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What are the effects of carbon monoxide?

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Carbon monoxide is highly toxic in nature. It has tendency to combine with haemoglobin present in blood to form carboxyhaemoglobin.
Haemoglobin + `CO to` Carboxyhaemoglobin It will not carry oxygen to different parts of the body. It will cause suffocation and ultimately death.
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