CO - How Carbon Monoxide Affects the Way We Live and Breathe

Published by the US EPA  
Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards
November 2000

Improvements in vehicle and emissions control techology have greatly reduced emissions of carbon monoxide.

Table of Contents
CO: What is it? Where does it come from?

Chief Causes for Concern

Health and Environmental Impacts of CO

EPA's Efforts to Reduce CO

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