Carbon monoxide

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Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and extremely poisonous gas. Because it has no odor or color, people breathing it usually fall asleep without realizing they are being poisoned. Carbon monoxide prevents hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying substance in the blood) from supplying oxygen to the body. Without oxygen, people and animals soon die.

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