Carbon monoxide (CO) is a Colorless, tasteless, odorless, and non-irritating gas. Thus, it's presence cannot be detected by people at risk of its poisoning.
Detection is made much more difficult by the fact that symptoms of poisoning are non specific and may be mistaken for flu or food poisoning. The symptoms include dull headache, weakness, dizziness and nausea. High-level exposure can result in vomiting, shortness of breath, confusion, blurred vision, loss of consciousness and cardiac arrhythmias.
Awareness of the threat is the best way to protect oneself against CO poisoning.
CO has many times the affinity of . . .
Please Subscribe to continue reading
