Carbon Monoxide is Everybody’s Business

Friday December 30, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

New Mass. laws include requirements for carbon monoxide detectors
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
The state will require homeowners with oil or gas heat to install carbon monoxide detectors, after passing "Nicole's Law" last fall.

Carbon monoxide kills S'Ville woman
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
SCHERERVILLE | A faulty heater for an indoor pool is being blamed for the apparent carbon monoxide poisoning death of a 56-year-old Schererville woman.

Lisbon School Clear Of Carbon Monoxide
Caledonian Record - VT, United States
After an extended Christmas break, staff and students should return Tuesday to a Lisbon Regional School clear of carbon monoxide.

Two Hyrum Men Dead from from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
She found them both in the garage. Both 50-year-old Keith Dahle and his stepson, 21-year-old Jonathan Koeven, died from carbon monoxide poisoning.


Thursday December 29, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Regulations aim to stop carbon monoxide poisoning
Upper Cape Codder - Sandwich,MA,USA
... If not, however, there's the danger that carbon monoxide, a byproduct of combustion and a potentially lethal gas, could build up.

Watch out for carbon monoxide, symptoms like flu
Richmond Review - Richmond,British Columbia,Canada
By Jeff Nagel. The BC Centre for Disease Control is urging residents to be alert to the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning this winter.

Carbon-monoxide deaths preventable
Columbus Dispatch (subscription) - Columbus,OH,USA
But along with warmth, the faulty gas furnace flooded the home with carbon monoxide. "My son was arm's-length away from me (on the couch).

Carbon monoxide sends 8 people to the hospital
Chelmsford Independent - Concord,MA,USA
Chelmsford officials have determined that carbon monoxide poisoning is what hospitalized eight people and forced the evacuation of the McCarthy Middle School.


Wednesday December 28, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Woman Possibly Poisoned by Carbon Monoxide
ABC30.com - Fresno,CA,USA
Crews tested for the possibility of carbon-monoxide poisoning, but couldn't get an accurate reading because the house had already been aired out.

A Healthy You: Carbon monoxide kills about 500 each year
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
Bruce Jensen, 52, a Utah lawyer who lived alone, died two weeks ago of carbon monoxide poisoning. There was a cracked gasket in his boiler heating system.


Monday December 26, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide curbs colitis, in mice
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's definitely not something to be tried at home, but the poisonous gas carbon monoxide can ease colon inflammation.

Warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning
WSAV-TV - Savannah,GA,USA
Local firefighters and hospital officials say every year when the weather gets colder, they have more carbon monoxide poisonings.

Pomeroy couple recounts close call with carbon monoxide
Fort Dodge Messenger - Fort Dodge,IA,USA
Carbon monoxide, they believe, has been leaking into their house since October. However, they didn't discover it until a few weeks ago.

‘Over-Insulating' Homes Increases Risk of Retaining Deadly ...
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
However, an airtight home presents the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning. ... In low concentrations, carbon monoxide may cause headaches or shortness of breath.


Sunday December 25, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Dangers Of Insulating Your Home And Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Despite these advantages, there is a major negative to making your home too airtight, it being, carbon monoxide.


Saturday December 24, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide, heaters pose winter hazards
Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA
NORTH PORT -- As the weather gets colder, residents need to be aware of the dangers of using heaters and how to prevent poisoning by carbon monoxide.


Friday December 23, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide caused girl's death in Findlay fire
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
FINDLAY - A Findlay High School senior killed in a fire at her Park Street house Tuesday died from carbon monoxide intoxication, according to Dr. Leroy.

Five people exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning
Brainerd Daily Dispatch - MN, United States
Joseph's Medical Center Thursday to be checked for carbon monoxide poisoning, reported Brainerd Fire Chief Fred Underhill.


Thursday December 22, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Disease centre issues carbon monoxide warning
Globe and Mail - Canada
Vancouver -- The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a carbon monoxide warning, especially for the elderly, pregnant women and people with heart and lung disease.


Wednesday December 21, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Recent tragedies underscore importance of precautions against ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Both lost power and died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of burning fossil fuels without adequate ventilation.

Carbon Monoxide Follow-up
WMTV - Madison,WI,USA
A contractor died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in the Village of McFarland.


