CPSC's carbon monoxide poster contest winners announced

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

May 13, 2015, 02:46 ET

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wow! This year's carbon monoxide poster contest received about 700 posters from middle school students. That's a record!

Posters came from all over the United States, and even from U.S. military bases overseas! Each and every poster had an important safety message: Stop the "invisible killer." The "invisible killer" is carbon monoxide (CO).

Congratulations to the 10 winners!

8^th grade:
Frankie from California ***GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Talia from Pennsylvania
Nisa from Florida

7^th grade:
Tanjina from New York
Lydia from Maryland
Revathi from Illinois

6^th grade:
Eric from Virginia
Katherine from Pennsylvania
Darcy from North Carolina
Josephine from Oregon ***PUBLIC VOTE WINNER

Frankie was awarded the $1,000 grand prize for an amazing poster. All our fantastic winners get $500 each.

Check out our video with the winning posters. You can see all of the great posters submitted by students to the CO poster contest on our website at www.cpsc.gov/COcontest.

More than 150 people die every year from unintentional, non-fire CO poisoning associated with consumer products, such as furnaces, fireplaces and portable generators.

With statistics like that, you need to follow these safety tips to protect yourself:

Have a professional inspect your fuel-burning appliances every year.
Have a CO alarm on each level of your home and outside sleeping areas.
Use portable generators outside only at least 20 feet from the house, never inside the house, garage, basement or shed. CO from portable generators can kill you in minutes.

Take these steps today to stay alive.

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