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 Republican Party officially emerged in 1856, but Lincoln, who was a Whig, joined the Illinois region Repblicans in 1854. He remained in the Republican Party until he joined the National Union Party in 1864.