• Question: what is the maximum level of carbon monoxide you can have in your body (death)?

    Asked by leewwh to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 15 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      According to Wikipedia 100ppm or greater is bad for your health although 12,800 ppm (1.28%) is enough for death. 1.28% doesn’t sound like very much. Scary.

    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Not much – don’t try it!

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Very little – that’s why if you have a gas boiler in a house it can be very dangerous if it isn’t maintained properly. Sadly, every year people die from carbon monoxide poisening. It’s odourless, colourless and tasteless too, which doesn’t help because it’s difficult to know it’s there until it’s too late!

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