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Carbon monoxide is pollutant as it:...

Carbon monoxide is pollutant as it:

A

it reacts with `O_(2)`

B

it inhibits glycosis

C

it reacts with haemoglobin

D

it makes nervous system inactive

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Carbon monoxide, (CO) when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxy haemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. This, respiration is impaired.
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