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Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it
BiologyEnvironmental IssuesJIPMERJIPMER 2011
Options:
  • A reacts with oxygen
  • B inhibits glycolysis
  • C reacts with haemoglobin
  • D makes nervous system inactive
Solution:
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The correct answer is: reacts with haemoglobin
Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate of oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.

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