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Humans (and all other mammals) do inhale carbon dioxide as a natural constituent of the air we breathe - we simply do not utilise it.

We require oxygen to provide energy for survival via respiration, and produce carbon dioxide, which we exhale. The air we inhale also contains carbon dioxide (about 0.039%), but is not toxic to you at this concentration.

Above a certain concentration, its effect is toxic on oxygen-breathers, meaning that higher-than-normal levels of carbon dioxide in the air can cause problems even when the oxygen levels are adequate to support life.

If the level of carbon dioxide reaches just 1%, breathing it would make you drowsy. Up to 10%, and you start to suffer dizziness and headaches, loss of sight and hearing, and eventual loss of consciousness leading to death.

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