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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Alert
December 2006

EthnoMed Team
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Recent power outages in the Pacific Northwest has led many to bring generators and/or Barbeques into their homes for heat and food preparation.  A number of people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result.  This has affected some of the immigrant communities hardest.  Below is a link to information about carbon monoxide poisoning, and information translated into a number of different languages:

Carbon Monoxide Information from Public Health Seattle & King County



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