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How does carbon monoxide disrupt oxygen distribution to the cells?

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It binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells.

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Carbon monoxide binds tightly to the hemoglobin thus rendering it dead to transporting oxygen or removing carbon dioxide into and from the body
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