Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Every year approximately 50 people die from Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning. Most of these are young people or students sleeping in a room with a faulty gas fire. The symptoms of CO poisoning are similar to flu - headaches, sore eyes, sleepiness and sickness.

If you are worried that you or a friend are suffering from this, get help immediately - contact the TransCo Gas Emergency Service, who will send someone out free of charge to check it.

By law, if you live in rented accommodation, your landlord has to have all gas appliances checked and serviced every year by a properly registered person (i.e. with CORGI). The landlord should be able to show you a certificate. If you think they are not doing this, get advice from one of the organisations listed.