SAFETY TIPS TO PREVENT THIS TRAGEDY IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD
 
By Miriam Raftery
 
February 13, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) – A Santee couple and their four children have been hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after the father called 911 on Wednesday. Fortunately, all are expected to recover. But too often, such cases end in tragedy. This reporter, who once worked for the Idaho Statesman newspaper, recalls a restaurant worker who lost his wife and all seven children to poisoning from carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless gas.
 
What can you do to avoid this danger, which most often occurs in winter months from faulty or improperty use of heating equipment and fireplaces?