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Emissions control DO NOT TOUCH

Nature volume 459, pages 500–502 (2009)Cite this article

Could hydrogen sulphide be the new nitric oxide? Katharine Sanderson reports on the rotten-egg gas that is earning a reputation in human physiology.

When Rui Wang saw the painted Easter eggs his ten-year old daughter had brought home from school in 1998, he was unaware of the stink they were about to create. The eggs were proudly displayed as objects of art in the family's glass cabinet. Then one day, says Wang, ?I came home and the whole house was filled with a stinky smell?. One of the eggs had fractured, and the distinctive whiff of hydrogen sulphide filled the air.

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Katharine Sanderson is a reporter for Nature in London.

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