K-State Specialist Explains the Risks Involved With Carbon Monoxide

K-State Specialist Explains the Risks Involved With Carbon Monoxide

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Carbon monoxide – an odorless, colorless gas – usually offers no warning signs. When carbon monoxide levels are high enough to cause harm, you may not even know. The gas interferes with the body’s ability to use oxygen. “High levels of carbon monoxide are dangerous for everyone. Severe exposure may cause death or lasting damage to organs,” said Mitch Ricketts, an agriculture safety and health professor at Kansas State Universit…