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← HistoryWhich risk significantly increased for 18th-century wooden sailing ships using charcoal braziers below decks for heating?
A)Hull splintering due to metal fatigue
B)Structural weakness due to dry rot
C)Carbon monoxide poisoning of crew✓
D)Rudder failure affecting vessel trim
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Carbon monoxide poisoning increased because incomplete combustion of charcoal braziers produced toxic CO; this mechanism, which displaces oxygen in the blood, leads to hypoxia. Crew members, rather than the ship itself, were directly imperiled, because of confined poorly-ventilated spaces.
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