carbon monoxide
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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car·bon mon·ox·ide
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a colorless, odorless, toxic flammable gas, CO, formed by incomplete combustion of carbon.
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Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week to Raise Awareness of Killer Gas 15th - 19th October 2007.
PR Newswire Europe; 10/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...LONDON, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbon monoxide is a silent killer - in the UK alone...Sheffield and Leicester - Powergen and Kidde carbon monoxide alarm giveaways across the country - Carbon Monoxide Awareness Group event in Huddersfield...
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Carbon monoxide detectors required by law on Jan. 1
Newspaper article from: Glencoe News (IL); 12/14/2006; ; 700+ words
; Carbon monoxide is often called the "silent killer...offense, failure to have operating carbon monoxide detector is a Class B misdemeanor...Prevention District, said the problem with carbon monoxide is it's a colorless, odorless and...
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CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS CAN HELP PREVENT ILLNESS AS WELL AS DEATH: 206 LIVES SAVED BY CO DETECTORS THIS HEATING SEASON
PR Newswire; 4/3/1995; 688 words
; ...home heating season reveal that carbon monoxide detectors saved 206 people across...and 78 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the medical...Poison Control Center, carbon monoxide detectors are as important to keeping...
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Carbon monoxide level was deadly
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 10/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...found lethal levels of carbon monoxide. Shaver and her children...recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Sunday morning...brain damage from the carbon monoxide poisoning...Shaver said. Carbon monoxide facts * More than 200...
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Carbon monoxide law designed to save lives
Newspaper article from: Mundelein Review (IL); 11/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...increase in call volume for carbon monoxide poisoning, illustrating...calls regarding carbon monoxide, but so far this year...door is open. Detectors Carbon monoxide detectors function...concentrations of carbon monoxide over a short period...
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CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING: NOT JUST A WINTER PROBLEM
PR Newswire; 5/24/1995; 700+ words
; ...area home, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities report...Chicago, a law requiring carbon monoxide detectors, saved the life of five...Tamulewicz. Because their First Carbon Monoxide Detector gave them an early warning...
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Carbon monoxide an invisible killer
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/27/1999; ; 603 words
; ...colorless fumes from carbon monoxide can go undetected until...United States, carbon monoxide poisoning claims 2...natural gas provider for a carbon monoxide test. The COHQ...of exposure to carbon monoxide and other deadly gases...
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CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS VITAL TO SAFE USE OF GENERATORS IN POWER OUTAGE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/6/2007; 688 words
; ...during power outages always use carbon monoxide detectors to keep their families...devices indoors to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning that can kill. "We...reminder of the consequences of carbon monoxide yesterday," said Governor Chris...
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Carbon monoxide concerns heat up during wintertime
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 12/28/2000; ; 617 words
; ...have brought a rising number of carbon monoxide-related calls for Topeka firefighters...sick or even kill them. Carbon monoxide is present when fuel is burned...precautions by installing carbon monoxide detectors with audible warning...
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CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING:KELVIN J. COCHRAN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...December 17, 2009 Carbon Monoxide - December17, 2009...suspected cases of carbon monoxide poisoning...the risk ofcarbon monoxide poisoning by installing...highlightingcarbon monoxide poisoning in our...on the dangers of carbon monoxidepoisoning...
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Carbon monoxide
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a compound of carbon and oxygen with the chemical formula CO. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, toxic gas. Carbon monoxide is poisonous to all warm-blooded animals (when it is inhaled...
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Carbon Monoxide
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a compound of carbon and oxygen...energy production, and the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning begin to appear...common in everyday life that carbon monoxide detectors, similar to smoke alarms...
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Carbon Monoxide Detector
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Carbon Monoxide Detector Background A carbon monoxide detector is an electronic device that senses the presence...people will die and 100,000 will be seriously injured by carbon monoxide over the next 10 years. Technology used to detect carbon...
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carbon monoxide
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
carbon monoxide is a gas which is best known to us as...output, and in the early stages of carbon monoxide poisoning the heart beats faster and...Muscle myoglobin also binds carbon monoxide, 60 times more effectively than it...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Carbon monoxide, with chemical formula CO, is a...eventually to asphyxiation and death. Carbon monoxide is a component of air pollution...forensic scientists because carbon monoxide can be the primary or secondary cause...
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