if oxygen is essential to life then why is oxidation or oxidative process dangerous?
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Combustion is necessary for a car, but don’t let a match near the upholstery.
Oxygen has a tendency to bond to things. This makes it a great energy source, but also fairly unstable. If it gets somewhere that it shouldn’t be, it can cause serious harm because it is now somewhere that it shouldn’t be.
Our bodies are pretty good at controlling where oxygen is, and what form it’s in while it’s there, but if it ends up wrong it can still cause problems.
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