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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 19:34:42 -0500
From: "Thomas A. Easop" <tae@os*.pe*.ne*>
Organization: EPI
To: emdx@ac*.ne*
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Nitrox Fraud
Marc Dufour (ABNT) wrote:
> 
> Le  4 Jun 97 à 9:00, Nigel Chase a écrit sur Nitrox Fraud:
> 
> > You Yanks really crack me up.  This nitrox business of yours is
> > showing up everywhere in the UK.  Dive charters are looking more
> ....
> > I was in the chemist yesterday and I couldnÆt help but notice that
> > almost one entire aisle of the store was devoted to antioxidant
> > vitamins.
> ....
> > In fact the whole thrust of the anti cancer and anti aging crusade
> > seems to be oriented around the power of antioxidants in preventing
> > free radicals from damaging connective tissue and DNA.
> ....
> > When this as a backdrop why on earth would anyone in their right
> > mind voluntarily expose themselves to a ultra hyperoxic breathing
> > mix unless it was absolutely necessary. I would love one of you Yank
> > diving rocket scientists out there to tell me that oxygen is not an
> > oxidizer if you breath it (while you busily oxygen clean tanks and
> > replace buna o-rings with Viton).
> 
> Oxygen has a big difference with free radicals: it is oxygen and not
> a free radical.
> 
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Perhaps, in addition to daily supplements, a large but health dose of 
these antioxidants prior to a sensable nitrox exposure is in order. Any 
ideas?

tombaqui
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