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Article: Carbon-monoxide leads to warning; Deaths `don't have to happen,' official says.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 30, 2003
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Byline: Jill Burcum; Staff Writer
After carbon-monoxide poisoning killed a 15-year-old Monticello girl on Saturday, experts are urging Minnesotans to take precautions against the deadly gas that slowly suffocates its victims.
Colorless and odorless, carbon-monoxide buildup from faulty furnaces, heaters or poor ventilation can be detected by inexpensive alarms. Still, about 13 Minnesotans die each year, according to the state Department of Health.
Winter is typically the highest-risk season. Furnaces and homes closed against the cold combine to produce carbon monoxide and keep it bottled up.
"These are deaths that don't have to happen," ...