carbon monoxide

In no way am I being dramatic when I say a carbon monoxide detector saved the life of my 3-week-old son.

Two tragedies this week where families may have misused generators or heaters that emitted deadly levels of carbon monoxide is creating more awareness of this dangerous poison.

Authorities say carbon monoxide may be responsible for the deaths of a young mother and her daughter who were found in a northern New Jersey home.

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — Utility regulators and police are trying to determine what could have been done to prevent the deaths of a man and his seven children who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a portable generator after their home's power had been disconnected.

PASSAIC (AP) -- Carbon monoxide killed two people in a recording studio at a converted factory building and sickened a dozen others, authorities said.

Each year, over 400 people die nationwide due to carbon monoxide (CO) exposure, and thousands more are injured or killed in house fires. However, only 65 percent of New Jersey residents say they have both CO and smoke detectors, as well as fire extinguishers, in their homes.