Why is it safe to inhale noble gases

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I was watching hamilton’s pharmacopeia and he was inhaling xenon and seemed to think it was pretty safe. As a layman, my intuition tells me inhaling anything besides oxygen is not safe. Why can you breath pure gases other than oxygen and be fine?

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Noble gases don’t react. The only real issue is that it takes up lung space where there could be oxygen.

You can breathe in helium to do a funny voice, but make sure your next couple breaths are normal air.

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