Alarming: Most smoke detectors don't detect deadly smoke

Alarming: Most smoke detectors don't detect deadly smoke

Imagine a room filling with smoke billowing from a smoldering couch. Visibility becomes increasingly compromised, but not enough to fully obscure a round white device affixed to the ceiling. It's a smoke detector. In fact, it's a brand new one with a brand new battery. But despite a haze now thick and acrid enough to disorient an adult, as smoke and carbon monoxide build toward deadly levels, the detector remains silent.

The Hook doesn't have to imagine this scenario: we created it.

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