carbon monoxide

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He defended crafts chain Michael’s against claims that toxic levels of carbon monoxide at one of its stores caused brain damage to an employee’s unborn daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

A rom-com need not be a sparkling shelf covered with bon-bons, but it shouldn’t be a nauseating cloud of carbon monoxide that makes you want to flee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

One of the two teenagers who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday park in East Yorkshire had complained of a headache before they were last seen alive, an inquest heard.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The 2009 endangerment finding was the result of a major report by the EPA, which identified six greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and methane, as endangering current and future generations.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

With the apartment windows open, you can taste the carbon monoxide rising from the street below.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins