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On this page you can find reports detailing how carbon monoxide can be produced by portable generators, motorboats, fires, and other emissions.

• Power Outage related
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Florida During the 2004 Hurricane Season External Link, PDF [121 Kb]
• Monitoring Poison Control Center Data to Detect Health Hazards During Hurricane Season— Florida, 2003-2005. MMWR April 21, 2006;55(15):426-428.
  • PDF [121 Kb]
• Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Two Major Hurricanes — Alabama and Texas, August-October 2005. MMWR March 10, 2006;55(09):236-239.
  • PDF [508 Kb]
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Hurricane Katrina — Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, August-September 2005. MMWR October 7, 2005;54(39):996-998.
  • PDF [343 Kb]
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Hurricane-Associated Use of Portable Generators — Florida, 2004. MMWR July 22, 2005;54(28):697-700.
  • PDF [92 Kb]
• Unintentional Non-Fire-Related Carbon Monoxide Exposures — United States, 2001-2003. MMWR January 21, 2005;54(02):36-39.
  • PDF [290 Kb]
• Use of Carbon Monoxide Alarms to Prevent Poisonings During a Power Outage — North Carolina, December 2002. MMWR March 12, 2004;53(9):189-92.
  • PDF [402 Kb]
• Boat related
  • Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning Resulting from Exposure to Ski-Boat Exhaust — Georgia, June 2002. MMWR September 20, 2002;51(37):829-830.
    
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisonings Resulting from Open Air Exposures to Operating Motorboats — Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 2003. MMWR April 23, 2004;53(15):314-318.
    • PDF [227 Kb]
  • Houseboat-Associated Carbon Monoxide Poisonings on Lake Powell — Arizona and Utah, 2000. MMWR December 15, 2000;49(49):1105-8.
• Other
  • Carbon Monoxide--Related Deaths --- United States, 1999--2004. MMWR December 21, 2007 / 56(50);1309-1312.
  • Carbon Monoxide Releases and Poisonings Attributed to Underground Utility Cable Fires — New York, January 2000-June 2004. MMWR October 8, 2004;53(39):920-922.
    • PDF [80 Kb]
  • National Vehicle Emissions Policies and Practices and Declining US Carbon Monoxide-Related Mortality [PDF, 94 Kb]
  • Unintentional Poisoning Deaths --- United States, 1999--2004. MMWR February 9, 2007 / 56(05);93-96.
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