Social housing tenants will have the legal right to carbon monoxide and smoke alarms after Grenfell

Tenants in social housing will now have the legal right to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for the first time following the Grenfell Tower fire.  Government ministers are set to announce the plans in order to put a stop to a law which sees tenants living in council housing given less protection than those living … Read more

27 people are poisoned by carbon monoxide emitted by generators at illegal rave in Norwegian bunker

27 people are poisoned by carbon monoxide given off by generators at illegal rave in Norwegian bunker The generators had been used to power lighting and sound systems for the rave Emergency services discovered seven people were unconscious in the bunker   Carbon monoxide is an odourless, colourless gas that can be fatal to humans  By … Read more

Interstellar comet Borisov is surrounded by a poisonous cloud of carbon monoxide

Borisov, a comet from another star system, was surrounded by a cloud of poisonous ice that had to have formed in a region of space colder than anything known to man. Researchers from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center found that it must have formed in the outer edges of its original star system – known … Read more

Carbon monoxide leak and lack of pilot training to blame for Emiliano Sala crash, report finds

A carbon monoxide leak and a lack of pilot training were today given as reasons for the fatal crash that killed Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot.   The final report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight break up while being flown too … Read more