All individuals are at risk and have the potential to die from CO poisoning, however, infants and children represent a unique and vulnerable population. Due to their increased metabolic and respiratory rates, inability to vocalize specific symptoms, and inability to recognize potential sources of exposure, they are highly susceptible to the dangerous health impacts of CO poisoning.²⁰ A review of the 2017 annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers notes that children and adolescents (8 In a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children younger than 5 years had the highest rate for emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional, non-fire related CO exposures between 2004 and 2006.⁴ In a study by Unsal, acute CO poisoning occurred more commonly amongst families and children with lower socioeconomic and educational levels, meaning that CO poisoning can be an environmental justice issue.³⁰ Unintentional, non-fire related fatalities related to CO poisoning appear to be more common in the Black, Latinxs, and immigrant communities as compared to non-Latinx Whites.⁹ US deaths from unintentional non-fire-related carbon monoxide poisoning from 2000-2017 decreased in non-Latinx whites while deaths among minority groups remained unchanged.¹⁰ These inequalities may be due to several factors that include socioeconomic status, practices from immigrants’ countries of origin (such as indoor charcoal use), lack of targeted education efforts, and structural barriers.¹⁰ Fortunately, improved educational efforts can help reduce these disparities.¹¹