each year and that carbon monoxide exposure sends more than
20,000 people to emergency rooms annually; and
WHEREAS, The Mayo Clinic has determined that 51% of all
carbon monoxide poisoning cases reported involve children 6
years of age or younger; and
WHEREAS, The Consumer Product Safety Commission has
determined that older adults more frequently have pre-existing
health conditions that affect the heart, lungs and circulatory
system, and the presence of one or more of these conditions
lowers a victim's tolerance and increases the risk of fatal
carbon monoxide exposure; and
WHEREAS, A January 2006 article in the Journal of the
American Medical Association showed that, for individuals who
were involved in carbon monoxide poisoning and survived, there
was a three-fold increase in coronary artery disease seven years
later when compared with patients who were not poisoned; and
WHEREAS, The Carbon Monoxide Safety Association has
determined that the combined medical cost of carbon monoxide
accidents, lost productivity and lost wages amounts to $8.8
billion per year; and
WHEREAS, Public education and awareness about carbon monoxide
poisonings are critical to protecting residents of Pennsylvania
from the dangers of this deadly gas and the risk factors in the
home; and
WHEREAS, Carbon monoxide alarms have been determined to be
the most effective way to detect carbon monoxide; and
WHEREAS, There is a dramatic correlation between cities with
carbon monoxide alarm ordinances and lower death rates from
carbon monoxide poisoning; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of November
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