Re: mites and CO2 geoff reples
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: mites and CO2 geoff reples
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 03:43:01 EDT
In a message dated 9/1/1999 10:53:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
gstanf@swbell.net writes:
<< i remember aright, ambient co2 is 0.03%. 2% is lethal to most insects
and animals, including man, but not to plants. can anyone tell us the real
figures? as an aside, you cannot anaesthetise insects with ether or
chloroform, but you can with co2, hence my suggestion >>
Blood has a higher affinity for C02 than for 02 and even a higher affinity
for carbon monoxide.
In a room with high levels of C02 breathing will be heavy, but in a room low
in 02 it will not effect breathing since breathing is regulated by C02 levels
in the blood not on the amount of 02.
Paul
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