighter than air, whose mixture of nitrogen and oxygen has a weight of approximately 28.8. ...
Fuel Emissions Testing Could Soon Be Part Of Car Inspection
The Bahama Journal - Nassau, Bahamas
The time may soon come when drivers won’t be coughing up a storm while behind broke down, derelict vehicles which give off harmful carbon monoxide emissions ...
Saturday-Monday, April 14-16, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Carbon monoxide sickens family
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD, USA
Four members of a Northwest Baltimore family, including two children, were hospitalized yesterday after becoming ill from carbon monoxide fumes emanating ...
Cheshire Family escapes carbon monoxide
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA, USA
CHESHIRE — The Cheshire Fire Department responded to a reported carbon monoxide leak at a home Thursday night, in which detectors played a key role in ...
Friday, April 13, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
 What You Should Know To Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide
This PDF document is sized for printing on 11x17 paper.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless and colorless gas which could be created whenever a fuel such as wood, propane, natural gas, fuel oil, gasoline, coal, kerosene, or other similar fuels are burned...
Thursday, April 12, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Infant dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Walla-Walla, WA, USA
The death of a 6-month-old boy in Weston on Tuesday morning is believed to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said today. ...
Carbon monoxide and HCl suspected in fumes
Robson Valley Times - Valemount, BC, Canada
“Because some of the kids were drowsy, we would have liked to check for carbon monoxide, however it disperses quickly,” said Medd. ...
Belgium's silent killer
Expatica - Belgium
Carbon monoxide poisoning remains a worrying cause of accidental death in Belgium. We find out more. On average, 30 people a year die in Belgium from Carbon ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
S. Lebanon recognizes city chief for heroism
Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon, PA, USA
Carbon monoxide in limestone at the site was released during the blasting and seeped into the family’s basement, officials said. monoxide cannot be seen or ...
Toxic Or Hypoxic?
EMS Magazine - College Park, MD, USA
Let's look at carbon monoxide poisoning. Whether it results from a faulty fireplace or furnace flue damper or trying to stay warm during a power outage by ...
Firefighting Increases Risk Of Death From Heart Disease New Study Says
By Inedia.com (Inedia.com)
The smoke, the chemicals, carbon monoxide, the physical effort and the psychological stress come together to create an effect that lasts for 24 hours, the duration of the elevated risk period.However, in discussing the results, ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Saturday-Monday, April 7-9, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Ensuring Safety in Upstate New York
WCAX - Burlington, VT, USA
We hooked her up with some resources, including a carbon monoxide detector. It turned out her son was being exposed to carbon monoxide. ...
92 people suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in French
Focus News - Sofia, Bulgaria
Ninety-two people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heater in a hotel in Lons, in southwest France, firemen said Sunday, cited by AFP. ...
Briton warns vs stolen scuba tanks from tuna firm
Sun. Star - Philippines
A TUNA processing company has allegedly lost recently to thieves 25 scuba diving tanks containing carbon monoxide, a highly toxic gas, an owner of a diving ...
Volunteer team keeps the heat on
Appleton Post Crescent - Appleton, WI, USA
“Not only do they check the furnace, they check the smoke alarms and the carbon monoxide detectors, and put new batteries in everything,” said Kidd. ...
Carbon monxide risk prompts boiler recall
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
The company has received one report of a leak that set off a carbon monoxide alarm. The recall includes boilers with model numbers Ti100, Ti150, ...
On The Bright Side: Fire department honors boy, 8, who saved family
Oneonta Daily Star - Oneonta, NY, USA
The house had several times the normal limit of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless toxic gas. It was coming from a faulty pellet ...
Friday, April 6, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
News briefs (5th story in this grouping of News briefs)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester, NY, USA
A woman and four children were hospitalized Thursday after Rochester firefighters discovered dangerous levels of carbon monoxide at their Flower Street home ...
Housecat rouses owner from bed as carbon monoxide fills home ...
Napa Valley Register - Napa, CA, USA
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — A cat helped spare a family from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, ...
Dicon Global Inc. Warns of Potential Electrical Hazard in Carbon ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
MARKHAM, Ontario, April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dicon Global Inc. is notifying consumers that the carbon monoxide detector CO800 manufactured by ...
Alma inventor creates life-saving device
The Morning Sun - Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA
Phenix said he knew a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning when he used a generator during a power outage. Even though the generator was placed outside ...
Resort Moves Ahead With CO Mandate As State Bill Dies
The Dispatch - Ocean City, MD, USA
04/05/2007 OCEAN CITY – Although a bill looking to mandate the use of carbon monoxide detectors in certain single-family and multi-family homes across the ...
Detectors now required for carbon monoxide
Lehigh University The Brown and White - Bethlehem, PA, USA
An ordinance was passed Sunday that will require carbon monoxide detectors in all buildings in Bethlehem with fossil fuel burning appliances. ...
Out of Breath
College Times - Tempe, AZ, USA
Throughout the Valley, carbon monoxide, ozone, sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides and particulates pose potential health hazards for the active public. ...
Awareness is key to fire safety - Expert advice offered at CB10 ...
The Brooklyn Graphic - Brooklyn, NY, USA
In New York City, the only legal ones are electric, said Scarfi, who pointed out that kerosene heaters, which give off carbon monoxide, are both illegal ...
Fire dept. visits used to promote safety
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton, OH, USA
Fire department employees will go out to the home and check or install smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors on request for free. ...
Thursday, April 5, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
High carbon monoxide level measured near smoky Yonkers manhole
The Journal News.com - Westchester, NY, USA
YONKERS - Con Edison workers are responding to a smoky manhole and elevated carbon monoxide levels on Nepperhan Avenue near Elm Street. ...
NASCAR Drivers or Lab Rats?
Insider Racing News - USA
Denny Hamlin and others also complained of carbon monoxide inhalation symptoms. Despite these concerns, the COT raced again at Martinsville. ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Ruling hits global warming
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
In its first climate-change related case, the justices ruled 5-4 on Monday that carbon monoxide and other greenhouse gases qualify as air pollutants under ...
5 flee east-side duplex filled with carbon monoxide
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay, WI, USA
Some occupants of an east-side duplex were taken to hospitals this afternoon when they were overcome by carbon monoxide. Green Bay firefighters responded to ...
Students treated after dangerous carbon monoxide leak
WHDH-TV - Boston, MA, USA
Firefighters traced the source of the illness to a carbon monoxide leak in the school's cafeteria. Emergency crews treated more than a dozen students and ...
Poison fumes killed couple
Express & Star - Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK
A couple found dead on their boat in a village near Gnosall died of carbon monoxide poisoning, it was confirmed today. The deaths of Michael Tudor and his ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Family in carbon monoxide horror
Dorset Echo - England, UK
As a result she had taken a carbon monoxide tester with her and to her horror she discovered the orange dot on the credit card-sized device had turned black ...
CO Scare At The Mass. Maritime Academy
WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather... - http://wbztv.com/local
Carbon monoxide fumes sickened several cadets at the Mass. Maritime Academy in Bourne Monday night. At least three people were sent to the hospital because of the scare. Emergency crews treated several more people at the scene. ...
New Animation Warns Consumers About the Use of Carbon Monoxide to ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
“By creating the red color consumers associate with freshness, carbon monoxide makes meat appear to be fresher than it is,” said Food & Water Watch ...
First reading set for OC carbon monoxide law expansion
Delmarva Daily Times - MD, USA
OCEAN CITY — An ordinance mandating carbon monoxide detectors in all single-family dwellings will have its first reading at the Ocean City Council meeting ...
Possible CO2 death investigated Common mistake, calling CO (Carbon Monoxide) by the symbol CO2 (Carbon Dioxide).
LINCOLN HEIGHTS - A man found dead inside his home yesterday may have died from an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said today. ...
Saturday-Monday, March 31-April 2, 2007 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.
Woman, kids treated for inhaling carbon monoxide gas
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park, NJ, USA
MIDDLETOWN — Three children and a woman were treated at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on Friday for carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Family's close call inspires church to give away detectors
Flint Journal - Flint, MI, USA
In January, four members of a family that attends North End Baptist Church were rushed to the hospital when they were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in ...
Pemberton gives COT ‘A-minus’
ThatsRacin.com - USA
“It's additional heat goes into the cockpit, it’s the possibility of carbon monoxide entering the cockpit. …There were more exhaust failures than we need to ...
Poisoning sends seven to the hospital
Lebanon Western Star - Lebanon, OH, USA
HAMILTON — Seven people were taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital early this morning after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to Hamilton police ...
CO poisoning sends 6 photog to hospital
By Roger Simmons(Roger Simmons)
Orlando TV News - http://www.rogersimmons.com/tv/index.html
Scott Schroeder, a photographer for WKMG, suffered severe carbon monoxide poisoning inside a Local 6 live truck earlier this week while on assignment in Cocoa Beach. NewsBlues.com reports that Schroeder was found sitting upright in the ...
Researchers explain carbon monoxide's anti-inflammatory effects
eMaxHealth - Health News - http://www.emaxhealth.com
Study is raising the possibility for the development of new anti-inflammatory therapies, one of which may be low levels of inhaled carbon monoxide.
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