Christina Martin

This weekend we turn our clocks back 1 hour in most of North America as we switch from Daylight Savings to Standard Time. As part of this semi-annual routine we are reminded ever where that this is when we should check the air filters in our furnaces and we should especially check the batteries in our battery operated smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. If our smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are hard wired, we should test them using their test buttons to ensure they are working...Read Full Story

This weekend we turn our clocks back 1 hour in most of North America as we switch from Daylight Savings to Standard Time. As part of this semi-annual routine we are reminded ever where that this is when we should check the air filters in our furnaces and we should especially check the batteries in our battery operated smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. If our smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are hard wired, we should test them using their test buttons to ensure they are working...Read Full Story

Location: Ontario, TorontoIndustry: UtilitiesAnnoyed By: Enbridge Gas Our water heater that we are renting through Enbridge Gas sprung a leak, so we called the Enbridge number for service. When we got through to someone, we explained the situation only to find out that they could not send anyone out until the following morning. So, we were stuck all night with a severly leaking water heater. But it gets worse.The person showed up during the usual "between 9am and 1pm" routine, they looked at...Read Full Story

When you change the time, change the batteries:Firefighters ask residents to change batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. York, Pennsylvania – with daylight saving time began early Sunday morning – when the clocks are set forward one hour – firefighters are encouraging residents to change batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Time for change: the old saying “Spring forward, step back” is used, so at 2 o’clock Sunday night, the clock must be set one hour...Read Full Story

New NASA invention could prevent toxic carbon monoxide fumes in stores and homes    image/NASA <!--break--> HAMPTON, Va. — Store and hotel employees and guests may one day be protected from harmful carbon monoxide fumes, not just be alerted of its presence. That is, if the new NASA invention gets to the marketplace. The device (pictured above) created at the Langley Research Center in Virginia, uses a low-temperature oxidation catalyst to convert toxic carbon monoxide to innocuous carbon...Read Full Story

Realtors® Mary & Bill Watkins  ~  Jackson Mississippi Real Estate There are harmful gases that we can't see that can cause us harm each and every day that many homeowners don't think about.  We would like to point out some dangers around the house and how to keep safe. The natural invisible gas radon can seep up from the ground into our homes.  This is a natural gas in the environment that can pose a health risk for many.  Many people don't know this, but exposure to radon is the second...Read Full Story

Carbon Monoxide Alarm (w/Digital Display) (Misc.)By WS-Kidde Buy new: $70.38 Customer Rating: First tagged by G. Kline "art hunter" Customer tags: alarms, kidde, carbon monoxide detectors Review & DescriptionModel Number 9000146 - Size: 5.5" Diameter x 1.4" Depth - Weight: .66 lbs (with batteries) - Interconnect: No - LED: Green, normal operation; Red, alarm condition - Digital Display: Yes - Warranty: 5 year limited - Read moreFind out More for the best price at AmazonRead Full Story

Officials have closed a high-rise dormitory in downtown Philadelphia in a carbon monoxide scare that sickened several students and sent at least two to a hospital.Several hundred students at the Art Institute of Philadelphia were forced from the 14-story building before dawn Monday after carbon monoxide detectors went off. The dorm is home to about 550 students.School spokeswoman Carise Mitch says about a half-dozen students complained of illness after the evacuation. Two went to hospitals...Read Full Story

Police say a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a Vermont ski chalet killed a Massachusetts man and sickened eight other people.Authorities say nine people were staying at Edward Lappen's chalet in Killington when one person woke up feeling ill early Friday morning and woke the others.Vermont State Police say the 60-year-old Lappen, of Cohasset, Mass., died at a hospital. A woman was taken by helicopter to the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she's listed in fair condition. The...Read Full Story

If your home is at risk for carbon monoxide poisoning, you need to read this article. Inside this article, you will learn how serious that danger of Carbon Monoxide can be at home and at work. It is recognized as a serious health hazard, responsible for more deaths than any other form of poisoning  around the world Carbon Monoxide (CO) especially dangerous because it is a combination of Carbon and Oxygen that cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. On average, in the United States death from CO...Read Full Story