Tuesday December 20, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Outage deaths raise concerns about carbon monoxide
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
The Polk County woman and her husband didn't realize it, but they were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Their room in ...

Lisbon School Battling Carbon Monoxide Levels
Caledonian Record - VT, United States
Carbon monoxide problems at the Lisbon Regional School resulted in an emergency evacuation of students and staff Monday. The New ...

The Dangers Of Carbon Monoxide Poisioning
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Carbon Monoxide is often called the silent killer because you can't smell, taste or see it. More than 500 Americans are killed by ...

Plover Kohl's Evacuates After Carbon Monoxide Scare
WSAW - Wausau,WI,USA
Those are common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. Kohl's employees evacuated everyone and called the Plover Fire Department around 10am. ...


Monday December 19, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

McFarland Family Treated In Hyperbaric Chamber For Carbon Monoxide ...
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
MCFARLAND, Wis. -- Two members of the McFarland family poisoned by carbon monoxide last week have been released from the hospital. ...

Carbon monoxide soothes inflammatory bowel disease
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... Scott Plevy and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh now show that carbon monoxide (CO), a component of cigarette smoke, helps shut down the ...

Zamboni machine blamed for carbon monoxide
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA
Authorities say the last of seven people treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after a high school hockey game at the Barrington Ice Arena were released from ...

Carbon monoxide soothes bowel disease
United Press International - USA
University of Pittsburgh researchers say it appears carbon monoxide, a component of cigarette smoke, helps shut down the intestinal inflammation that causes ...


Sunday December 18, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon Monoxide At Barrington Ice Arena Sends Seven To Hospitals
WBBM780 - Chicago,USA
BARRINGTON, Ill. -- Seven people had to be taken to hospitals last night after a carbon monoxide leak at a north suburban hockey game. ...

Carbon monoxide poisoning possibility for man's death
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Anchorage, Alaska - A man in Fairbanks is dead and carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to be the cause of death. Alaska State ...


Saturday December 17, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide poisons children in car
WSTM-TV - Syracuse,NY,USA
SYRACUSE, NY Police say two Syracuse children were rescued yesterday morning after they passed out from exposure to carbon monoxide in a running car. ...

11 people exposed to carbon monoxide
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
CLINTON: Authorities said eleven people were taken to the hospital early Friday for exposure to carbon monoxide when a cogenerator and exhaust pipe ...

Carbon monoxide detector valuable part of safety measures
Enid News & Eagle - Enid,OK,USA
By Scott Fitzgerald Staff Writer. Bridget Ciliberti recommends a life-saving Christmas gift for holiday shoppers -- a carbon monoxide detector. ...

Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning
Enid News & Eagle - Enid,OK,USA
... Since many of these symptoms are similar to those of the flu, food poisoning or other illnesses, you may not think that carbon monoxide poisoning could be the ...


Friday December 16, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... NJ (AP) _ More than 100 guests at a Holiday Inn in Hunterdon County were evacuated early Friday morning after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in ...

3 carbon monoxide victims improve
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA
McFARLAND - Three people critically injured by carbon monoxide poisoning showed improvement Friday but remained in a Milwaukee hospital. ...

Officials warn of carbon monoxide poisoning in wake of recent ...
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls,NY,USA
A day after police in Saratoga Springs responded to a possible carbon monoxide poisoning death, police, fire and power officials sounded the alarm to the ...

Hotel carbon monoxide leak sends 11 people to hospital
Bridgewater Courier News - NJ, United States
CLINTON TOWN -- Eleven people were taken to the hospital early Friday for exposure to carbon monoxide when a cogenerator and exhaust pipe malfunctioned at the ...

Brother Rescues Teens From Carbon Monoxide-Filled Home
WLWT - Cincinnati,OH,USA
WHITEWATER TWP, Ohio -- A man rescued his teenage brother and the teen's girlfriend from a mobile home filled with carbon monoxide, News 5's Sheree Paolello ...


Thursday December 15, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

McFarland Carbon Monoxide Death
WMTV - Madison,WI,USA
One person is dead and three others in the hospital after suffering Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The scene in McFarland developed ...

Carbon monoxide found in Camp Springs home
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
The Prince George's Fire Department is urging caution after carbon monoxide levels 18 times above normal were detected at a Camp Springs home, sending six ...


