Carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in the U.S. are rising and forecasting a troubling upward trend. The data comes from a new report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), tracking U.S. data from 2009 to 2019. The report finds that 2019 had more reported CO deaths than any other year.
“Although multiple factors may contribute to a CO poisoning fatality, the source of CO is virtually always a fuel-burning product,” John Topping, Directorate for Epidemiology in the Division of Hazard Analysis at the USCPSC, writes.