The Ongoing Challenge of Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska

by National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant produced largely from vehicle emissions. Breathing CO at high concentrations leads to reduced oxygen transport by hemoglobin, which has health effects that include impaired reaction timing, headaches, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, weakness, clouding of consciousness, coma, and, at high enough concentrations and long enough exposure, death. In recognition of those health effects, the U.S. Environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309084849
• ISBN13: 9780309084840
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"