#NEWs: The Supreme Court allows Alabama to execute Kenneth Smith with nitrogen gas, an unprecedented method, on Thursday. No noted dissents.
#DeathPenalty #CapitalPunishment
(see above thread for disturbing study results on the affects of nitrogen asphyxiation on rats)
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@Kinnison
CO2 definitely causes panic. But low concentrations of CO are deadly without killing by suffocation. The body can't distinguish it from oxygen, and the CO binds much more strongly to hemoglobin than oxygen, so you can have full levels of oxygen present but still accumulate enough CO to die.
Someone I know nearly died of it in her home. She only felt sleepy. It was fortunate her son dropped by, realized she was too sedated and got her to help.