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To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: Re: nitrox courses
From: N.A.Harman@sw*.ac*.uk* (Dr. Neal Harman)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 13:22:48 +0000
Mike Wilkins (using Ali Lawrie's account) wrote:
>In the last mail Jason Rogers said:
>> 
[Temptations of homebrew deleted :-)]

>Nitrox courses have been devised to present essential information on oxygen 
>toxicity and management and the EAD principle.This information is crucial
>to safe diving practice on nitrox. O2 toxicity is more brutal than narcosis
>and to mess around with nitrox mixtures without the correct basic training
>is literally to invite certain tradgedy.Think carefully, is your life worth
>more than about eighty pounds (basic EANx), or will you just have a go?

On the other hand, none of this "essential information" is rocket science,
and is available outside courses. Safe techniques for brewing your own are
well within the capabilities of many people on this list, and may be the
most practical alternative (for example, if a commercial source is
inconveniently far away).
Neal


Dr. Neal Harman  
Department of Computer Science
University of Wales Swansea
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Swansea
SA2 8PP

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