David Clarke, director of design consultants CDIS-KARM, member of the FCSI and the Catering for a Sustainable Future Group, offers advice on how to achieve a more energy efficient ventilation...
A CHARITY walk in memory of Bobby and Christi Shepherd has raised thousands of pounds to help other children. Christi, seven, and her brother, Bobby, six, died after they were overwhelmed by carbon monoxide gas in their holiday chalet in Corfu in October...
THE MOTHER of Dominic Rodgers is hoping to strike it lucky with her latest awareness campaign. Stacey Rodgers is hoping to raise the profile of carbon monoxide poisoning at a five-a-side football tournament and charity auction featuring former Liverpool footballer Neil â Razorâ ...
With caravanning holidays on the increase and the summer holidays upon us the Health Protection Agency in Yorkshire and the Humber are ensuring families in the Dearne Valley have a safe caravanning holiday by reminding them of the potential health risks associated with carbon monoxide (CO)...
CO is produced when fossil fuels burn without enough air (i. in poorly ventilated areas) and poorly maintained caravan appliances such as liquefied petroleum gas or kerosene-powered fridges, heaters or cookers can put caravan users at risk from the potentially deadly gas.
Charity CO-Gas Safety has enormous sympathy with the parents and family of Elisabeth Giauque, who died aged six from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from a faulty boiler in a rented house in...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning construction firms to check the safety of gas flues, following roofing work, after the occupants of 11 bungalows in Birmingham were put at risk of carbon monoxide (CO) entering their loft...
A carbon monoxide scare at 11 bungalows in Birmingham has prompted a Health and Safety Executive warning to construction firms to check the safety of gas flues after roofing...
Wates Construction Ltd fined £7,000 for putting householders at risk of carbon...
Wates Construction has been fined à £7,000 and ordered to pay nearly à £2,500 costs after it was found guilty of putting residents 11 bungalows Birmingham at risk of carbon monoxide...