Carbon monoxide (CO) is sometimes referred to as “the silent killer” because it’s not only poisonous, it’s also colourless, tasteless and odourless. Unless you have a working CO alarm installed, it’s incredibly hard to detect. So how can you tell if you’ve been exposed to this dangerous gas?
Early symptoms feel a lot like the flu:
While the flu is often accompanied by a fever, this is never the case with CO poisoning.
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