Question
Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it
Reacts with oxygen
Inhibits glycolysis
Reacts with haemoglobin
Makes nervous system inactive
Solution
C.
Reacts with haemoglobin
Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate of oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.
