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Because helium has a far lower solubility in water, deep-sea divers nowadays breathe heliox (helium/oxygen mix).
An alternative name is caisson disease; this name comes from the 19th century, when large engineering excavations (bridges, tunnels) required the work to be done in "caissons" under pressure to keep water from flooding the excavations.
Other ill effects experienced by divers are nitrogen narcosis and oxygen toxicity[?].
The Bends is a 1995 album by British band Radiohead.
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