Once called "hippie crack," nitrous oxide is making a comeback. Last week, the FDA warned about its dangers, and health ...

Easily available nitrous oxide canisters like "Whip-it!" can cause both temporary and lasting neurological damage or death.

As the Vienna Convention turns 40, it is important to recognise there is still work to do to protect our planet’s UV shield.

The attorney for Campbell Ryan Fortune, the driver in the car crash that killed three James Madison University students in ...

Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. WDSU anchor Gina Swanson was one of the two ...

The FDA on Friday warned consumers that inhaling the gas for its euphoric effects can cause dangerously low blood pressure.

There are calls for a review of the rules around the sale of nitrous oxide as the number of large canisters being dumped ...

The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by changing the way it delivers nitrous oxide.

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Nitrous oxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, is occasionally used by anaesthetists as part of general anaesthesia. Using cylinders that attach directly to the anaesthetic machines, instead of via long ...

The hospital has switched from delivering nitrous oxide (N2O) via a manifold system, which delivers the gas to pipelines throughout the hospital, to using portable supplies of the gas delivered in ...