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Carbon Monoxide (CO)

"colourless, odourless and poisonous gas produced by incomplete fossil fuel combustion. Carbon monoxide combines with the haemoglobin of human beings, reducing its oxygen carrying capacity, with effects harmful to human beings."

Source: United Nations, Glossary of Environment Statistics

   
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