NM Poison Center offers tips to prevent holiday poisonings

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – As New Mexico experiences colder weather and families gather to celebrate the winter holidays, take precautions to help prevent poison exposures that occur more frequently around this time of year.
Carbon Monoxide
In 2014, the NMPDIC received 196 calls regarding carbon monoxide. Also referred to as the “silent killer,” carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas released through defective generators, gas furnaces and heaters, gasoline-powered vehicles