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Your Turn ❚ Don’t use a gas range or oven to Joshua Bowling
Brian Hess heat your house. Arizona Republic
USA TODAY NETWORK
Guest columnist ❚ Charcoal or hibachi grills, lanterns
and portable camping stoves are not ap-
propriate for inside use. The Goodyear City C
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a sig- ❚ Never use a generator inside your unanimously Monday to
nificant issue, sending as many as home, basement, garage or carport. cretive Microsoft Corp.
20,000 people a year to the emergency ❚ If you use a kerosene heater, refill it ments describe as a “
room. More than 400 Americans die outside and make sure your home is technology center.”
each year from carbon monoxide poi- properly ventilated. The vote followed a
soning, often from improper home heat- ❚ Make sure your fireplace flue and Zoning Commission m
ing. chimney are properly connected, in the project, which con
While everyone is at risk, some are good working order and are not blocked. more than a 14-minute st
more sensitive than others, such as in- Blockage can cause carbon monoxide to about the site with no ref
fants and the elderly. People with heart build up in your home. crosoft by name.
disease, breathing problems or anemia ❚ Perform a seasonal check on all Monday’s discussion
are also more susceptible to carbon gas, oil or coal burning appliances to brief staff presentation a
monoxide sickness. Here are some ways make sure that they are in good working from the applicant’s atto
you can stay safe and warm this winter. order. dale-based Jordan Rose.
❚ Installing a carbon monoxide de- As in previous meet
Use proper ventilation tector can warn you if dangerous levels mentioned Microsoft by
of the gas are in your home. Change the “We’re pleased to wor
Gas ranges, ovens and kerosene batteries twice a year when you typical- year and thrilled to be mo
heaters that are not been properly ven- ly change smoke detector batteries. in this great City,” Ros
tilated can leak carbon monoxide into email.
your home. For example, appliances Remember car and truck safety The tech giant in a s
such as water heaters should vent in an not acknowledge the cou
upward direction to the outside of the Never idle your car or truck in the ga- “Microsoft currently o
house. And if you smell an odor from a rage with the door closed, and if the ga- izona and is continuou
gas appliance, it may be leaking carbon rage is attached to the house, don’t idle new locations to suppor
monoxide. even with the garage door open. It’s a demand for our produ
Carbon monoxide poisoning hap- good idea to have the exhaust system vices,” a Microsoft spok
pens because the gas is invisible and checked each year to make sure that in an email Monday. “The
odorless. As you breathe the fumes, the carbon monoxide doesn’t leak into your tional information to s
gas begins to build up in your body and car. time.”
can cause sudden illness or death. The
most common symptoms of carbon What to do if you suspect What the city approve
monoxide poisoning are: poisoning
❚ Headache The City Council appr
❚ Dizziness Carbon monoxide can be fatal with- zoning for the land Mic
❚ Weakness out prompt treatment. If you suspect which includes:
❚ Nausea someone has carbon monoxide poison- ❚ Increasing building
❚ Vomiting ing, call 9-1-1. You also should open the 50 feet to 60 feet.
❚ Chest Pain doors and windows to provide fresh air ❚ Increasing how muc
❚ Confusion to the area. Turn off any heaters, gas can have buildings.
ranges or other combustion appliances ❚ Building with a meta
Make safe heating decisions and leave the home. ❚ Using chain-link fen
“It’s one of those thing
Brian Hess, M.D., FACEP, is an emer-
Only buy gas equipment that has the to stand up and say, ‘Yip
gency medicine physician on staff at
seal of a national testing agency, such as Georgia Lord said.
Abrazo Central Campus, 2000 W. Be-
Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL). The
thany Home Road, Phoenix; abrazo-
following are tips to keep in mind for
health.com
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heating and cooking:
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