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Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage.
Carbon monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of carbon or carbon-containing compounds in an inadequate supply of oxygen. Carbon monoxide competes with oxygen to form carboxyhaemoglobin (HbCO) instead of oxyhaemoglobin but it has 210 times the affinity for haemoglobin.