The Associated Press, "Bill would require carbon monoxide detectors in homes"

          Carbon monoxide detectors would be required in most Alaska homes under a bill that passed the House on Wednesday. Rep. Carl Gatto, R-Palmer, said the requirement could save lives and protect children whose developing brains can be damaged by continuous exposure to even low levels of the gas.
          The mandate would work similarly to an existing requirement that homes have smoke detectors. In rental homes, landlords would have to install the detectors, and tenants would be responsible for replacing batteries if needed and making sure the detectors are working.
          In Anchorage last December, a family of five died from inhaling the poisonous gas. "It's the kind of killer that people are very unsuspecting of," Gatto said. Carbon monoxide is an invisible gas with no odor or taste that results from an incomplete combustion of natural gas and other materials containing carbon such as gasoline, kerosene, oil, propane, coal or wood.