Although hydrocarbon-burning factories and power stations belching CO2 might be first spring to mind when considering greenhouse-gas emissions, some say another kind of belching, from cows, causes even more damage. A newly patented (1st Dec. 2015) invention from Caldeira et al., entitled ‘Treatment of ruminant exhalations’ suggest that cows’ methane-loaded exhalations might be mitigated if […]
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New brand of underwear: The newness smells suspicious
News reports in Britain and elsewhere tout a new British brand of underwear, named “Shreddies“, that uses a carbon filter to trap bad-smelling gasses. The manufacturer says the underwear is “award-winning“. This video compilation shows several recent TV accounts of it: But the basic product is not new, nor is it British. The original such […]
Fear of eating beans may be overblown
“People’s concerns about excessive flatulence from eating beans may be exaggerated.” That conclusion emerges loud and clear at the end of a study published recently in the Nutrition Journal. Donna Winham [pictured here], of Arizona State University, and Andrea Hutchins, of the University of Colorado, call their report Perceptions of Flatulence From Bean Consumption Among Adults in […]
Gas on Hand
This is one of the few studies on the subject: “Gasoline on Hands: Preliminary Study on Collection and Persistence,” Melinda Darrer, Joelle Jacquemet-Papilloud, and Olivier Delemont, Forensic Science International, vol. 175, no. 2, March 5, 2008, pp. 171–8. [AIR 16:2] (Thanks to Tom Gill for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, who are respectively […]