CO News October 2005

Carbon Monoxide is Everybody’s Business

Monday October 31, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in man's death
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK (AP) _ Investigators suspect that carbon monoxide killed an 84-year-old man found dead in the Bronx on Monday. The body ...

Family Saved From Carbon Monoxide
WXIA-TV - NE Atlanta,GA,USA
Fire officials say a Riverdale family is lucky to be alive, after all eight members were overcome by carbon monoxide Sunday morning. ...

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

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Home | CDC APRHB
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Checklist for the Prevention of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning ...

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

Carbon monoxide bill needs Romney's OK
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
Now, in a long-overdue move, state legislators have sent to the governor's desk a bill that would also require carbon monoxide detectors in all residences. ...

Thursday October 27, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

Four found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK (AP) _ Four people were found dead in Harlem Thursday night and fire department officials suspect carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Tragedy 'caused by carbon monoxide'
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... of a retired couple and their five-year-old great grandson have revealed that the provisional cause of the deaths is carbon monoxide poisoning, police said ...

Carbon monoxide sends three to hospital
KOB-TV - Albuquerque,NM,USA
Three family members were taken to a hospital Thursday morning after becoming ill inhaling carbon monoxide. Albuquerque Fire Department ...

6 workers sickened after inhaling carbon monoxide at Narita ...
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
NARITA -- Six workers were slightly sickened Thursday after inhaling carbon monoxide at a coffee shop at Narita Airport that they were renovating, police said. ...

Carbon monoxide menace
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... hot line, the message was clear: Get out of the house. "She said if we didn't have fevers, it could be carbon monoxide poisoning.". ...

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

Carbon monoxide poisoning risk increases during fall, winter
Gaylord Herald Times - Gaylord,MI,USA
ROYAL OAK - As the heating season begins, Consumers Energy urges customers to protect themselves against carbon monoxide (CO), a toxic gas that is colorless ...

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

Carbon Monoxide Kills Ossian Man
WANE - Ft Wayne,IN,USA
(Ossian, Ind.-AP) A coroner has ruled that the carbon monoxide death of a 30-year-old northeast Indiana man was accidental. 33-year ...

California children found dead due to carbon monoxide
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
... Two young children were found dead in the back of their parent's pickup truck in Bakersfield, California, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS
WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Leigh Todd was pregnant with twins when there was a carbon monoxide leak from her furnace. "We were told later that if we had not ...

David Bagwell, 30, Dies, 4 More Overcome by Carbon Monoxide in ...
Bluffton News Banner - IN, USA
at Ossian's west end is the location of Saturday's carbon monoxide fatality -- reported to have been from a generator run in the basement to enable heat ...

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

Two children die from carbon monoxide poisoning
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA
According to the Sheriff's Department, brother and sister, five-year-old Jawonn West and one- year-old Eiyana Washington and an unnamed 10-year-old sibling ...

Carbon monoxide claims 1 in Ossian
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
A 30-year-old man died and five other people were found unconscious early Saturday because of carbon monoxide poisoning in an Ossian house that had been using ...

Device warns Milton man of carbon monoxide danger
Janesville Gazette - Janesville,WI,USA
... It was a carbon monoxide detector that was reading 200 parts per million. ... "You may only need a carbon monoxide detector once in your life," Heisz said. ...

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

Officials: New carbon monoxide detector law saves five
Boston Globe - United States
KILLINGTON, Vt. --Vermont's new carbon monoxide detector law saved the lives of five people staying in a condominium last week, officials said. ...

Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide Gas
KIROtv.com - Seattle,WA,USA
... home. It's carbon monoxide gas, and hundreds die from it every year. You can't smell it, but a carbon monoxide detector can. David ...

Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide
CBS4 - Boston,USA
Most deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning occur in fall and winter. ... That�s why fire safety experts say it�s important to have a carbon monoxide detector. ...

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

Two Hospitalized with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WTOP - Washington,D.C.,USA
BETHESDA, Md. - Two women are recovering after their Bethesda home filled with carbon monoxide late Tuesday morning. Montgomery ...

Workers overcome by carbon monoxide fumes
WLS - Chicago,IL,USA
Officials said carbon monoxide fumes may be to blame for the incident at 370 N. Morgan. ... It is not clear what caused the carbon monoxide to leak.

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

Carbon monoxide: A silent killer at home
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA
Along with the cooler weather comes an increase in the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a colorless, odorless gas. ...

Carbon monoxide a serious threat
Bowling Green News - Bowling Green,OH,USA
But have any of us thought about the dangers of that gas furnace? If you haven't thought about it -- get a carbon monoxide detector. ...

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

Owning a carbon monoxide detector could be a life saver
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
It would be better if we dealt at the source with carbon monoxide -- that odorless, colorless yet potentially deadly gas that results from burning wood ...

