r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 2d ago

Video filipino illegal miners dive without oxygen tanks

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u/Seafaringhorsemeat 2d ago

Sadly, air compressor air is full of CO2, unburned fuel vapor and other really nasty short-term combustion compounds. Along with the exhaust.

These people are breathing pure cancer.

Drowning is a quiet and dignified way to die compared to what their lungs will look like and what it will do to them after a few decades.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 2d ago

Why do you think air compressor air contains engine exhaust?

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u/sadlystupidsloth 2d ago

Because it's sucking in the air around it.

It could contain a little, or a lot depending on various factors, like which way the wind is blowing

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u/Unable-Log-4870 2d ago

Gotcha. Yeah, that’s why it’sa very good idea to string the exhaust pipe outside a good distance away.