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Show SAFETY BUREAU ASKS CAUTION FOR MONOXIDE GAS BOISE, Ida. Don't taka chances chanc-es with carbon monoxide gas, Warns D. P. Banks, director of the bureau of safety. A few,' breaths of one per cent (one part gas or 100 parts o( air) may produce a fatal "aturatlon of 60 to', 80 percent in Wood, while breathing but 15 parts o( this gas in 10,000 parts of air lor a couple hours, may prove fatal. . Carbon monoxide gas ls( a colorless, color-less, almost odorless, tasteless, non-lrritaUng gas but slightly heavier than air. Persona with physical defectB welt as bronchitis, asthma, alcoholism, alco-holism, obesity, and chronic heart f vascular disease are particularly HlllOHV,!- .... - . . i,iiui io me errects or this Deadly gas. , When two Individuals, ne of "horn la larger than the other, or hen an adult and child, both 11 rest, breathe air containing this as. the smaller absorbs the gas Bore rapidly than the larger, due 0 more active metabolism and Sreater volume of respiration in nation to volume of blood in the .? y- Physlcal exertion Increases "osorbtion materially. Keeping windows open while 'vln 1b not In itself insurance t carbon monoxide asphyxia, iri!? U llttle' if a"y. danger while twii 1,0118 the highway, rein re-in f Weather op road con" vlde,Sr wlndow adjustments, pro-l pro-l 1 'he exhaust system is free from leaks. Common sense precautions include: in-clude: Never running motor in a garage without first opening wide the doors. Regular inspection of the exhaust system tq make sure of gas-tight connections between muffler and exhaust pipe. |