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Published online 13 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020211-5
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Goldfinger held grain of truth
Our skin takes its oxygen straight from the air.
The James Bond movie Goldfinger spawned the urban myth that a person can suffocate if air cannot reach their skin. But the plot contains a grain of truth, new research reveals - our skin gets its oxygen from the atmosphere, not the blood.
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