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Carbon monoxide poisoning - garages |
Authors:
T.H. Greiner |
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How dangerous is it to operate an engine in a closed building? So
dangerous that it must NEVER be done, even for a short time. The
extremely high concentrations of carbon monoxide produced by an engine
can raise CO concentrations in a closed building so quickly that a
person may collapse before they even realize there is a problem. Carbon
monoxide reduces the amount of oxygen to the brain, causing CO
intoxication, and lack of reasoning. Studies by the Centers for Disease
Control found that CO co
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Checking for Complete Combustion
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Authors:
Thomas H. Greiner |
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Fossil fuels contain carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). During complete
combustion carbon and hydrogen combine with oxygen (O2) to produce
carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). During incomplete combustion part
of the carbon is not completely oxidized producing soot or carbon
monoxide (CO). Incomplete combustion uses fuel inefficiently and the
carbon monoxide produced is a health hazard. A properly designed,
adjusted, and maintained gas flame produces only small amounts of carbon
monoxide, with 400 pa
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Downdrafting (Backdrafting) |
Authors:
Dr. Thomas Greiner |
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What is Carbon Monoxide? Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless,
odorless, tasteless, deadly gas. You can't see, smell or taste it.
Carbon monoxide is slightly lighter than air and quickly spreads
throughout an entire house. What causes carbon monoxide production?
Carbon monoxide gas is produced when fossil fuel burns incompletely
because of insufficient oxygen. During incomplete combustion, the car
and hydrogen in the fuel combine to form carbon dioxide, water, heat,
and deadly carbon monoxide. In
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Carbon monoxide (co) poses silent and serious threat for families during
winter months |
Authors:
Home Safety Council |
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Often known as a silent killer, carbon monoxide (CO) is a
colorless and odorless gas that poses a substantial risk to families
using fuel-burning heating sources during the winter months. In fact,
according to the Home Safety Council’s State of Home Safety in America™
report, CO poisoning accounted for more than 100,000 medical visits in
the year studied. The high number of poisonings documented by the
Council’s research may be explained by the fact that sixty-seven percent
(67 percent) of house
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Radon |
Authors:
California
Geological Society |
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Radon gas is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is
invisible and odorless. It forms from the radioactive decay small
amounts of uranium and thorium naturally present in rocks and soils so
some radon exists in all rocks and so Certain rock types, such as black
shales and certain igneous rocks, can have uranium and thorium in
amounts high than is typical for the earth’s crust. Increased amounts of
radon will be generated in the subsurface at these locations. Because
radon is a gas, it can
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American Lung Association – Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet |
Authors:
American Lung Association |
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Americans spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors,
where hazardous air pollutants can exist at higher levels than outdoors.
Children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with lung disease are
particularly at high risk for adverse health effects caused by indoor
air pollution, including carbon monoxide (CO). CO is a colorless,
odorless gas that is produced as a result of incomplete burning of
carbon containing fuels. Exposure to CO reduces the blood's ability to
carry oxygen.
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American Lung Association – Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet |
Authors:
American Lung Association |
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Americans spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors,
where hazardous air pollutants can exist at higher levels than outdoors.
Children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with lung disease are
particularly at high risk for adverse health effects caused by indoor
air pollution, including carbon monoxide (CO). CO is a colorless,
odorless gas that is produced as a result of incomplete burning of
carbon containing fuels. Exposure to CO reduces the blood's ability to
carry oxygen.
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning OSHA Fact Sheet |
Authors:
U.S.
Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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What is carbon monoxide? Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous,
colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. Although it has no detectable
odor, CO is often mixed with other gases that do have an odor. So, you
can inhale carbon monoxide right along with gases that you can smell and
not even know that CO is present. CO is a common industrial hazard
resulting from the incomplete burning of natural gas and any other
material containing carbon such as gasoline, kerosene, oil, propane,
coal, or wood. Forg
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Fatalities Associated With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Motor
Vehicles, 1995-1997 |
Authors:
U.S. Department of Transporation National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA)
recently completed a second study of data from the National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS) to obtain an estimate of the number of persons
killed as a result of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning by exhaust gases of
motor vehicles. This note updates the results of the study done in 1996
to assess the extent of fatalities associated with CO poisoning from
motor vehicles using the NCHS data for the 1993 calendar year (NHTSA,
1996). This
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Consumer Product Safety Review C.O. Poisoning |
Authors:
U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission |
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According to the latest data compiled by staff of the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), heating systems continue to
be one of the major causes of non-fire, non-motor vehicle carbon
monoxide (CO) poisoning. An estimated 217 people died as a result of
this kind of CO poisoning during 1996, the most recent year with
complete death certificate data. Of these deaths, heating systems were
involved in 163 fatalities, or about 75% of all consumer product-related
CO poisoning deaths (Fig
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Combustion Emissions from Gas Ranges |
Authors:
American Gas Association |
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There are over 39 million natural gas and propane household gas
ranges, ovens, and cooktops (referred to, here, collectively as
“ranges”) in the U. S. Even with the excellent safety record of this
equipment, increasing attention is being given to combustion emissions
from ranges. What combustion emissions from gas ranges are of concern to
the public and the gas industry? The natural gas industry has devoted
technical attention and research to issues of carbon monoxide (CO) since
the 1920s and
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Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned? |
Authors:
United
States Environmental Protection Agency Indoor
Environments Division |
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Knowledge about air duct cleaning is in its early stages, so a
blanket recommendation cannot be offered as to whether you should have
the air ducts in your home cleaned. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) urges you to read this document in its entirety as it
provides important information on the subject. Duct cleaning has never
been shown to actually prevent health problems. Neither do studies
conclusively demonstrate that particle (e.g., dust) levels in homes
increase because of di
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Home Is Where the Harm Is: Inadequate Housing as a Public Health Crisis
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Authors:
Samiya A. Bashir |
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For many breadwinners of low-income families, going home at the
end of a long workday can be a challenge, but it is a challenge they
look forward to from the moment they arrive at work. The battle might
begin with stepping off site into a city block filled with diesel
exhaust. Perhaps a hard worker straps into a car for a fight with
congested traffic on the long commute home, constantly alert to each
potential danger the modern roadways present. Or maybe this breadwinner
walks through the exha
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Measurement of atmospheric concentrations of common household
pesticides: a pilot study |
Authors:
Robert G. Lewis and Andrew E. Bond |
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Abstract. Air concentrations of 28 of the most commonly used
household pesticides were measured inside nine homes in Jacksonville,
Florida, and compared with corresponding outdoor levels. The households
selected were sorted into three categories according to the degree of
pesticide indoor usage. Personal air monitoring was also performed on
one resident of each household by means of a portable sampler, which was
kept with the person at all times. Five of the pesticides were found in
the air insi
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Portable Electric Generators
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Authors:
Neil B. Hampson Jennette L. Zmaeff |
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Background: While the overall death rate from unintentional
carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning has decreased in the United States due to
improved automobile emissions controls and a decline in CO poisonings
from motor vehicles, exposures have not changed from some sources of CO.
One of these is the operation of portable electrical generators in
poorly ventilated spaces. This study sought to describe the population
poisoned from CO produced by portable electric generators, and to
determine the reaso
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Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 6. Carbon
monoxide poisoning |
Authors:
Alan Abelsohn, Margaret D. Sanborn, Barry J.
Jessiman |
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CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS AN ENIGMATIC ILLNESS. The symptoms
are often nonspecific or masked by an exacerbation of an underlying
illness, such as congestive heart failure, that has been triggered by
carbon monoxide inhalation. The effects can range from mild, annoying
symptoms relieved by removal of the source to severe morbidity with
profound central nervous system dysfunction, acute complications and
delayed sequelae. Estimates suggest that about one-third of nonfatal
cases of carbon monoxi
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Reduction of Airborne Particles in Houses With Occupants Having
Respiratory Ailments |
Authors:
Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corporation |
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An expanding body of public health research has identified
airborne particles as a cause of respiratory ailments.A number of
studies have examined the concentration of fine particles in indoor air
and the incidence of respiratory complications. In these studies,the
average concentration over the period of one or more days was
considered. Little attention has been paid, however, to variation in
concentration over shorter time scales, such as over the course of a
