Who are CO-Awareness?
CO-Awareness is an organisation that supports the many victims of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning and Toxic Combustion (TC) poisoning, their families and friends. We campaign for the greater awareness to the dangers of carbon monoxide and other toxins associated with the burning of Gas, Oil, Coal and Wood. We campaign for changes in the legislation covering the manufacture, installation and servicing of appliances burning the above fuels and lobby the Government and Industry to improve safety and raise awareness. We are also calling upon industry and Government to carry out further research into the long term health consequences of exposure to carbon monoxide and toxic combustion. We, along with many of the victims we support, believe exposure to CO and TC to be a grossly under reported problem, possibly affecting millions of people in this country each year. Almost all of the victims are completely unaware that they have and are being poisoned every day. They and their doctors are completely unaware that their illnesses are probably due to CO and TC exposure.