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How much air do we breathe per day?

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Taking into account that we breathe in and out between five and six liters of air per minute , that yields a figure that ranges between 7,200 and 8,600 liters every 24 hours. If we count it by breaths, then we do about 21,000 per day .

Thanks to this process, the body assimilates the oxygen it needs and expels carbon dioxide. It is calculated that our daily contribution to the volume of CO2 in the atmosphere is, under normal conditions, about 1,100 grams – just over a kilo -, like that emitted by a car when traveling five kilometers.

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