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, 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 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
