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2. The Best Place to Put a Carbon Monoxide Detector (and 5 ... - AOL

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   Check out this guide to learn how many carbon monoxide detectors a home should have, and the best place to put it in your home. Related: The 9 Best Carbon Monoxide Detectors of 2024.

3. Carbon monoxide detector - Wikipedia

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   A Kidde plug-in carbon monoxide detector. A carbon monoxide detector or CO detector is a device that detects the presence of the carbon monoxide (CO) gas to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. In the late 1990s, Underwriters Laboratories changed the definition of a single station CO detector with a sound device to carbon monoxide (CO) alarm.

4. What are symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning? Here's ... - AOL

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   Carbon monoxide exposure can lead to flu-like symptoms that disappear once you leave the affected area. ... Install carbon monoxide monitors that will alert occupants. If CO detectors are already ...

5. Gas detector - Wikipedia

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   Before the development of electronic household carbon monoxide detectors in the 1980s and 1990s, carbon monoxide presence was detected with a chemically infused paper that turned brown when exposed to the gas. Since then, many electronic technologies and devices have been developed to detect, monitor, and alert the leak of a wide array of gases.

6. Carbon monoxide poisoning - Wikipedia

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   Carbon monoxide also binds to the hemeprotein myoglobin. It has a high affinity for myoglobin, about 60 times greater than that of oxygen. [21] Carbon monoxide bound to myoglobin may impair its ability to utilize oxygen. [49] This causes reduced cardiac output and hypotension, which may result in brain ischemia. [21]

7. Is this silent killer in your home? These are the signs of ...

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   If you think you have carbon monoxide poisoning, stop using the appliances you think are causing the fumes, go outside and call 911. And contact your doctor, too.