CO2 Toxicity

[Arnaud]

Lawyers and doctors, all working together! Thanks for the added explanation!

Dr Paul Thomas once bubbled...
However, elevated CO2 levels do significantly contribute to the onset and severity of nitrogen narcosis and CNS oxygen toxicity.

Can you please elaborate a little more on this one?

 

[The Iceni]

Take a look at these threadsut:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4425

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14755

In summary all gasses can cause narcosis, the degree of which is dependent upon that gas's partial pressure.

Both oxygen and CO2 are, in addition, metabolically active.

It is a bit late, now so I'm off to bed!