# what does nitrogen gas do to the body

How Exactly Does Carbon Dioxide Cause Global Warming? » CO2 molecules make up only a small percentage of the atmosphere, but their impact on our climate is huge. The reason comes down to physics and chemistry. News.climate.columbia.edu

Phenylbutyrate improves nitrogen disposal via an alternative pathway without eliciting an increase in protein breakdown and catabolism in control and ornithine transcarbamylase–deficient patients » Background: Phenylbutyrate is a drug used in patients with urea cycle disorder to elicit alternative pathways for nitrogen disposal. However, phenylbutyrate administration decreases plasma branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) concentrations, and previous… Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

ACUTE TOXICITY OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE » HUMAN and animal data indicate that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can produce a variety of toxicological responses of varying degrees of severity depending on the concentration and duration of exposure and on the sensitivity of the population being exposed. Because NO2 is a gas, the primary route of exposure is via inhalation, making the lung the primary target organ; however, extrapulmonary effects also have been reported. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

What about residual (?) nitrogen? » (With apologies for bad terminology) I follow (as a layman) the theories about nitrogen loading (while at depth or descending), and nitrogen "off gassing" as you ascend. My question is : what happens with/to the nitrogen in the body at the surface-for non divers as well as divers. Does it just… Scubaboard.com

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First U.S. execution by nitrogen gas would cause "painful and humiliating death," U.N. experts warn » Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering." Cbsnews.com