nitrous oxide
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More than 100 maternity staff are taking legal action against a hospital trust after being exposed to "hazardous" levels of nitrous oxide.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The BBC understands that the trust has since installed equipment that removes nitrous oxide from the air.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
However the increase in concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- "to their highest level in at least 800,000 years" has "upset this equilibrium", the WMO said.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
But excessive tonnages of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride are changing Earth’s climate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Chlorine is green and is deadly; nitrous oxide is colorless and makes people giggle.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
