What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)?
Carbon monoxide (CO), known as the silent killer, is a colourless, odourless, highly poisonous gas that is produced when fuels are burned incompletely. It is produced in car exhaust fumes, faulty gas boilers and tobacco smoke(1). When you inhale smoke from a cigarette, the CO is absorbed into your blood, forming %COHb, which prevents oxygen from being carried around your body to vital organs, resulting in many damaging health effects.
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References
1. Andrew H. Carbon Monoxide ‘The Silent Killer’ Feasibility Study 2009/2010. 1st ed. London: London Ambulance; 2017