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The Gas Safety Trust has awarded £1 million of research grants to raise awareness of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning since the Energy Networks Association (ENA) took over management of the trust in 2013.
Under the ENA’s leadership the Trust has “refocussed its strategy” on funding research projects in conjunction with the Fire and Rescue Services, paramedics, coroners, midwives and GPs as well as looking at the effect of environmental measures on CO poisoning and understanding the physical and biochemical characteristics of CO.
The Trust also announced it has reappointed the ENA to manage its activities for a further three years.
GST chair, Chris Bielby said the research being supported by the GST’s funding allow us to make “sound judgement decisions” on how to improve awareness of CO.
The GST has recently agreed to co-fund a PhD examining the physical characteristics of CO produced by burning different types of solid fuel and a short study looking at the potential of an enzyme to act as a biomarker of CO exposure in fatal cases.
ENA’s chief executive David Smith said: “By funding research into CO poisoning, the trust are making a key contribution to its prevention and towards improved awareness amongst consumers.
“The team at ENA have been at the centre of the Trust’s successes over the last three years and we look forward to continuing to contribute in the coming years.”
In November the GST announced it is making 20 years’ worth of data on CO incidents available on the CO Portal, an online resource launched by the Trust earlier in the year, to improve understanding of the issue which claims around 40 lives every year.
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