http://www.pasafehomes.org Mon, 03 May 2010 20:38:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May 3, 2010 6:53 am US/Eastern YEADON, Pa. (AP) ― A suburban Philadelphia couple were hospitalized after using a generator in their home after their electricity was cut off.Yeadon Fire Chief Mike Melazzo says a utility worker spotted the exhaust pipe while working at a neighbor's home on Sunday morning.When emergency ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/05/03/cbs3-com-ap-fire-officials-2-hospitalized-for-carbon-monoxide/ WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) ― A second woman has died as a result of a fire at an apartment complex for elderly and disabled residents in southwestern Pennsylvania.Seventy-seven-year-old Velma Morris died Wednesday at a Pittsburgh hospital of carbon monoxide poisoning and complications from smoke inhalation from the fire April 22 at ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/05/03/kdka-com-ap-2nd-woman-dies-after-pa-housing-authority-fire/ By Tribune-Review Friday, April 23, 2010 Manor police are investigating whether a 43-year-old borough woman's death was accidental because she left her car running in her garage. Police Chief George Valmassoni said the likely cause of Marina Carrick's April 11 death is carbon monoxide poisoning. Police responded to her home ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/05/03/tribune-review-carbon-monoxide-death-in-manor-under-investigation/ The Associated Press Updated: 04/06/2010 09:15:47 AM EDT ALTOONA, Pa.—Authorities in western Pennsylvania say are trying to determine if carbon monoxide from a furnace or other source killed a man and woman in their apartment. Altoona police found the bodies Monday afternoon after they were called to check on the welfare of the couple. Altoona ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/04/06/lebanon-daily-news-carbon-monoxide-probed-in-2-pa-apartment-deaths/ At least eight ambulances rushed to the Giant Food Store in Forks Township on Monday night after carbon monoxide from a tile-cutting machine affected 35 people, authorities said. Three of those exposed suffered potentially life-threatening effects, said William Carver, Forks emergency management coordinator. Forks Fire Chief Chuck Chapman ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/03/17/the-morning-call-allentown-giant-food-carbon-monoxide-crisis-affects-35-near-easton/ February 28, 2010 A New York law enacted Monday should put new impetus behind a bill Monroe County state Rep. John Siptroth, D-189, is co-sponsoring to curb accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. New York State now requires that carbon-monoxide detectors be installed in every house and apartment, both new construction and existing homes. ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/03/03/pocono-record-editorial-follow-empire-states-lead-to-curb-deadly-gas/ READING, Pa. -- Emergency officials say a Reading family suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday night. Thankfully, they realized something was wrong and called for help. If not, officials say carbon monoxide levels were high enough that the family could have died overnight. Full Story http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/02/25/69-wfmz-family-sickened-by-carbon-monoxide/ By Jessica Turnbull, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Saturday, February 13, 2010 Slips and falls sent many to the hospital last weekend, but doctors were surprised to treat 23 people for carbon monoxide poisoning at UPMC Presbyterian hospital. "Dr. Donald Yealy, chairman of emergency medicine at UPMC, told us that's more ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/02/16/pittsburgh-tribune-review-storm-related-ailments-keep-hospitals-busy/ SUGAR GROVE, Pa. (AP) - Thirty-four people are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning apparently caused by a blocked chimney in a northwestern Pennsylvania church. The adults and children who got sick were attending church services and a social hour Sunday morning at Hessel Valley Lutheran Church in Sugar Grove Township, about ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/02/08/associated-press-34-recovering-from-carbon-monoxide-at-pa-church/ Sunday, February 07, 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Attempts to keep warm using generators or other heat sources during power outages caused by heavy snowfall may have led to two deaths and more than two dozen others being sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning. Another man may have died while shoveling snow. A man and ... http://www.pasafehomes.org/2010/02/08/pittsburgh-post-gazette-two-die-two-dozen-sick-from-suspected-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/