• Question: Is there a fluid, liquid, acid or alkaline that if you breathe it in, you will choke or die?

    Asked by marinebio1213 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Hayley Evers-King

      Hayley Evers-King answered on 12 Mar 2013:


      If you breathe in enough of any liquid you will die – this is what happens when you drown as your lungs are supposed to take in air not liquid. If you breathe in the fumes from highly concentrated chemicals e.g. hydrochloric acid, these too can cause death in extreme cases.

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