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Inhaling low levels of CO reduces the impact of environmental stress, TAU researcher findsAccording to scientists, carbon monoxide (CO), a tasteless, colorless and odorless gas, is not only a danger to the environment but also highly toxic to human beings. Found in the exhaust of vehicles and generators, CO has been dubbed the "silent killer" because excessive inhalation is lethal, poisoning the nervous system and heart. Now, in a surprising twist, Prof. Itzhak Schnell of Tel Aviv University's Department of Geography and the Human Environment has discovered that low levels of the poisonous gas can have a narcotic effect that...

MIAMI -- Five young men who police said died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a South Florida motel room were constant companions who acted like brothers and even went shoe shopping together before Christmas so they all would have the same pair, relatives said Tuesday.

A St. Paul couple is in critical condition after being poisoned by carbon monoxide in their home on the 1000 block of Hague Avenue. The St. Paul Fire Department said the couple's son came home and found them unconscious in their bed and called 911 around 3:50 p.m. The fire department arrived and took John Nordeen, 67, and his wife, Nancy, 62, to Hennepin County Medical Center. Firefighters found 300 parts per million of carbon monoxide in the home, which is toxic. The basement of the home had more than 850 parts per million. Firefighter suspect the poisoning could've been...

San Antonio police suspect three people, who were found dead inside their home Thursday afternoon, might have been killed from carbon monoxide poisoning. Detective Raymond Roberts said a Hummer parked inside the garage was allowed to run until its fuel tank became empty. The Hummer's keys were still in the ignition when investigators arrived. Roberts said carbon monoxide poisoning could have been the cause of death because no signs of trauma were found on the bodies. It was immediately unknown if the door to the garage was left open or how the poisonous gas was able to permeate into the...

Thirty-four people were hospitalized late Tuesday with carbon monoxide poisoning after a family used a barbecue cooker inside a garage ... "This all could have been avoided if they'd had a carbon monoxide detector in their home,"

The news of a family’s death from carbon monoxide poisoning over Thanksgiving weekend may have saved the lives of a family ... A family of eight bought the last three CO detectors from a store in Frisco and installed them Sunday night. Monday morning, the family was awoken when the detectors activated... When firefighters arrived, they found the levels of CO were about 350 parts per million -- twice the toxic limit.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bush administration has violated legal deadlines for updating the nation's clean-air standards on carbon monoxide, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White told the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to follow a schedule that would allow a full scientific review, public comment and any proposed changes in the standard to take place by May 2011. The EPA had proposed a timetable that would extend through October 2012. Carbon monoxide, an odorless and invisible byproduct of incomplete combustion in auto exhaust, refinery fumes and other emissions of fossil fuels, is lethal...

Need to Know by: Bethany Stotts, December 11, 2007 With the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Subcommittee on Science and Technology reporting that the FDA “cannot fulfill its mission because its scientific base is eroded and its organizational structure is weak,” doubts about the FDA’s ability to protect the American food supply have intensified. According to the subcommittee, the FDA is “engaged in reactive regulatory priority setting or a fire-fighting regulatory posture instead of pursuing a culture of proactive regulatory science.” Dr. Laura Tarantino, Director of the Office of Food Additive Safety for the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and...

If doctors want to know if their patients smoke, they can always just ask. But researchers say there may be a better way to determine a patient’s smoking status — and at the same time provide a powerful incentive to quit. Using a simple device that lets doctors know how much carbon monoxide is in the blood, doctors can often pick out the smokers, a new study says. And they can then tell the patients much of their blood at that very moment is unable to carry oxygen. One of the researchers, Dr. Sridhar P. Reddy of St. Clair Pulmonary...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 — A New Zealand company said Monday that it had secured financing from an investor in Silicon Valley to produce ethanol from an untapped source — carbon monoxide gas. The company, LanzaTech, based in Auckland, said it had developed a fermentation process in which bacteria consume carbon monoxide and produce ethanol. Ethanol can be used as an alternative fuel or an octane-boosting, pollution-reducing additive to gasoline. Sean Simpson, LanzaTech’s co-founder and chief scientific officer, said the company would use the $3.5 million investment from the venture firm, Khosla Ventures, to establish a pilot plant and perform...

LanzaTech, the New Zealand-based developer of a process using bacterial fermentation to convert carbon monoxide into ethanol, has secured US$3.5M in Series A funding, led by Khosla Ventures and supported by two existing New Zealand based investors. The technology could produce 50 billion gallons of ethanol from the world’s steel mills alone. The technology will also contribute to the production of biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks, as it can convert syngas—comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide&mash;produced through gasification into ethanol. The funding will support further technology development, the establishment of a pilot plant, and more engineering work to prepare for...

Good Poison? Carbon monoxide may stifle multiple sclerosis Nathan Seppa Small amounts of carbon monoxide might alleviate symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a study in mice suggests. The finding may offer a treatment for MS, which strikes when a person's immune system damages the fatty sheaths that protect nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. At first glance, the approach seems fraught with problems. Carbon monoxide inhalation can be lethal. But the body makes the molecule naturally in small amounts when an enzyme called heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) breaks down a portion of the blood protein hemoglobin. That enzyme might act as...