Wednesday December 14, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide poisoning
Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA
... Street home in Selkirk on Wednesday night. They found out later that there were elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the house. ...

Hospital Seeing Increase in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The death of a Salt Lake man from carbon monoxide poisoning has many wondering if their flu-like symptoms are more then just the flu. ...

Two Families Hit With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown,PA,USA
... It can happen within a matter of minutes...carbon monoxide poisoning. ... Lukes Hospital and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. ...


Tuesday December 13, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon Monoxide Claims Man's LIfe
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... Co-workers say the man had complained of flu-like symptoms for days, but it turns out carbon monoxide was slowly poisoning his body. ...

Attorney Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Firefighters say he was a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. ... The medical examiner determined that Jensen died from carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Carbon Monoxide Strikes Again
KFOXtv.com - El Paso,TX,USA
The number people taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning is up to 12 this year. Overnight, another person was treated, but not transported. ...

Carbon monoxide to blame for Chechen official's death
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
GROZNY, December 13 (RIA Novosti) - Carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of Chechen Security Council Secretary Rudnik Dudayev, prosecutor Valery ...


Monday December 12, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Cashmere couple in 90s dead of carbon monoxide poisoning
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Autopsies on the couple were pending, but death appeared to be from carbon monoxide poisoning, Harum said. "It appears to be an accident," Harum said. ...

One dead in carbon monoxide leak in Chisholm
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
CHISHOLM, Minn. - Authorities have identified the man killed by a carbon monoxide leak at a home in Chisholm (CHIS'-uhm) that also hospitalized three people. ...

Carbon monoxide leak, fire injure 10 firefighters
Chicago Tribune - United States
CHICAGO -- Fumes from a fire and a carbon monoxide leak at a Roscoe Village thrift store sent 10 Chicago firefighters to area hospitals Sunday night, officials ...

Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 1 Dead, Several ...
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON -- DC fire officials say a man is dead after high levels of carbon monoxide were found in a northwest DC home. Etter ...

Appliance in Chisholm home blamed in carbon monoxide death
Mesabi Daily News - Virginia,MN,USA
... Rasmussen is now in satisfactory condition. "What it does is bring oxygen to the tissues that are being starved by carbon monoxide," said Kirk Hughes of ...


Sunday December 11, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Cases On The Rise
WJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA
(WJZ) Baltimore, MD There's been an unusually large number of carbon monoxide deaths so far this year. Last weekend alone, physicians ...

Saturday December 10, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends 4 To Hospital
HomeTown channel.com - Fort Smith,AR,USA
FARMINGTON, Ark. -- An apparent carbon monoxide leak sent four people to the hospital on Friday in Farmington. Family members living ...


Friday December 9, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide fumes send man in pickup to hospital
Albany Democrat Herald - Albany,OR,USA
A 41-year-old man was taken by Life Flight to a Portland hospital Friday after he passed out from carbon monoxide fumes in the back of his pickup truck. ...


Thursday December 8, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

7 Family Members Hospitalized For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
ClickonSA.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
... ANTONIO -- Seven members of a Northeast Side family, including a newborn, were hospitalized Thursday after they were poisoned by carbon monoxide inside their ...

Families escape carbon monoxide
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... The family turned the heat back on as the girls got ready for school Thursday morning, and lethal levels of carbon monoxide gas filled the house in less than ...

Family Forced Out By Carbon Monoxide Still Has Problems
WLUC-TV - Negaunee,MI,USA
After being forced out of their house by a serious carbon monoxide leak in their Kingsford home last week, the Howorth family now has another problem. ...

Carbon monoxide monitor a must
Weekly Vista - Bella Vista,AR,USA
The Monday after Thanksgiving proved it. When the cold winds blow, we have another problem: Mainly staying warm without dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. ...


Wednesday December 7, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Matsushita to recall heaters after carbon monoxide kills two
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
said Wednesday it is recalling about 95,000 heaters sold in Japan following two carbon monoxide poisoning deaths, at a cost of as much as 20 billion yen. ...

Longtime Carbon Monoxide Eliminator for Chrysler Vehicles Re ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... catalytic converters got their name from the fact that they are designed to reduce three types of harmful engine emissions--carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and ...

