Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:05:27 -0800
Reply-To:     Björn <bratjen@DIRECT.CA>
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From:         Björn <bratjen@DIRECT.CA>
Subject:      Re: CO vs CO2 One's poisonous, the other's not.
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At 07:12 PM 15/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>CO2 is the gas that makes your soda all bubbly, and makes you burp! Not
>dangerous at all!
>
>PerL
>88 Syncro
>
>
Not quite: as CO2 replaces air and fills up enclosed spaces from the bottom
up because it is heavier than air it can suffocate you. CO as an odorless
gas is taken up through the blood via the lungs as O2 replacement which
makes it more dangerous.

Björn

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