Carbon Monoxide

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004175",
  "term": "Carbon Monoxide",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced by incomplete fossil fuel combustion.\n\n2. Carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless gas resulting from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels. Carbon monoxide interferes with blood's ability to carry oxygen to the body's tissues and results in numerous adverse health effects.\n\n3. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas, produced by incomplete burning of carbon-based fuels, including gasoline, oil and wood. Carbon monoxide is also produced from incomplete combustion of many natural and synthetic products. For instance, cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide. When carbon monoxide gets into the body, the carbon monoxide combines with chemicals in the blood and prevents the blood from bringing oxygen to cells, tissues and organs. The body's parts need oxygen for energy, so high-level exposures to carbon monoxide can cause serious health effects, with death possible from massive exposures. Symptoms of exposure to carbon monoxide can include vision problems, reduced alertness, and general reduction in mental and physical functions. Carbon monoxide exposures are especially harmful to people with heart, lung and circulatory system diseases.\n\n4. A colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas which results from combustion of fuels. It is often associated with combustion heating devices (e.g. boilers, furnaces) and auto, truck, or bus exhaust from attached garages, nearby roads, or parking areas. At moderate concentrations, angina, impaired vision, and reduced brain function may result. At higher concentrations, CO exposure can be fatal.(See http://www.epa.gov/iaq/co.html)\n\n5. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas which results from incomplete combustion.\n\n6. CAS 630-08-0. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas, produced by incomplete burning of carbon-based fuels. including gasoline, oil and wood. Carbon monoxide is also produced from incomplete combustion of many natural and synthetic products. For instance, cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide.\n\n7. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced by incomplete combustion. Represented as CO.\n\n8. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels; one of the six \"criteria\" pollutants for which EPA has set National Ambient Air Quality Standards under the Clean Air Act.\n\n9. A colorless, odorless gas that can be harmful when inhaled in large amounts. CO is released when something is burned. The greatest sources of CO to outdoor air are cars, trucks, and other vehicles or machinery that burn fossil fuels.",
  "abbreviation": "CO",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Env; Childrens Health Protection Glossary; Terms of Environment; Importing Vehicles and Engines Glossary",
    "Clean Energy Glossary",
    "Air Permitting Terms",
    "Indoor Air Quality Glossary",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "Clean Air Act - Plain English",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Bioenergy Glossary",
    "ACE Glossary of Terms; America's Children and the Environment Terms",
    "Glossary for Air Pollution Terms in Particle Pollution and Your Patients' Health"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/carbon-monoxide/"
}