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Show CARBON MONOXIDE iS BEADLYJNEMY More Than Thousand Human Hu-man Lives Claimed by Deadly G;$. "One of man's most deadly enemies, carbon monoxide, which has been called 'the universal poison gas,' will form the subject of a new educational motion picture film to be produced within the near future by the United States bureau of mines, Department of Commerce," according to a statement state-ment Issued by the Chicago Motor club, which buses Its assertion on a bulletin received from the Department of Commerce at Washington. Thousand Lives Lost. "It Is said that more than a thousand thou-sand human lives were claimed by this deadly gas during the past year, and that 700 deaths were due to drivers driv-ers of automobiles being overcome while their engines were Idling in closed garages. In photographing this film, not only will the peril of carbon monoxide contained In automobile engine en-gine exhausts be emphasized, but at- tentlon will also be given to the hazards haz-ards due to the presence of carbon monoxide under certain conditions In factories, iu homes, and In fact, anywhere any-where that there may be posslbllty Df exposure to (he products of incomplete incom-plete combustion of fuels." What Film Will 8how. The Chicago Motor club bulletin points out that, "The film will show how, by proper ventilation, accumulations accumula-tions of carbon monoxide may be prevented. pre-vented. There will also be pictured methods of first aid treatment and resuscitation which may be administered adminis-tered to a victim of the poison gas if found before death has occurred. The film will be given wide circulation by tbe bureau of mines In the hope that, through the universal language of visualization, vis-ualization, knowledge of this deadly enemy of mankind may become widespread, wide-spread, thus serving to diminish the annual heavy death toll from this cause." |