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Running a car or generator in an attached garage can cause fatal CO poisoning in the home. If the cab of a truck is defectively designed, sleeping in the cab while the engine is running can pose a danger. So can using a gas-powered generator or burning wood or charcoal in the basement, crawlspace or even next to a living area if a window or door is open, as lethal fumes could seep into your home.
The best protection against carbon monoxide poisoning in the home is to have a CO detector installed near your bedrooms. Be sure also to have your furnace serviced regularly. To learn more, visit our safety tips page. |
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Carbon Monoxide and Brain Damage
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| The survivors of severe exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) may experience permanent injuries to the brain or brain damage. High levels of carbon monoxide is poisonous to humans because it deprives the brain of oxygen or hypoxia, which can result in changes in cognitive faculties, memory loss, and other types of neurological damage. The hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for forming new memories, is especially vulnerable to the effects of the carbon monoxide. |
| In certain studies, 25 to 50 percent of carbon monoxide victims have cognitive impairments including anterograde amnesia: the inability to form new memories. While memories from before the brain injury remain the person has difficulty remembering new information. |
| In half the cases of serious carbon monoxide poisoning, brain injuries do not appear until days or weeks after the CO exposure. Initial brain scans may reveal only small spots of damaged brain cells but over time, signs of brain cell loss or atrophy appear two weeks up to 12 months after CO exposure. |
| A 2004 study by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine reported that CO caused profound changes in myelin basic protein, a major component of the protective sheath that covers neurons and is important to normal brain functions. They suggest that the changes in myelin causes an autoimmune reaction in the body, where the immune system attacks healthy brain tissue, mistaking it for a foreign substance. |
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| Persons who have suffered brain damage, or the families of loved ones who have died from exposure to carbon monoxide due to a defective product or the negligence of another are welcome to contact Lieff Cabraser. |
| Please note that we wish to
and can only help those already diagnosed with major carbon monoxide-related
injuries (or the families of victims killed by carbon monoxide). Those without
major CO2 related injuries may wish to visit the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, the Medline
Plus section on carbon monoxide,
or the Health and Safety
Executive pages on domestic gas health and safety. |
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will review your claim for free and without any obligation on your part. |
| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a national
law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco, California, New York City and Nashville, Tennessee. Our attorneys have been recognized for their
successful prosecution of litigation involving severe personal injuries and deaths
of loved ones due to defective products. |
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"Carbon monoxide kills one, injures several in SF apartment building"
January 13, 2009, San Francisco Chronicle
A carbon monoxide leak in a San Francisco apartment building killed a 77-year-old man and injured eight other people Monday night, even though an alarm meant to detect the dangerous gas had been beeping since Sunday. More... |
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Cabraser has participated in over forty-two $100
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