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www.epa.gov/aging
http://www.epa.gov/aging/resources/
factsheets/order.htm
Your Local Poison Center
• 1-800-222-1222
• Internet: www.aapcc.org

U.S. Environmental  Protection Agency
Carbon Monoxide
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/co.html

CDC
Carbon Monoxide
http://www.cdc.gov/co/

Consumer Product Safety Commission
Home Heating Equipment Safety
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/heatpubs.html

Carbon Monoxide Alarms
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/
01069.html

Portable Generators
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/portgen.html
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United States. State of Home Safety: 2004 Edition, http://
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sohs_2004_p017.pdf.
3 (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health,
"Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Questions and Answers," July
2006. http://www.cdc.gov/co/faqs.htm
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"Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide
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6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
National Center for Environmental Health, "Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning: Questions and Answers," July 2006.
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In Your  Home," April 2007. http://www.health.state.mn.us/
divs/eh/indoorair/co/index.html
 Hindi translation of: Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
 Publication Number: EPA 100-F-10-004

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