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Which Statement Best Describes How People Die of Carbon Monoxide

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Which statement best describes how people die of carbon monoxide poisoning?


A) Carbon monoxide causes decompression sickness which can lead to death.
B) Carbon monoxide is toxic because it readily picks up oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, causing acidosis and eventual death.
C) Carbon monoxide is toxic because it binds more readily to hemoglobin than oxygen, thereby decreasing the oxygen carrying capacity of blood.
D) As the carbon dioxide content of blood increases, a phenomenon known as the Haldane effect converts the excess carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide until it reaches toxic levels.
E) Carbon monoxide causes the carbamino effect where carbon dioxide is stripped of an oxygen, producing carbon monoxide.

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