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Carbon monoxide Safety Tips
CO poisoning is preventable. Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your business. With colder temperatures and heating systems running for hours, the risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning increases.
Dangers
Fumes can come from multiple sources such as furnaces, kerosene heaters, vehicles “warmed up” in garages, stoves, lanterns, and gas ranges, portable generators, even burning charcoal and wood. From these sources it can build up in enclosed or partially enclosed spaces. People and animals in these spaces can be poisoned and can die from breathing CO.
How to recognize symptoms
The most common symptoms of CO poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion. People who are sleeping or who have been drinking alcohol can die from CO poisoning before ever having symptoms.
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Source: cdc.gov and matracking.ehs.state.ma.us
Prevention tips
Check or change the batteries in your CO detector every six months. If you don’t have a battery-powered or battery back-up CO detector, buy one soon.
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