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Standard X
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Effects of Air Pollutants
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The poisonous gas which reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood to a large extent is:
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Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood from lungs to the rest of the body.
It readily binds with hemoglobin and does not allow oxygen to bind instead.
This causes suffocation and too much carbon monoxide causes death.
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