VOA慢速英语2013沉默的杀手一氧化碳中毒.doc

VOA慢速英语2013 沉默的杀手:一氧化碳中毒 A Silent?Killer1: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 沉默的杀手:一氧化碳中毒 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. I’m Bob?Doughty2. And I’m June Simms. ?Winter has brought cold weather to many parts of Earth’s northern ?hemisphere. ?With the cold comes a danger as old as our knowledge of fire -- death or injury by carbon monoxide poisoning. ?Today, we tell about this ancient and ?continuing danger. Two Chinese men were found dead in their hotel room in Nepal earlier this month. ?A medical expert?spoke3?to Agence France-Presse after he had examined the bodies. ?The ?medical examiner blamed the deaths on carbon monoxide poisoning from a?malfunctioning4?gas heater. ?A local police official said poor air flow in the hotel room could ?have been partly responsible for the deaths. Also in December, police officers were called to a home in the American community of Commerce City, Colorado. ?They found one man dead and seven other people suffering ?from carbon monoxide poisoning. ?The seven were taken to a hospital for treatment. These are just two of the cases of carbon monoxide poisoning that have been reported around the world this month. The United States’ Centers for Disease Control and ?Prevention estimates that carbon monoxide kills hundreds of people every year, and sickens thousands. ?The CDC notes that carbon monoxide poisoning can happen outdoors ?in fresh air. ?It says the gas has been linked with power-generating equipment and with engines on houseboats.?Generators6,Charcoal7?Grills9?Can Cause Carbon Monoxide- Related Deaths ?The Consumer Product Safety Commission is responsible for protecting Americans from?unreasonable10?risks of death or injury from thousands of products. ? The commission studies death records and estimates the number of carbon monoxide-related deaths that could be linked to products under its?supervision11. ?There were an ?estimated 146 such deaths in 2009 -- the most recent year for which information is available. ?T