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
Entonox is a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen that is used as pain relief for women giving birth.
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
The centers are also adding nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for intrauterine device insertions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Some of it turns into nitrous oxide, a gas that increases global warming.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
