Released: January 03, 2007

Carbon monoxide poisoning on rise

Source: Herb Weisbaum, MSNBC

It’s been about two weeks now since a huge windstorm blew through the Seattle area leaving more than a million homes and businesses without electricity. We didn’t have power at our house for eight days.

When the lights go out and you’re shivering in the dark, you just want to get warm. All too often that means people do dangerous things. They set up the barbecue grill, camping stove or camping heater inside the house.

“That’s just a recipe for disaster,” says Patty Davis with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Charcoal grills and outdoor camping equipment are not intended to be used inside — even if you open a window — because of the carbon monoxide gas, or CO, they create. The results can be deadly.

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