One of the water heaters manufactured by Paloma Industries Ltd.,
whose devices have been blamed for a series of fatal carbon monoxide poisonings,
produced lethal concentrations of CO in less than three minutes during a re-creation by the Metropolitan Police Department last Wednesday.
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The experiment reenacted a fatal accident in Akasaka in Minato Ward, Tokyo,
in March 1996, using the water heater from the apartment.
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The MPD re-creation is part of an investigation to establish a case of professional negligence resulting in death, and investigators are also questioning executives
from Paloma Industries and Paloma Co., which sells the heaters,
to see to what extent they recognized the danger of CO poisoning from their product.
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In the Akasaka case, in which Atsushi , 21, was found dead in a studio apartment in March 1996,.
In the Akasaka case, in which Atsushi , 21, was found dead in a studio apartment in March 1996,.
The Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office found an 82.18 percent CO density in his blood
--CO concentrations greater than 70 percent are generally lethal.
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