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Federal grant program: Nicholas & Zachary Burt Memorial CO Poisoning Act
“The legislation, named the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Act in honor of Burt’s sons, aims to help states adopt tougher standards to ensure carbon monoxide detectors are safe and reliable.
The legislation also authorizes the Consumer Protection Safety Commission to provide resources to states to encourage the use of CO detectors and it establishes a federal grant program to help states set up prevention education and awareness programs.”
A year after 7 Minnesota deaths, a reminder of the threat of carbon monoxide
“A whole family, gone,” said Amy Klobuchar, who was joined in Thursday’s news conference by Cheryl Burt, a Rochester mother who lost two sons to carbon monoxide poisoning in January 1996.