Several Democratic members of Congress called on the U.S. health secretary to immediately ban the use of carbon monoxide to preserve the bright red color of fresh meat until the practice is proven safe, according to a letter made public on Monday. The members of the House of Representatives urged Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to order the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to repeal its earlier decision that the practice is generally safe. Leavitt should at least order an aggressive nationwide campaign to inform consumers about the practice and caution them against relying on color rather than...

(CBS 13) TURLOCK A mistake leads to a life-saving miracle for a Turlock family. A simple purchase helped the family escape a near disaster. The Sanders family went to buy a smoke alarm, but accidentally bought a carbon monoxide detector. Little did they know, it would end up saving their lives. Jason Sanders had no idea this device he bought by mistake would be the one thing that kept his family alive. “I got home and I was a little discouraged it wasn't a smoke detector my wife said to plug it in anyway, it ended up saving our lives,"...

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - An underground explosion at an Upshur County coal mine trapped 13 miners, a county emergency official said Monday.

A generator stored inside a north Beaumont apartment poisoned a sleeping family with carbon monoxide fumes early today while tempers flared among frustrated relief officials and area residents. A neighbor at the Pine Club apartment, 1515 Pine Street, found three children at 9:50 a.m., sprawled on the sidewalk gasping for air. Killed were a man, 46, a woman, 25, and three children, 7, 9 and 12. Another woman and an 8-year-old were in critical condition, according to Beaumont police Officer Carmen Apple. Carbon monoxide fumes in the house was six to seven times lethal dosage, officials at the scene said....

President takes over in Georgia Mr Zhvania played a prominent role in the Rose Revolution Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has said he is taking charge of the government following the death of his prime minister on Thursday. Zurab Zhvania, 41, was found dead in an apartment in Tbilisi, apparently poisoned by gas from a faulty heater. Officials say security guards found his body after breaking into a flat owned by friends early on Thursday. Mr Saakashvili told a crowd in Tbilisi that he was "taking responsibility for leading the executive". "I am ordering the government to return to work," he...

Wed Jan 12, 8:37 AM ET Strange News - AP READING, Pa. - A man who had a pig roast in his basement was ordered to remove propane tanks and other cooking equipment after he and 13 others got carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. Fire Marshal David A. Janiszewski said the citation issued to Rubin Cornejo, 57, does not carry a fine and added that he believes Cornejo made an honest mistake. Janiszewski said Cornejo could be fined and face further legal action if he does not remove the equipment immediately, or if he has another pig roast in his...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The elderly parents of parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic have died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at their home outside San Diego, the county medical examiner's office said. Nick Yankovic, 86, and his 81-year-old wife, Mary, were discovered on Friday by family members at their Fallbrook, California, residence. It was unclear how long they had been dead. A fire was still burning in the fireplace and authorities said that the home had filled with toxic fumes because the chimney flue was closed. Their son, Al Yankovic, known as "Weird Al," could not immediately be reached for...

<p>FALLBROOK, Califorina (AP) -- -- The elderly parents of Grammy-winning recording artist "Weird Al" Yankovic were found dead in their home, apparently victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.</p> <p>Nick and Mary Yankovic were found dead Friday in their suburban San Diego home by relatives who were worried because they had not seen the couple in a while, said sheriff's Sgt. Conrad Grayson.</p>

Last modified Friday, April 9, 2004 10:33 PM PDT Parody star's parents die in FallbrookBy: JO MORELAND - Staff WriterFALLBROOK ---- The elderly parents of parody recording star "Weird Al" Yankovic were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Friday in their modest Fallbrook home. An investigator from the county medical examiner's office identified the couple as Nick and Mary Yankovic and said they lived in the house at 226 Foxfire Lane. A blaze had been in a fireplace in the hillside house when three family members discovered the couple about 1 p.m., said sheriff's Sgt. Conrad Grayson, a fire...

Three people were treated at hospitals late Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak was found in their Orem home, police said. A woman took her 18-year-old daughter and an adult male family friend to Timpanogos Regional Hospital about 5:30 p.m. Sunday because they were not feeling well, said police Lt. Doug Edwards. The man had been vomiting, he said, and the family believed both might have the flu. Doctors at the hospital suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, Edwards said, and summoned authorities to check the home, near 500 N. 1000 West, for leaks. Arriving paramedics found a 41-year-old man in a...

<p>Folsom, Sacramento County -- Mike Farr dived off a friend's ski boat into Lake Folsom moments after his 11-year-old son sank below the churning waters while bodysurfing in the vessel's wake.</p> <p>"I swam as deep as I could and as far as I could," said Farr, his voice cracking. "I expected to catch an arm, but there was nothing."</p>

Regulations Cut U.S. Carbon Monoxide Emissions WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2003 (ENS) - The U.S. regulation of carbon monoxide is "one of the great success stories in air pollution control," an independent panel of scientists reported this week. According to the National Academy of Sciences committee, tighter vehicle emissions standards and federal air quality standards have combined to dramatically lower levels of the colorless, odorless but potentially deadly gas across much of the United States. The panel found that there are a few areas in the Western United States still susceptible to accumulating high levels of the pollutant, but...

The following is posted to my fellow Texas Freepers(in the designated counties) with vehicles due for inspection in May, June, July and possibly the rest of the year. In case you haven't heard about it, the new yearly inspection and emission test is going to be at least 2x as tough to pass as the old one and will cost you 39.50, if you can find a station with the new test equipment. For 1996 and newer vehicles the test is part of the On Board Diagnostic Computer and can be performed by most any inspection station. The standards for...