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From: "Marc Dufour" <emdx@ac*.ne*>
Organization: http://www.accent.net/emdx
To: Chris Parrett <chris@ab*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 00:00:09 -5
Subject: Re: Metabolic Decompression
Le  1 Apr 97 @ 16:24, Chris Parrett =E9criv=EEt sur "Re: Metabolic 
Decompression":

> At 04:38 PM 4/1/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hey Chris....very interesting, but I have a question.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >In our experimental model,
> >> bacteria that metabolize hydrogen and carbon dioxide  to methane and =
water
> >> were placed in the large intestines of rats. When the rats were press=
urized
....
> They didn't go into the quantity of gas produced.
> But realize the total amount of disolved gas you take into your system
> during a dive is pretty small.
> 
> So the uncontrolled assent wouldn't likly be a significant issue.
> The flatulence on the other hand might be problamatic for your dive budd=
y
> at the end of the dive <G>

Gee, if you're concerned about that, I wonder how do you define 
"buddy breathing"...


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