Well, I have a colleague... maybe he is ill, but nobody wants to be in the same room...
Bit is it just disgusting or is it harmful to inhale?
2007-08-09 07:50:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
only harmful if ignited
2007-08-09 07:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by b d 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
LOL, yes they're just disgusting. The gas released is Methane. I believe that you would be harmed if there was an extremely excessive ammount of it in the air, something like 50% of the air, but that's unlikely to result from bodily functions.
So, no, it's not dangerous, just gross.
But you friend may have some digestive problem. Such as being lactose intolerant.
2007-08-09 08:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jane 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they're really harmful. They contain varying levels of oxygen, nitrogen, bacterial by-products, methane and sulfur. But they're in small amounts, so they just smell really bad.
Here's an excellent website about farts:
http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
There are a bunch of questions with answers. Perhaps you can talk to your colleague about what he eats, or get him to buy the "Fartypants" pants.
Good luck! Keep some coffee beans around to help absorb the smell.
2007-08-09 08:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by Sci Fi Insomniac 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Farts are nothing but gaseous byproducts of human digestive activity. The bad smell is due to gases like Hydrogen sulphide (H2S). The gas is neither noxious nor allergic. It has no side effect on other people's health though.
2007-08-16 23:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by GK 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well no farts are not harmful to your health, maybe to the nose but, they are a way of relesing carbondeoxide from your body, just dont stick a lighter to his rear
2007-08-11 18:29:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Farts contain noxious sulfur compounds that could kill, and of course, methane and CO2. All can kill humans, but no single human could produce enough fart in a month STRAIGHT to kill a human (that is, if you seal a room and collect the fart).
2007-08-09 09:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by nobody2000 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
im sure people have been breathing in their own farts for hundreds of years, so far ive never heard of anyone dying from a toxic fart...........unless it got compacted and blew their head off or something...........you are a sad individual, dont you have anything better to think about then poisonous flatulence
2007-08-16 23:19:53 · answer #7 · answered by IT'S ME AGAIN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do have toxic elements, but think it through:
The gas origionated internally, surrounded by absorbent membrane.
Do you really think it could harm you diluted in air?
2007-08-09 21:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
farts are better out than in... yes it is somewhat toxic but it wont harm you by breathing it in or anything... worst comes to worst you breath it out our you body expels of it through waste, sweating, breathing .. whatever
2007-08-16 09:47:05 · answer #9 · answered by deflateddog777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both...and explosive if a live fire is around.....
Beware....risk of explosion (Methane, Sulphidric acis, indol, escatol, degluted nitrogen) etc-----
2007-08-14 18:00:35 · answer #10 · answered by Sehr_Klug 50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi omfg, no,if they were id be on the verge of death,lol,im alway farting
2016-05-18 00:06:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