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THE EFFECTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
Carbon monoxide (Co) is a poisonous gas that is emitted from the exhaust system of a combustible engine of an automobile that uses petrol or diesel as a fuel is odourless, colorless, tasteless and non irritating.
In southern Africa, people light thousands of fires for managing crop and pasture land during the annual dry season. Although such fires are not necessarily immediately hazardous, they have a strong influence on climate and air quality. One way to track the impact of these fires on atmospheric chemistry is through observations of carbon monoxide, a colorless, long-lived gas that results when vegetation burns.
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This image of African reveals carbon monoxide concentration between August 25, and September 1, 2008, based on data from the measurements of pollution in the troposphere sensor on NASA's Terra satellite.
Places where the amount of carbon monoxide was very high in the column of air between the satellite and the earth's surface are red.

HEALTH CHALLANGES
= The emission of carbon monoxide (Co) from automobiles has caused hazard to human health. Human beings are faced with health challenges as they breath air in living environment. The breathing in of carbon monoxide has caused reduction of oxygen intake by man; because when carbon monoxide is breath into the lungs, it sticks to the haemoglobin thereby preventing oxygen flow. This affects the transportation of oxygen by the blood which causes suffocation in man.
= carbon monoxide typically occurs from breaking into much carbon monoxide (Co). Symptoms are often described as flu-like and commonly include headache, dizziness, weakness, vommitting , chest pain, and confussion.
Large expossures can result in loss of consciousness, arrhythmias, seizures or death.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Carbon monoxide is not toxic to all forms of life. It's harmful effects are due to binding with haemoglobin so it's danger to organism that do not use this compound is doubtful. It thus has no effect on photosynthesising plants. It is easily absorbed through the lungs. Inhaling the gas can lead to hypoxic injury, nervous system damage and even death.
the incomplete combustion process that occurs in an engine; results to the emission of carbon monoxide (Co) as a waste product from the exhaust system of vehicles.