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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>simeon</author>
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			<![CDATA[This is true.<br /><br />Lethal levels of carbon monoxide are given off from wood pellet stores - even domestic ones.  People have even died!<br /><br /><a href="http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/7/755.abstract?etoc" target="_self" rel="nofollow">http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/7/755.abstract?etoc</a>]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>Jeff B</author>
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			<![CDATA[Thankfully mine are stored in an outdoor silo. Still, I guess I shouldn't go sticking my head inside to check on the level anymore!]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[Lots of people have died in Europe from going into silos or stores containing wood pellets,   CO poisoning<br /><br />We are as far as I know in the UK have not had a death from CO but it is going to be almost impossible to prevent sadly.]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>Ed Davies</author>
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			<![CDATA[Previous discussions:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9815" target="_self" rel="nofollow">http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9815</a><br /><a href="http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9920" target="_self" rel="nofollow">http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9920</a>]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>ferdinand2000</author>
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			<![CDATA[HSE Notice:<br /><br />http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/co-wood-pellets.htm<br /><br />"DO NOT ENTER or place your head into the wood pellet hopper under any circumstances."<br /><br />"No personnel should enter the hopper/tank unless fully trained and competent in confined space entry procedures."<br /><br />The last one seems quite stringent.<br /><br />F]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>scrimper</author>
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			<![CDATA[Thanks for flagging this up.  Just in the process of building a silo ... and this info has been invaluable.  Strangely the firm who is supplying the pellet boiler, and who are very experienced in this field, mentioned absolutely nothing about this kind of scenario!]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>Nick Parsons</author>
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			<![CDATA[I genuinely read the tread title initially as 'Storing wood *pallets* can be lethal', and spent a second or so thinking about a risk assessment for the ones on my drive! I'll get me glasses.......]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>Jonti</author>
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			<![CDATA[A lot depends on the quality of the pellets I think and the substances holding them together. Having said that it should not be so difficult to have sufficient ventilation in the storage area so as to minimise the risk.<br /><br />Jonti]]>
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		<title>Storing wood pellets can be lethal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[With carbon monoxide I wouldn't be taking any chances!]]>
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