Gas poisoning decreases your oxygen supply. If you live with a slow, undetected leak for a long period of time, lack of oxygen could eventually lead to seizures. People exposed to natural gas poisoning for long periods of time may end up with a variety of long term health issues.
A: The Republican Party formed in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery. Many of the people who joined the new party were Conscience Whigs, northern Whigs dissatisfied with their party's attempts to restrain slavery's growth.
The abolitionist Liberty Party began in 1840, and the Free Soil Party was formed in 1848. In much the same spirit, the Republican Party arose to protest the Nebraska-Kansas Act. The new group drew support from third parties and disaffected Democrats and Whigs.