Experts are talking about the potential dangers associated with carbon monoxide, since the authorities continue to investigate the death of Teen Miller Gardner, son of the former New York Yankees player, Brett Gardner.
While the cause of Miller Gardner’s death still does not confirm, the General Costarican Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), Randall Zúñiga, told reporters at a press conference on Monday that there were high levels of contamination of the carbon monoxide in the Gardner family hotel room, and that it could have caused the death of the adolescent.
“What then leads us to a line of research in which it seems that this person could have died for inhaling these very dangerous gases,” Zúñiga said.
Zúñiga said that the researchers who work in a specialized team of dangerous atmospheres detected “high pollution emissions of … carbon monoxide” in the Costa Rica’s room Arenas del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort, which is where the gardens were housed.
Hotel officials deny carbon monoxide claims.
The death of former Yankee’s son in Costa Rica has experts who sound alarm on healthy trips
“The levels in the hotel room were non -existent and non -lethal. There was an error in this initial report. As mentioned, we expect conclusive results to confirm the cause of this unfortunate death,” a hotel spokesman told Fox News Digital.
The spokesman also said that the room has been “closed from a large precautionary measure.”
Miller Gardner, 14, is photographed with his father, Brett Gardner, a former New York Yankee. Miller Gardner died last month in Costa Rica. His death is currently being investigated. (Courtesy of the New York Yankees)
Dr. Nicole Saphier, Fox News medical collaborator, said that no father should have to endure the tragedy of losing a child.
With respect to carbon monoxide, he said that gas is “a silent and mortal threat.”
“We often focus on smoke alarms, but carbon monoxide is colorless, toilet and can overcome a person before he realizes what is happening,” Saphier told Fox News Digital.
Saphier said that each home must have multiple carbon monoxide detectors in operation, especially near sleep areas.
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“When we travel, whether at a hotel, Airbnb or even in an RV, it is worth considering a portable carbon monitor monitor for greater protection,” he suggested.
The death of Miller Gardner, son of former Yankee Brett Gardner in New York, has experts who talk about carbon monoxide after the adolescent died while on vacation in Costa Rica. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Dr. Marc Siegel, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Nyu Langone Health and Senior Medical Analyst of Fox News, said: “Symptoms may appear quickly in minutes or hours and may include headache, nausea, fatigue, dizziness and vomiting.”
If you experience symptoms that you think they could be poisoned by carbon monoxide, the Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening doors and windows, turning off the appliances and leaving the building.
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Siegel said rapid oxygen treatment can sometimes reverse carbon monoxide poisoning.
Between 2009 and 2019, deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning not related to fire have been increasing, according to a new report published by the CPSC. (Istock)
“It is absolutely shocking for me that it took so long to reveal itself as a probable cause of death, when they could have done a carbon monoxide test in [Miller Gardener’s] Blood in a matter of hours during his autopsy weeks ago, “Siegel told Fox News Digital.
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Between 2009 and 2019, deaths due to carbon monoxide not related to fire were increasing, according to a report published by the United States Consumer Product Product Commission (CPSC) in March 2023.
Fox News Digital contacted OIJ in Costa Rica for additional comments.