Be aware of carbon monoxide symptoms
Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... This killer is carbon monoxide (CO) - yes, the colorless, odorless, lethal gas that comes from your car's exhaust. ... So how did carbon monoxide find access? ...

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

Bank evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
The News-Review - Roseburg,OR,USA
SUTHERLIN: Elevated levels of carbon monoxide inside a Sutherlin bank prompted firefighters to evacuate the building Wednesday afternoon. ...

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

Carbon Monoxide Detector Advocate Praises New Law
Caledonian Record - VT, United States
During a ceremony at the Three Fields in St. Johnsbury, Wednesday evening, carbon monoxide detector advocate Ginger Aldrich presented representatives of St. ...

Sutherlin bank evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
The News-Review - Roseburg,OR,USA
Elevated levels of carbon monoxide inside a Sutherlin bank prompted firefighters to evacuate the building this afternoon. Sutherlin ...

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

PLEASE NOTE:

There are some very good recommendations in today’s article. However the carbon monoxide alarms recommended along side the article do not have the level of accuracy required to protect all people. Individuals with heart and respiratory difficulties will need better protection. Pregnant women, infants and small children will need better protection. People of all ages may need better protection. Please consider the use of CO Experts Model 2004 for use in your home and building. It has accuracy not available in the UL 2034 Listed CO Alarm Detectors that utilize some other sensor technology besides electrochemical or infrared science. Thank you from COSA (Carbon Monoxide Safety Association.

Faulty furnaces pose carbon monoxide poisoning danger
Fond du Lac Reporter - Fond du Lac,WI,USA
... But what many forget is the danger of an odorless and sightless killer -- carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning -- resulting from clogged furnaces, faulty detectors ...

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

Carbon monoxide poisoning traced to family's furnace
Fond du Lac Reporter - Fond du Lac,WI,USA
A Fond du Lac family was being treated at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee for carbon monoxide poisoning they suffered at their home on Sunday. ...

Carbon monoxide detectors a must
24 Hours Vancouver - Canada
... Furnaces are often a source of deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. ... Across Canada dozens of people die from carbon monoxide poisoning every year. ...

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

Carbon monoxide kills quietly
Big Bear Valley News - Big Bear Lake,CA,USA
BIG BEAR LAKE- Your local fire departments want you to know that carbon monoxide poisoning is responsible for thousands of deaths each year. ...

Massachusetts House puts public safety first, unanimously approves ...
Stoughton Journal - Needham,MA,USA
... announced that the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation last week requiring the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in ...

CDC reports Katrina-related carbon monoxide deaths
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
Federal health officials in Atlanta say Hurricane Katrina's death toll included at least five people who died from carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

Pinckneyville woman's death believed to be linked to carbon ...
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
... He noted that although both were sick, no one had any reason to suspect anything like carbon monoxide poisoning as it's an odorless gas. ...

Thursday October 6, 2005 Bacharach's Daily Message: Carbon Monoxide Safety is Everybody's Business.

CDC Blames Carbon Monoxide for 5 Deaths
ABC News - USA
... The deaths were among 51 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning reported in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama following the storm, according to the federal ...

Carbon monoxide: The invisible killer
Nanton News - Nanton,Alberta,Canada
Nanton News -- If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times: I don't have to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning in my home because I'll ...

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

School Closes As Officials Track Carbon Monoxide Leak
7Online.com - New York,NY,USA
... New Jersey -WABC, October 5, 2005) - A school in Edison, New Jersey remains closed as investigators try to track down the source of a carbon monoxide leak. ...

Couple barely beats carbon monoxide
Cochrane Times - Cochrane,Alberta,Canada
... warning and can be fatal, and a cautionary incident last week is prompting Cochrane Fire and EMS to remind people about the danger of a carbon monoxide leak in ...

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

Carbon monoxide is blamed as Edison school is evacuated
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
Our Lady of Peace school in Edison was evacuated yesterday after students began complaining of headaches and abdominal pain caused by carbon monoxide poisoning ...

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

Sixth person dies after carbon monoxide poisoning at apartment
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
BEAUMONT, Texas The death toll from a family's use of a generator inside their Beaumont apartment after Hurricane Rita has risen to six. ...

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

Sixth person dies after carbon monoxide poisoning at apartment
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Officials said they were overcome by carbon monoxide from a generator that was running inside the apartment and providing them with electricity in the ...

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

Carbon monoxide: Three were overcome by the gas in SLC this week ...
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Three people were hospitalized this week in Salt Lake City for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty furnace - a hazard health and emergency services ...

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Hurricane-Associated Use of ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
1 After the hurricanes, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) investigated six deaths in Florida attributed to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning (CPSC ...