day.This can be investigated by
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Effect of short-term exposure to low levels of gaseous pollutants on
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizations |
Authors:
Qiuying Yanga, et al. |
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We examined the associations between gaseous pollutants and
hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) among
elderlypeople living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a cityin
which ambient air pollution levels are relativelylow. We regressed the
logarithm of dailycounts of acute COPD hospitalization during the 5-year
period from 1994 to 1998 on the dailymean levels of each pollutant,
after accounting for seasonal and subseasonal fluctuations, non-Poisson
dispersion, an
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A Placebo-controlled Trial of a HEPA Air Cleaner in the Treatment of Cat
Allergy |
Authors:
Robert A. Wood |
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To evaluate the effect of a room high-efficiency particulate air
(HEPA) cleaner on cat-induced asthma and rhinitis, 35 cat-allergic
subjects who were living with one or more cats were studied in a
doubleblind, lacebo controlled trial. After a 1 mo baseline period,
subjects’ bedrooms were equipped with an active or placebo air cleaner
for the following 3 mo. Evaluations included monthly measurement of
cat-allergen levels, daily morning, afternoon, and nighttime nasal- and
chest-symptom scores,
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Housing and Health: Time Again for Public Health Action |
Authors:
James Krieger and Donna L. Higgins |
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Poor housing conditions are associated with a wide range of
health conditions, including respiratory infections, asthma, lead
poisoning, injuries, and mental health. Addressing housing issues offers
public health practitioners an opportunity to address an important
social determinant of health. Public health has long been involved in
housing issues. In the 19th century, health officials targeted poor
sanitation, crowding, and inadequate ventilation to reduce infectious
diseases as well as fire
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Use of unvented residential heating appliances -- United States,
1988-1994 |
Authors:
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly |
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Many heating appliances rely on combustion of carbon-based fuels
and therefore are potential sources of health-threatening indoor air
pollution. Most combustion heating appliances are vented to the outside
of buildings to facilitate removal of the products of combustion, which
include carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and
water vapor ( 1 ). However, some combustion heating devices may be
unvented (e.g., kerosene- and propane-fueled space heaters, some
gas-fueled log se
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Deaths from motor-vehicle-related unintentional carbon monoxide
poisoning --Colorado, 1996, New Mexico, 1980-1995, and United
States,1979-1992 |
Authors:
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly |
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, toxic gas that is
a product of incomplete combustion. Motor vehicles, heaters, and
appliances that use carbon-based fuels are the main sources of this
poison. Most fatal unintentional CO poisonings associated with motor
vehicles are preventable and can result from differing mechanisms of
exposure: 1) operation of a motor vehicle with a damaged or
malfunctioning exhaust system and an inadequately ventilated passenger
compartment, 2) operation of a mo
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144. |
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Use of Unvented Residential Heating Appliances -- United States,
1988-1994 |
Authors:
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly |
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Many heating appliances rely on combustion of carbon-based fuels
and therefore are potential sources of health-threatening indoor air
pollution. Most combustion heating appliances are vented to the outside
of buildings to facilitate removal of the products of combustion, which
include carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and
water vapor ( 1 ). However, some combustion heating devices may be
unvented (e.g., kerosene- and propane-fueled space heaters, some
gas-fueled log sets,
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National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide-Final
Decision |
Authors:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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SUMMARY: Identical primary (health-based) and secondary
(welfare-based) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for
carbon monoxide (CO) were promulgated in 1971 at 9 parts per million
(ppm), 8-hour average, and 35 ppm, 1-hour average, neither to be
exceeded more than one time per year. In 1985, the EPA announced the
decision not to revise the primary CO NAAQS and at the same time to
revoke the secondary CO NAAQS. In accordance with sections 108 and 109
of the Clean Air Act (Act), the EP
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Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide Deaths Associated with the Use of Consumer
Products 2001 Annual Estimates |
Authors:
U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission |
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This report provides information about the number of
unintentional non-fire deaths attributed to carbon monoxide (CO)
poisoning that were associated with the use of consumer products in
2001. In 2001, there were an estimated 130 unintentional non-fire CO
poisoning deaths associated with consumer products under the
jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). From
1999-2001, there were an average yearly estimated 126 unintentional
non-fire CO poisoning deaths associated wi
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156. |
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Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide Deaths Associated with the Use of Consumer
Products |
Authors:
Susan A. Vagts |
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This report provides information about the number of
unintentional non-fire deaths attributed to carbon monoxide (CO)
poisoning that were associated with the use of consumer products in 1999
and 2000. From 1999-2000, there were an average yearly estimated 124
unintentional non-fire CO poisoning deaths associated with consumer
products under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC). This average estimate is based on an estimated 109
and 138 non-fire CO poisoning deat
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157. |
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Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide Deaths Associated with the Use of Consumer 1998
Annual Estimates |
Authors:
Jean C. Mah |
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This report provides information about the number of
unintentional non-fire deaths attributed to carbon monoxide (CO)
