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Our mission...

       is to dedicate our time in preventing carbon monoxide poisoning, the “silent killer.” The Overbeck Fund is implementing a bill that requires a CO monitor be installed near sleeping areas in all new residential construction in Michigan.
         
       In a single day, an entire family’s future can be changed because of a danger no one can see, hear or feel. It can occur anywhere in your house, and in many case causes death. The statistics indicate approximately 1,500 people die annually due to carbon monoxide exposure. But with education and state mandated prevention laws, this type of tragedy can be prevented.

Consider the Facts

* An estimated 1,000 people die from accidental CO poisoning every year.

* Several thousand people are admitted to hospital emergency rooms every year for treatment of CO poisoning.


* Poison control centers receive more calls for exposure to CO than to any other gas, fume or vapor.


* Of the estimated incidents of CO poisoning between 1992-1996
            74% attributed to heating systems
            10% attributed to charcoal grills
            5% attributed to camp stoves/lanterns
            4% attributed to gas ranges/ovens
            3% attributed to gas water heaters
            3% attributed to other appliances