Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-05-30 | Page 10 | Campaign Against Deadly Motor Exhaust Gas Being Carried out Vigorously

Campaign Against Deadly Motor Exhaust Gas Being Carried Out Vigorously With more than 20 0 million mir tor ma mator tor cars care c r r In the United States and a contemplated 1926 l 1 production of ot three million moro automobiles various are starling an educational cru- cru cru crusade sade eade as caln t carbon deadly motor exhaust gILl gas Insurance In ur nc Investigators In and a n d chemical authorities not to mention men men- mention mention tion government health officials agree that thIs tills gas la Is one of the most moat deadly of f all gases eases Th The very tact fact that It attacks without warn warn warn- warnIng Ing and that but simple precautions precautions precautions are ar necessary nt-cenary to prevent Its large lus-e Ilfe toll demands au- au au authorities believe a widespread ed edu educational u- u ram pros comparable to the tremendous Increase In ta the tho listo of automotive vehicles It Is la estimated that millions of automobiles are ar kept In public ga- ga garages garages a rages It Is h In the garage that monoxide gas ca a as it Is la commonly called gets in ts deadly work A Auto uto engines engine are ar constantly run run- running run nine ning In all public garages carafes s-ar s ge and rl l a deadly flood of this h highly g lly p pis poisonous is n ls gas c s i for or employee to breathe Without proper ven precautions this menacing practice eliminates the th entrance of oth the lighter oxygen ox n and results In I practically a closed chamber with wit the the air loaded with this gas A well known Insurance investigator gator aptly explains ex plaiDs monoxide gee a and Its ts effect aa as follows follow There Ther is ino no means of or detecting Its Hs presence by smell sight ht or other senses Its Ils attack Is Insidious and quick and anda ama a perfectly well person may top top- topple topple over unconscious without warning While the th automobile engine en- en engine enID gine Is In operation It constantly constant creates a flow low ot or carbon monoxide D gas through It Its exhaust and ex- ex p ex-p have shown that only a remarkably short time Is neece- neece necessary necessary sary eary to till fill a a garage creo with sufficient cleDt quantities of this gas cas to cause Instant death to occupants A representative of oC o a national ventilating society declares that carbon monoxide Overbalances oxy oxygen en when breathed Into the lungs Explaining the th effect of this poison polson on a a person ho he said There are two properties of th the blood essential to proper respiration tion the th white and r red rd d blood cells The latter absorbs oxygen drawn Into the lungs lunge and distributes It to all parts of the til body No monoxide gas cas Is attracted to the red cells times more strongly than Is oxygen and It easily sat sat- saturates sat saturates the th blood This absorption absorption absorption tion of monoxide gas cas by the th blood temporarily replaces the oxygen supply and quickly Induces as- as asphyXia asphyxia as asphyxia A small leak In the exhaust of ofa ofa ofa a closed automobile will cause headache and a tired tee feeling ling to the occupants authorities agree acree Th The same Is I true of oC confinement In a closed room where gas s-as burners are ar In operation This Is directly due duto to the presence of o carbon ido and the lack of o oxygen oxen through Improper ventilation