I received this email from my friend, Lai Yoong, and am sharing it with you as I feel that this type of knowledge must be made known to people to prevent from any tragedy happening.
NEVER LIGHT CANDLE IN AIR-CON. ROOM
The piece of news was about Charleine a student at MSMKL who passed away last weekend due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
It happened when she lit an aromatheraputic candle for the night in a room with air-conditioning on and all windows closed.
Due to lack of oxygen in the room, the burning of the candle cannot fully oxidize; thus forming dangerous carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide will prevent oxygen exchange in the lungs, resulting the person dozing off to state of unconsciousness; eventually leading to death in less than 1 hour, depending on the room size.
The email was sent out by the sender to give awareness of such danger when lighting aromatheraputic candles in any unventilated rooms.
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