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Old February 2nd, 2006
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Re: New WR for pure O2 static
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Definitely NOT a good idea!

Some of the first scuba systems used pure O2, and they were very dangerous because even at relatively shallow depths there was a high risk of convulsions. There is an account of this in Jacques Cousteau's book The Silent World.

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