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On Sep 21, 2:08Â*pm, John Williamson
wrote:
Steve Firth wrote:
"Doctor Â*Drivel" wrote:
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Andy Champ wrote:


CO2 most definitely is toxic.
No, not in the slightest.


Â*(Not very toxic, you can take a few
percent).
It's not toxic at all.
Thicko, it is toxic to the atmosphere.


Not even that you lame brained disappointment to your parents.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009..
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
toxic [ˈtɒksɪk]
adj
1. of, relating to, or caused by a toxin or poison; poisonous
2. (Medicine / Pathology) harmful or deadly
[from medical Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison, from Greek
toxikon (pharmakon) (poison) used on arrows, from toxon arrow]

(Definition 2) CO2 is harmful or deadly to most animal life when
concentration in the breathing gas is excessive. Therefore, it is toxic.
Admittedly, not as toxic as a lot of other gases, including carbon
monoxide, but still toxic.


You are right.
However,
If there were no CO2 in our lungs, we would die.