Carbon monoxide sickens family
Boston Globe - United States
... They telephoned firefighters at 6:50 am and were whisked to MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, where they were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and ...

Carbon-monoxide victim was visiting friends
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
... year-old Milan, Mich., man had been visiting friends in the Green Bay area for a week before he was found dead in his car of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday ...

Six People Overcome By Carbon Monoxide Fumes
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
(CBS) CHICAGO Three children are okay Wednesday night after a carbon monoxide scare on the South Side. Firefighters say six people ...


Monday December 5, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Four Hospitalized In Possible Carbon Monoxide Leak
Channel Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA
TRENTON, Ohio -- Four people were taken to Middletown Regional Hospital as a precaution after a carbon monoxide alarm went off in their home. ...

Gainesville family's illness tied to carbon monoxide leak from ...
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... What Bybee didn't know is that carbon monoxide from a leak in her furnace was slowly poisoning her family, according to Gainesville Fire Rescue. ...

Man dies from carbon monoxide
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
The 23-year-old man found dead in his car Sunday died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what investigators are saying was most likely an accidental death. ...

Dog Helps Alert Family To Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Boston Channel.com - MA, USA
BOSTON -- A family pet may have helped alert an Ashland family to a carbon monoxide leak in their home, which sent four people to the hospital Tuesday. ...


Sunday December 4, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon Monoxide Levels Down In Denver
KJCT - Grand Junction,CO,USA
New reports show that levels of carbon monoxide in the Denver area have dropped so much that the state may end a requirement that ethanol be added to gasoline. ...

Carbon monoxide scare at local church
WTNH - New Haven,CT,USA
4, 2005 6:05 PM) _ A New Haven church was evacuated on Sunday and 11 people taken to the hospital and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

'Tis the carbon monoxide season
Wisconsin Daily Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids,WI,USA
More than 500 people die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning and 30 times that many are treated for complications of the odorless, tasteless and poisonous ...

Carbon monoxide threat seeps in
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... The Allens, their visiting adult son and his 5-year-old daughter were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning from the tasteless, odorless gas that can kill. ...


Saturday December 3, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

SoCal girl critical after family suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
LONG BEACH -- A 6-year-old girl was in critical condition Friday after she and three family members suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at their home, a ...

Travelers overcome by carbon monoxide fumes
Attleboro Sun Chronicle - Attleboro,MA,USA
FOXBORO -- Four travelers were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday after becoming dizzy when their car exhaust system broke down, filling the ...


Friday December 2, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide victims identified
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
GULFPORT - The names of Florida construction workers who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator operating inside a Gulfport townhouse were released ...

Barking Dog Saves Family From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
... DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Alan Etter said a barking dog woke up a man and woman overnight, possibly saving them carbon monoxide poisoning ...

Carbon Monoxide Prompts Apartment Evacuation
WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA
Two people were treated after they were overcome by carbon monoxide at the Sabal Palm Apartments at Raleigh Street and Kirkman Road, WESH 2 News reported. ...

FamilyTreated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
abc7.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... in extremely critical condition today, and the rest of her family was treated at a hospital after a malfunctioning heater gave them carbon monoxide poisoning. ...


Thursday December 1, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message:  Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide ruled cause of death
In-Forum (subscription) - Fargo,ND,USA
... reports are not yet done, preliminary findings by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office indicate Arndt died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Thorsen said ...

Two Mt. Lebanon residents hospitalized for carbon monoxide ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Clair Hospital yesterday morning because of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Mt. Lebanon home apparently caused by a car left running in a garage overnight. ...

Two men die from carbon monoxide
Pioneer Press Online - Glenview,IL,USA
Two Lincolnwood men died early Monday of carbon monoxide poisoning after one of them left his car running in the attached garage of their condominium building. ...

Winter brings threat of carbon monoxide poisoning
New Utah - American Fork,UT,USA
A southwest Provo couple reported the first carbon monoxide contamination of the winter after they returned home Monday night to find their carbon monoxide ...

PSA: EPA tips on protecting your family from carbon monoxide ...
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
When we use our furnaces and stoves and spend more time indoors, we are at increased risk of exposure to carbon monoxide; an odorless, colorless gas. ...