We all learned about the different gases that can be created in our world back in middle school science class. However, it may have been a while since those lessons so we want to make sure that you have a chance to brush up on your facts about CO gas and the harm it can cause.

Carbon monoxide is odorless and invisible. Carbon monoxide is often called the “Invisible Killer.” This is because this gas is impossible to detect with any of our five senses. CO gas is completely odorless, tasteless, and invisible. Carbon monoxide detectors were created specifically to combat this.

CO can make you sick. Why is carbon monoxide so dangerous? Because it can make you severely ill or it can cost you your life. Carbon monoxide gets into your body and takes the space that oxygen would take which causes oxygen deprivation. If this goes on long enough it will cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, and can even lead to a coma and death.

Your furnace can leak carbon monoxide it needs repairs. Do you have a natural gas furnace? Part of the heating process that your furnace goes through is the creation of combustion gases, one of which is CO. If your furnace ages too far or falls into disrepair, it may increase the risk that it will develop a crack that allows this gas to leak into your home.