How China's Pollution Sniffers Work


	How China's Pollution Sniffers Work

fewstingscorpio

9-11-2008 4:51 PM

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pollution, china, smell, senses, environment

fewstingscorpio says:

It all comes down to the old snoot...
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/pollution-sniffer.htm

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	<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A class="on" href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/pollution-sniffer.htm">Introduction to How China's Pollution Sniffers Work</A></LI>
	<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/pollution-sniffer1.htm">Detecting and Differentiating Scents</A></LI>
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