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Can You Smell Rotten Eggs? It Might be Hydrogen Sulfide – The Denver North Star

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Hydrogen sulfide is the rotten-egg smell that makes your nose wrinkle when it wafts by. It also causes health impacts such as headaches, sore throats and difficulties breathing. One prime suspect? It comes from the direction of the water treatment plant. Metro Water Recovery treats an average of 138 million gallons of wastewater from homes and businesses.

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Can You Smell Rotten Eggs? It Might be Hydrogen Sulfide – The Denver North Star

By Trish Zornio Metro Water Recovery’s Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility. Photo by Kathryn White For years Suncor Energy has dominated local news about air pollution. But what else is causing air pollution in Commerce City? Based on data from an independent air monitoring study presented by Cultivando last year, hydrogen sulfide could be a significant concern for the region. For those not familiar, hydrogen sulfide is the rotten-egg smell that …

2 months ago·Denver, United States

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