How to Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Any device that burns fuels like coal, oil or wood can create the deadly gas. Transcript of radio broadcast:
01 February 2010
FRITZI BODENHEIMER:
This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer.
FAITH LAPIDUS:
And I'm Faith Lapidus. Winter conditions are affecting many countries in Earth's northern hemisphere. Winter brings cold weather and, with it, a danger as old as man's knowledge of fire. The danger is death or injury by carbon monoxide poisoning. Today, we tell about this ancient and continuing danger.
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FRITZI BODENHEIMER:
Several years ago, a family was enjoying a holiday in the American state of California, near the Pacific Ocean. The family included five children and their parents. The oldest child was twelve years old. The youngest was three.
The family was spending the weekend in a camper. A camper is a small shelter carried in the back of a truck. People can sleep in it for a few days.
The weather turned cold the second night the family stayed along the Pacific coast. The camper did not have any heating equipment to warm the space while family members slept.
FAITH LAPIDUS:
A house where a family of four died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning this summer in Detroit, MichiganSomeone decided to heat the area by placing a charcoal grill inside the camper. The device burned a wood product, charcoal. The fire immediately warmed the family members. They all went to sleep.
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