HOMEOWNER'S CORNER Preventing Carbon Monoxide POISONING Important Steps to Take Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a poisonous gas that can be particularly dangerous because it is colorless and odorless. Headache, nausea, dizziness, and even permanent brain damage or death can occur. Hundreds of people die each year from accidental CO poisoning, many of them while using portable generators during severe weather. 32 CONDO MEDIA * FEBRUARY 2014