Question

Explain the reason why Carbon Monoxide is poisonous.

Answer 1

Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that has no smell or taste. Breathing it in can make you unwell, and it can kill if you're exposed to high levels.
Every year there are around 25 deaths from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in England and Wales.
After carbon monoxide is breathed in, it enters your bloodstream and mixes with haemoglobin (the part of red blood cells that carry oxygen around your body), to form carboxyhaemoglobin.
When this happens, the blood is no longer able to carry oxygen, and this lack of oxygen causes the body’s cells and tissue to fail and die.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Carbon monoxide reacts with haemoglobin and form a stable compound carboxyhemoglobin. carboxyhemoglobin is 300 times more stable than oxyhemoglobin. Formation of carboxyhemoglobin reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood,as a result of this suffocation takes place. Low level poisoning results in headache and drowsiness, high level poisoning may cause death.

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