Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone's well aware of how important smoke detectors are, but there's another early-warning system every home should have.

Carbon monoxide is quiet, colorless, and fast, which is why you rely on detectors to speak up before it is too late. Yet a “common sense” habit, putting the alarm right next to the suspected danger or ...

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless and toxic gas that causes hundreds of unintentional deaths a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The gas is ...