”Don’t put your face in the coffin,” risk of getting carbon dioxide poisoning.
At funerals in Japan sometimes the coffin, in which the deceased is placed in, is approached to give a final goodbye.
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, there have been three incidents of people who have put there face in the coffin and died.
Dry ice that is placed in the coffin to cool the inside turns into a carbon dioxide vapor.
The Consumer Affairs Agency believe these accidents occurred due to poisoning after inhaling carbon dioxide.
The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan conducted an experiment, they placed 10kg of dry ice in a coffin.
When they closed the lid, after 20 minutes the concentration of carbon dioxide became that which would cause unconsciousness after inhaling.
Afterwards, even though the lid was opened, the concentration didn’t easily lower.
For this reason the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan says that at the time of your farewells do not put your face in the coffin.
They also say they want attention to be paid to sufficiently ventilating the air in the room.
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