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It is not advisable to cook food on a wood fire in a closed room . Give reasons.

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In a closed room , wood undergoes incomplete combustion to form carbon monoxide . Inhalation of CO reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of heamoglobin in the blood . Hence , excess inhalation of CO can be fatal.
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