# what does nitrogen gas do to the body

Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution » Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. Nytimes.com

Understanding the Impacts of Synthetic Nitrogen on Air and Water Quality Using Integrated Models | US EPA » What does corn have to do with air pollution? Many of us don’t often consider how the food we eat - and the chemicals used to grow, package, or prepare it – can impact the air we breathe and the water we drink. Epa.gov

Nitrogen Narcosis In Diving » Nitrogen narcosis is a change in consciousness, neuromuscular function, and behavior brought on by breathing compressed inert gasses. It has also been called depth intoxication, “narks,” and rapture of the deep. Traditionally the gas involved in narcosis is nitrogen, and it is associated with dysfunction when breathed by scuba divers from their tanks containing compressed air. Other inert gasses associated with narcosis include neon, argon, krypton, and xenon, with the latter having an anesthetic effect even at sea level. Interestingly, helium does not cause inert gas narcosis and therefore, is used in deep diving as heliox (helium and oxygen mixture).[1][2][3] Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Case report of suicide by inhalation of nitrogen gas - PubMed » Nitrogen is an inert gas that is a normal constituent of the air that we breathe. It is a suffocating gas that does not support life and that can be a cause of death by the displacement of oxygen in the atmosphere. The majority of deaths associated with nitrogen have occurred in the setting of scuba … Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov