nitrous oxide

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Banned items include weapons, fireworks, flares, gas canisters, laser pens, camping chairs, umbrellas, flagpoles, air horns, megaphones, nitrous oxide, and excessive food and cigarettes security would think was more than "personal use".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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

“I think it makes a difference whether somebody would get a very effective and safe method of birth control,” Adamson said of the nitrous oxide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 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