(BPT) - Cada vez que las tormentas invernales, los huracanes y otros acontecimientos climáticos severos azotan e interrumpen el suministro de energía eléctrica, contar con una planta eléctrica (también llamada generador portátil) puede hacer más tolerables esas horas a oscuras. Sin embargo, muchas personas ignoran que esas plantas eléctricas pueden implicar riesgos fatales.
Cuando una planta eléctrica no funciona bien, puede crear un riesgo de intoxicación por monóxido de carbono (CO) y causar la muerte en cuestión de minutos. El CO, también conocido como “el asesino silencioso”, es un gas sin color y sin olor. Cualquier persona expuesta a este gas, puede quedar inconsciente incluso antes de notar síntomas de intoxicación como náuseas, mareos o debilidad, lo cual puede provocar la muerte.
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