Carbon Monoxide The Silent Killer

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Carbon monoxide is called “the silent killer” for good reason. You can’t see it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it. Yet on average, about 170 people in the U.S die from carbon monoxide poisoning every year. Tragically, babies, children, and the elderly are the most susceptible.

The EPA offers this advice:

“Know the symptoms of CO poisoning. At moderate levels, you or your family can get severe headaches, become dizzy, mentally confused, nauseated, or faint. You can even die if these levels persist for a long time. Low levels can cause shortness of breath, mild nausea, and mild headaches, and may have longer term effects on your health. Since many of these symptoms are similar to those of the flu, food poisoning, or other illnesses, you may not think that CO poisoning could be the cause.”

(http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/coftsht.html)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has an excellent section on Carbon Monoxide questions and answers:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/466.html

Finally, the Center for Disease Control offers these potentially life-saving tips:

(http://www.cdc.gov/co/guidelines.htm)

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