Carbon Monoxide - Dangers for Travelers
Carbon Monoxide is not just something to protect yourself from when yourself from when you're at home. Even travelers must be weary of this threat, as it affects hotel and motel guests every year:
There have been 68 documented incidents of CO poisoning at U.S. hotels, motels, and resorts between 1989 and 2004. The incidents sickened 772 people, 27 of whom died.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
CO can enter a hotel room due to faulty boilers and/or furnaces in adjacent rooms. Because most hotel rooms do not have CO detectors, travelers have no way of knowing if they are being poisoned. Some might confuse the symptoms with another illness, such as food poisoning. But by the time a hotel guest realizes something is very wrong, it may be too late. In the most mild cases, guests can suffer dizziness, headaches or nausea. As reported in the news, such problems have sometimes affected guests in more than one room, prompting calls to 911. Only later did authorities reveal the true cause of their symptoms. In the worst such cases though, one or more individuals in the same room have died due to large concentrations of CO.
We have collected news articles relating to incidences of CO poisoning when traveling. Links to some articles appear below, and more can be seen by visitng our CO In The News page:
5 children hospitalized by carbon monoxide
Chicago Tribune - February 2, 2009
FORT DODGE, Iowa - Officials say a faulty furnace at a hotel in Fort Dodge put five children in the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Small community mourns 'death bus' victims
aftenposten.no - July 14, 2008
Residents of the small community of Oltedal in western Norway were gathering to mourn the tragic deaths of a young local couple over the wee ...
Eight suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning at Oceanfront hotel
hamptonroads.com - July 6, 2008
By John Warren The Virginian-Pilot © July 6, 2008 VIRGINIA BEACH Eight people at an Oceanfront hotel were taken to the hospital with ...
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