The industry had in the past estimated that most of the gas was expended during the cleaning process and only about 2 percent escaped into the air.

At every moment water escapes the body through sweat, urination, defecation or exhaled breath, among other routes.

Did escape of hydrogen help to set the stage for complex life on Earth?

He explained: "Now the actual amount of radiation escaping is about two watts, not much more than you get from a cell phone.

In the process, some highly reactive oxygen molecules escape and make chemical attacks on anything in sight.