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Caution – Mind Your Sensor!
Carbon monoxide detectors expire despite operative power sourceThe party wound down around midnight May 27, 2007 at Sawbill Canoe Outfitters in northern Minnesota. Bonfires were put out. Camp counselors moseyed back to their cabins. Little did they know, it was the last time they would see their co-worker, David Bodeau.The next morning, the 19-year...
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Three Killed When A Generator Leaks Co
Three killed by carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in Baltimore. Baltimore County officials say that three people were found dead on board a cabin cruiser. Authorities responded to reports of unconscious individuals and found two women and a man dead inside their 30ft cabin cruiser.Carbon monoxide meters showed the level of the deadly gas to be 30 parts...
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CPSC – Kidde Safety Announce Recall Of Carbon Monoxide Alarms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Kidde Safety, of Mebane, N.C., is voluntarily recalling about 1 million carbon monoxide alarms, including 650,000 Nighthawks and 350,000 Lifesavers. The Lifesaver models could alarm late or not alarm at all, and the Nighthawk models could alarm late. These...
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Carobon Monoxcide Is Winters Silent Killer
Five hundred Americans die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning. It’s estimated that 15,000 people are treated at hospital emergency rooms for the condition.CNN Medical Correspondent Judy Fortin learned more about it from Dr. Howard Frumkin of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Fortin: What is carbon monoxide?Frumkin: Carbon...
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Private homes need CO guidance
More than half of homeowners and private renters in England and Wales would take a tradesperson’s advice about which type of carbon monoxide (CO) alarm to buy, according to a recent survey conducted by YouGov for Honeywell.Seventy-six percent of respondents said they would follow the tradesperson’s recommendation, while the same percentage...
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