if nitrogen is everywhere, why is it a big deal if there is a nitrogen leak?

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if nitrogen is everywhere, why is it a big deal if there is a nitrogen leak?

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The nitrogen itself isn’t poisonous, but lack of oxygen will kill you. If enough nitrogen leaks out, it will push away all the normal air full of oxygen and fill the air surrounding the leak with pure nitrogen, which has no oxygen essential for your survival, causing you to essentially drown.

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