+246 It's scary to think there is one oxygen atom's difference between the compound we exhale and the one which, if inhaled, is poison, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Carbon monoxide right?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Carbon Dioxide's poisonous too... That's why we exhale it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, in very high concentrations, but that's not why we exhale it...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Crap, looks like it's back to freshman biology for me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There is also the difference of one oxygen atom between a liquid that supports life and a liquid that is poisonous if consumed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hydrogen peroxide?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm too scared to breathe now!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Scarier thought, combustible nitrogen

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And that one transferred electron is the difference between having a metal that reacts in water, as well as a poisonous gas, and having plain old table salt.

by Anonymous 12 years ago