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One of the most acutely toxic indoor air contaminants is carbon monoxide ( CO ), a colourless, odourless gas that is a byproduct of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels.

Common sources of carbon monoxide are tobacco smoke, space heaters using fossil fuels, defective central heating furnaces and automobile exhaust.

Improvements in indoor levels of CO are systematically improving from increasing implementation of smoke-free laws.

By depriving the brain of oxygen, high levels of carbon monoxide can lead to nausea, unconsciousness and death.

According to the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists ( ACGIH ), the time-weighted average ( TWA ) limit for carbon monoxide ( 630-08-0 ) is 25 ppm.