From Stephanie Trotter, CO-Gas Safety
Thank you for providing sensible explanations for the feeling of being tired all the time. There is a further simple possibility: carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning stemming from faulty heating or cooking appliances powered by any carbon-based fuel, including gas, coal, oil, petrol or wood.
At very low concentrations, symptoms of CO poisoning include headache, tiredness and confusion. It cannot be detected directly by any human sense. A concentration of less than 2 per cent CO in the air can kill in between 1 and 3 minutes. The independent charity CO-Gas Safety has lobbied government and industry since 1995 for prime-time TV warnings about this.
We have been ignored – or told that such warnings are “so last century”.
Seaview, Isle of Wight, UK
