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The Carbon Monoxide & Gas Safety Society (CO-Gas) is an independent charity committed to reducing accidents from Carbon Monoxide and other gas dangers worldwide and supporting gas related accident victims. Many people have died unnecessarily. Anne Brennan, a Durham student, aged 19, died of accidental CO, in rented accommodation, in November 1995. Sonja Hyams, a Keele University student, aged 19 suffered the same fate in November 1996. CO-Gas Safety found 181 accidental deaths from CO in three years (01.09.95 - 31.08.98) and over 1,175 accidental near misses. A survey by the Consumer Unit of the DTI, dated 1995, shows that on average 50 people die per year from Carbon Monoxide poisoning from domestic heating appliances. A further 175 serious cases require attendance at a hospital accident and emergency unit per year.

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