OFGEM, the Gas Regulator said, " there will be no allowances made for the cost of dealing with carbon monoxide poisoning. "A new study from GMB trade union shows that about 4 people per week are poisoned by carbon monoxide in 2006.
In year 2006/07, there were 150 exposure insidents in total. 123 of them were carbon monoxide exposure and of which 8 were fatal.
Gary Smith, GMB national secretary of energy told me: "Government must step in and instruct the Regulator to put public safety in this potentially very dangerous industry as the number one priority."
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