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  • 25-06-2017
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Why is carbon monoxide especially dangerous?

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  • 25-06-2017
Carbon monoxide reacts with hemoglobin of the blood to form carboxyhemoglobin.  The absorption of oxygen worsens, oxygen starvation develops. At a lethal dose, death occurs within 20 days.
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