Consumer products have been known to cause accidental deaths across the United States, from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that you cannot see, smell, or hear where it is coming from. Around 150 people will die from nonfire-related carbon monoxide poisoning each year. It is important that you make sure that all fuel-burning products in your home are burning properly. If you are unsure what items in your home are fuel-burning, anything that uses gasoline, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, methane, or wood can create carbon monoxide gas.

During the winter months, the Consumer Product Safety Commission likes to remind Tennesseans of the many ways that carbon monoxide poisoning can occur. If you are moving to Knoxville, local moving companies would like to share with you and your family, things to watch out for this winter, to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.

1) Faulty fuel-burning products

2) Improper use of fuel-burning products

3) Improperly ventilated fuel-burning products

Items that you have checked to make sure that they are ventilating properly throughout winter are:

1) Furnaces

2) Stoves

3) Water heaters

4) Fireplaces

Perhaps the most important items that should be ventilating properly are your furnace or fireplace, since these tend to be used more frequently during winter months.