poisoning that were associated with the use of consumer products in
1998. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
totals, between 1994 and 1998, the total number of unintentional
non-fire CO poisoning deaths, including those associated with consumer
products under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) and those associated wi
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162. |
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Unintentional Non–Fire-Related Carbon Monoxide Exposures — United
States, 2001–2003 |
Authors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that
results from incomplete combustion of fuels (e.g., natural or liquefied
petroleum gas, oil, wood, coal, or other fuels). CO sources (e.g.,
furnaces, generators, gas heaters, and motor vehicles) are common in
homes or work environments and can put persons at risk for CO exposure
and poisoning. Most signs and symptoms of CO exposure are nonspecific
(e.g., headache or nausea) and can be mistakenly attributed to other
causes, such as
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Associated with Use of LPG-Powered (propone)
Forklifts in Industrial Settings - Iowa, 1998 |
Authors:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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In 1998, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Iowa
State University (ISU) Extension Department, with the assistance of
local health departments, investigated a series of carbon monoxide (CO)
poisonings associated with the use of liquified petroleum gas
(LPG)-powered forklifts in light industry. In each episode, forklifts
emitting high CO concentration levels were operated in inadequately
ventilated warehouse and production facilities, which resulted in high
CO accumulations. Employe
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164. |
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Hurricane-Associated Use of Portable
Generators — Florida, 2004 |
Authors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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The four major hurricanes that struck Florida during August
13–September 25, 2004, produced electric power outages in several
million homes (1). After the hurricanes, the Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) investigated six deaths in Florida attributed to
carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning (CPSC, unpublished data, 2004). The
Florida Department of Health and CDC analyzed demographic and CO
exposure data from these fatal poisoning cases and from nonfatal
poisoning cases among 167 persons treate
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Associated with Use of LPG-Powered (propone)
Forklifts in Industrial Settings - Iowa, 1998 |
Authors:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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In 1998, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Iowa
State University (ISU) Extension Department, with the assistance of
local health departments, investigated a series of carbon monoxide (CO)
poisonings associated with the use of liquified petroleum gas
(LPG)-powered forklifts in light industry. In each episode, forklifts
emitting high CO concentration levels were operated in inadequately
ventilated warehouse and production facilities, which resulted in high
CO accumulations. Employe
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166. |
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Use of Carbon Monoxide Alarms to Prevent Poisonings During a Power
Outage — North Carolina, December 2002 |
Authors:
Department of Health and Human Services |
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Each year in the United States, approximately 500 persons die
from unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning (1), often during
electric power outages caused by severe storms (2–4). Use of residential
CO alarms has been recommended to reduce the incidence of CO poisoning
(5,6). In September 2000, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2002
population: 722,367), adopted a public health ordinance requiring a CO
alarm in the majority of residences; all-electric residences without
attached ga
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207. |
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Indoor Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma: Effective Environmental
Interventions |
Authors:
Ruth A. Etzel |
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Exposure to indoor air pollutants such as tobacco smoke and dust
mites may exacerbate childhood asthma. Environmental interventions to
reduce exposures to these pollutants can help prevent exacerbations of
the disease. Among the most important interventions is the elimination
of environmental tobacco smoke from the environments of children with
asthma. However, the effectiveness of reducing asthmatic children's
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on the severity of their
symptoms has not y
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Effects of Transplacental Exposure to Environmental Pollutants on Birth
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Authors:
Frederica P. Perera, et al. |
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Inner-city, minority populations are high-risk groups for adverse
birth outcomes and also are more likely to be exposed to environmental
contaminants, including environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and pesticides. In a sample of 263
nonsmoking African-American and Dominican women, we evaluated the
effects on birth outcomes of prenatal exposure to airborne PAHs
monitored during pregnancy by personal air sampling, along with ETS
estimated by plasma cotinine,
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Factsheet |
Authors:
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and
Lead Hazard Control |
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Did you know...? Over 500 people in the United States die from
accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning each year? Over 10,000 people
seek medical attention for CO poisoning each year? Infants, people with
lung or heart disease, or people with anemia are more seriously
affected? What is it? Carbon monoxide is a gas that cannot be seen,
smelled or tasted, and can be fatal when breathed. The symptoms that
occur with carbon monoxide poisoning are similar to those of the flu and
allergies.
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Radon Factsheet |
Authors:
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and
Lead Hazard Control |
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Did you know...? Radon is the second leading cause of lung
cancer, after smoking? Approximately 20,000 cancer deaths each year are
caused by radon? What is it? Radon is a radioactive gas that cannot be
seen, smelled, or tasted and is found naturally around the country. When
you breathe air containing radon, the sensitive cells in your airway are
irritated, increasing your risk of getting lung cancer. Radon is found
in the dirt and rocks beneath houses, in well water, and in some
building mat
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