There’s an urgent need for new carbon monoxide poisoning treatments. Could bright light be an antidote?
Experts say there's an urgent need for new treatments for carbon monoxide poisoning. One idea? Combining bright lights and an artificial lung to clean the blood of the toxin.
Scientists hunting for new ways to treat carbon monoxide poisoning are trying a new tactic: hitting blood with bright lights to break the stranglehold of the toxin.
But outside experts say the approach — one of several potential treatments currently being studied — only underscores how complicated it is to stop carbon monoxide from wreaking havoc on the body or to reverse the damage it has already done.
Carbon monoxide poisoning has become far less common in the U.S. in recent decades, thanks to public health campaigns and the introduction of catalytic converters in cars. But
