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CO2 is a normal byproduct of human life. Our bodies use oxygen to create energy during aerobic activity (with oxygen) and then our bodies produce CO2 due to this activity. The blood takes the CO2 from our cells to the lungs, and then while the blood is picking up more oxygen, it dumps the CO2 so we can exhale it.

Since we exhale CO2 with every breath the gas itself does not cause harm to the structure of the lung. However, we cannot sustain human life without taking in oxygen and breathing out the resulting CO2.

If we were to inhale CO2, we would deprive our bodies of the necessary oxygen and in a short period of time would pass-out. Continued breathing of CO2 would eventually cause respiratory and/or cardiac failure.

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