give reason for - carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas
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it forms a stable compound with haemoglobin in blood called carboxy-haemoglobin.
thus haemoglobin can no longer carry oxygen.
Thus making CO poisonous.
thus haemoglobin can no longer carry oxygen.
Thus making CO poisonous.
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"Carbon monoxide is harmful when breathed because it displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain, and other vital organs of oxygen. Large amounts of CO can overcome you in minutes without warning—causing you to lose consciousness and suffocate. ... Also, CO poisoningposes a special risk to fetuses."
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