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Old August 20th, 2002
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CO2 level

Hi,
the biggest problem for Freediver is not the O2 level but rather the CO2 level. At a certain level of CO2, the brain stop working and you suffer a black out. The CO2 level is also what trigger the breathing reflex, not the low O2 level.
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