ApocaDocs: Ice cleaners can make hockey players sick, doctor warns

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Posted Thu Dec 4 2008: from Canwest News Service:


	Ice cleaners can make hockey players sick, doctor warns http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1228410110 A Quebec public health doctor says hockey-loving communities across the country should be wary of air poisoning related to the use of ice-surfacing machines after dozens of people became ill after attending hockey games last Sunday. Some 35 people either checked into hospitals or saw doctors after suffering form symptoms of nitrogen poisoning related to a faulty ice-surfacing machine at Saint-Ubalde arena, west of Quebec City.... Participants of a garage league tournament Sunday evening started feeling ill hours after playing, said Dr. Henri Prud'homme of the Quebec City-area public health agency. One of the players was still reported to be in intensive care Wednesday.

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