• Tyfud@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I think it’s framed in the context of: “How dangerous would a single molecule be to a human?”. In that context, I would say O is safe, only because our body naturally destroys the radical oxygen molecules every day that we create with our anti-oxidants.

    True, in a larger quantity than our body can handle, it’s extremely toxic; but a single molecule would probably not be too bad.

    But I do agree, it shouldn’t be Green. It should be Yellow at least.

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      O would completely destroy you in lickable quantities. I think you underestimate how extremely reactive it is. Just remember that it is so reactive that it reacts with oxygen to form ozone. This is not a little byproduct in extremely small quantities all throughout the body, which is also not the O radical anyway.