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nitrous oxide

noun as in laughing gas

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In the upper reaches of a Minnesota watershed, the water is so full of dissolved nitrous oxide that University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hydrologist Zhongjie Yu likens it to a soda can.

The pellet facility operations would also exacerbate nitrous oxide air pollution — which can cause eye irritation, nausea and respiratory issues — by roughly 18%, in violation of local air standards, according to the report.

Trump slipped the noose again and was as giddy as a drug addict huffing nitrous oxide, so he doesn’t much care.

From Salon

The WMO reports historically high levels of the greenhouse gasses methane and nitrous oxide, which like carbon dioxide are common byproducts of human industry.

From Salon

In a statement read to the court, a bomb disposal officer said the device contained nitrous oxide cylinders.

From BBC

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