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Article: Stalking the silent killer: carbon monoxide.(Safe at Home and at Work)
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- Trial
- Article date:
- August 1, 1996
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Family members from across the country gathered at the Andrews home in rural Missouri to celebrate Christmas 1992.(1) After spending the day exchanging gifts and visiting with relatives, 10 family members retired for the evening. Around midnight, one young girl began to have trouble breathing. Her convulsions alarmed her parents, who rushed the girl to the hospital.
None of the others heard the commotion. They had been exposed to toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Of the seven people who remained at home sleeping, four never woke up. The other three were found comatose--saved by the young girl's father, who had returned home in the wee hours and dragged them to safety. ...