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By Noah Sloan, MD
Medical Director Allstate Insurance Companies
At this moment, a killer that can be neither seen nor heard U stalking his most common prey — the careless winter motorist
This odorless and tasteless killer is carbon monoxide (CO), a gas produced by the incomplete burning of a fuel. It enters the lungs and cuts off the supply of oxygen that must combiner with a person’s red blood cells in order to maintain life.
CO strikes its. victims in stuffy, unventilated places. A person sitting in a tightly'closed automobile, subject to a large dose of CO, can be killed in as little time as five minutes, in some instances with no advance warning. Winter drivers particularly are susceptible. 'Most of us are not aware that with the simple turn of a key in today’s auto we are initiating the operation of a complete chemical plant. The motor capable of mixing air and gasoline in proper proportions'to propel an auto produces deadly acids and gases in the process.
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Co ean cause serious illness and even permanent brain damage. Safety officials suspect that in many traffic accidents, when -drivers report they fell asleep or were extremely drowsy, they actually were suffering from CO poisoning.
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