The Misappliance Of Science

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Bad Methods of Assassination, #42

Debunked: If you are completely covered in paint, you will die of asphixiation because your skin can't breathe.

Well, your skin can't breathe even if you *aren't* covered with paint. But what your skin can't do when you're covered with paint is dissipate heat through sweat, so in all likelihood, a person completely covered in paint would die a slow death from heat stroke.

Cecil Adams says as much here.

References:

• The Straight Dope on painted people