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The method of nitrogen hypoxia requires prisoners to breathe in the gas through an industrial-grade mask while strapped to a gurney and being deprived of oxygen.
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Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 12 June 2026
International human rights leaders have condemned nitrogen hypoxia as experimental, violent and potentially torturous.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Eventually, hypoxia would set in, causing damage to brain cells within minutes, permanent brain damage between four and six minutes, and finally major organ failure and death.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Airplanes flying at high altitudes must maintain pressurized cabins because air pressure outside the aircraft drops with altitude, making normal breathing difficult and increasing the risk of hypoxia.
—Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 12 June 2026
International human rights leaders have condemned nitrogen hypoxia as experimental, violent and potentially torturous.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Eventually, hypoxia would set in, causing damage to brain cells within minutes, permanent brain damage between four and six minutes, and finally major organ failure and death.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Airplanes flying at high altitudes must maintain pressurized cabins because air pressure outside the aircraft drops with altitude, making normal breathing difficult and increasing the risk of hypoxia.
—Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
Mountain sickness is caused primarily by a lack of oxygen, or hypoxia. Atmospheric pressure decreases as one moves away from sea level, and because the percentage of oxygen in air remains constant, the concentration of oxygen is decreased. Lower levels of oxygen initiate a series of potentially fatal physiological changes.—Charles S. Houston, Scientific American
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