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Advice on Carbon Monoxide - the 'silent killer'

You can’t smell it, you can’t see it and it can kill!

Despite widespread publicity, it has been reported that in the UK between 20 and 30 people die each year in their homes from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

This leaflet explains the symptoms and how to combat carbon monoxide poisoning:
http://wales.gov.uk/docs/healthchallenge/publications/101021monoxideen.pdf

Useful External Links:

1. Carbon monoxide: You can’t smell it, you can’t see it and it can kill! Leaflet for the general public, available at: http://wales.gov.uk/docs/phhs/publications/101021monoxideen.pdf

2. ‘Keep Well This Winter’ campaign: http://www.kwtw.org.uk/

3. NHS Choices information on CO poisoning: www.nhs.uk/carbonmonoxide

4. Health Protection Agency information on CO: www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Page/1226908886240

5. Gas Appliances – Get them checked. Keep them safe. Leaflet produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), available by calling the HSE information line on 0845 345 0055 or at: www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/links.htm

6. HSE has also prepared a series of short videos on gas safety, which help to highlight typical scenarios and symptoms of CO poisoning: www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/videos.htm

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