The Poison You Can't Smell: Carbon Monoxide Safety

You could be breathing a deadly poison in your own home right now.

You can’t see it. You can’t smell it. And it quietly

steals your oxygen. It is called carbon monoxide. Or simply: CO.

CO comes from burning fuel: think furnaces, gas stoves, fireplaces,

cars, and generators. Anything that burns fuel produces this risk.

Here is the danger. CO gets into your blood and locks onto hemoglobin,

acting like a thief grabbing the seat meant for oxygen. So your brain

starts starving for air... while you sit there thinking it is just a