(c) 2004 by ALBERT DONNAY
Why So Many Syndromes?   CO is Both
Ubiquitous Neurotoxin & Ubiquitous Neurotransmitter
uCO is #1 Cause of Unintentional Toxic Deaths in USA
uCO is #1 Cause of Unintentional Toxic Poisonings in USA
uCO is #1 Air Pollutant in USA: more tons/year than all others;
primarily from industry, vehicles, fires, combustion appliances
uCO is also produced systemically by all mammals from heme breakdown by Heme Oxygenase, the Universal Stress Enzyme.
uHO-1 is greatly induced by exposure to any type of stress :
heat, bright light, noise, odors, drugs, alcohol and other chemicals, trauma, infection, electro magnetic fields, etc.
uEndogenous CO is not just bound to hemoglobin but bioactive in over 90 pathways in range of 1 to 10ppm