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> If you think you can taste or smell that, you're lying to yourself. I most certainly can smell it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK579463/ https://www
by mlyle 2y ago
> If you think you can taste or smell that, you're lying to yourself.
I most certainly can smell it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK579463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK579463/
"Most individuals are able to taste or smell chlorine in drinking-water at concentrations well below 5 mg/l, and some at levels as low as 0.3 mg/l."
- dmurray 2y agoAnd you can taste/smell lots of things far below 4ppm - example: farts - so appealing to "this looks like a very small number so you must be lying to yourself" is nonsense here.
- mlyle 2y agoIndeed, that's the whole point of smell: detecting interesting or harmful things at low concentrations.
- SoftTalker 2y agoAnd smell and taste are intertwined senses, that together are highly attuned to detecting and avoiding toxins, and finding and enjoying nutritious substances.