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methane



Alysoun McLaughlin wrote......................
The bubbles don't stink of methane (there's no smell that I
can detect), and
a friend of mine (was a chemistry major) doesn't believe
that any byproducts
of anaerobic breakdown would be both toxic and
water-soluble.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but methane (CH4) is odorless.  It
is the other organics produced along with methane which
stink.

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Dennis J. Harney
Miami University Botany Dept.