SUBJECT: safety tips
                        Charcoal Grill Safety Tips
 Charcoal produces carbon monoxide (CO) when it is burned. CO is
 a colorless, odorless gas that can accumulate to toxic levels in
 closed environments. Each year about 30 people die and 100 are
 injured as a result of CO fumes from charcoal grills and
 hibachis used inside.
 To reduce these CO poisonings, CPSC is offering the following
 safety tips:
    Never burn charcoal inside of homes, vehicles, tents, or campers.
    Charcoal should never be used indoors, even if ventilation is
    provided.
    Since charcoal produces CO fumes until the charcoal is
    completely extinguished, do not store the grill indoors with
    freshly used coals.
 In April 1996, CPSC voted to revise the label on charcoal packaging
 to more explicitly warn consumers of the deadly CO gas that is
 released when charcoal is burned in a closed environment. The new
 label reads, "WARNING...CARBON MONOXIDE HAZARD...Burning charcoal
 inside can kill you. It gives off carbon monoxide, which has no
 odor. NEVER burn charcoal inside homes, vehicles or tents."
 The new label also conveys the written warning visually with
 drawings of grills inside a home, tent, and vehicle. The drawings
 are enclosed in a circle with an "X" through it. While the
 new label requirement will not become mandatory until the
 end of the year, many charcoal manufacturers have already
 started using the new labels on charcoal packaging.
 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public
 from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of
 consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a
 dangerous product or a product-related injury and for
 information on CPSC's fax-on-demand service, call CPSC's
 hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at
 (800) 638-8270. To order a press release through
 fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your
 fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain
 this release and recall information at CPSC's web site at
 http://www.cpsc.gov or via Internet gopher services at
 cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards to info@cpsc.gov.
FELIX J. CIESLINSKI
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