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Why is carbon monoxide poisonous ?

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CO gas is highly poisonous because it has the ability to form a stable complex with haemoglobin.
`{:(Hb" "+" "CO " "to" "Hb-CO" "),(" Haemoglobin "" "" Carboxy "" haemoglobin "),(" "(" stable complex ")):}`
Carboxy haemoglobin is 300 times more stable the oxyhaemoglobin.
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