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eppur_se_muova

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35. Keep away from this stuff -- it may be releasing DEADLY H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas !!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:45 AM
Jun 24

A number of people, a horse, and a number of wild boars have died or been hospitalized in a part of France where huge blooms of seaweed had washed ashore and begun to rot. The Guardian published a very extensive, in-depth article on the situation: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

Lots more articles online: https://www.google.com/search?q=hydrogen+sulfide+from+rotting+seaweed+claims+lives&udm=14

Above concentrations of 50ppm*, H2S has a way of "numbing" the sense of smell, which makes it possible for people to fail to notice how intense the smell is, after an initial exposure. H2S has an offensive, rotten egg smell (rotting eggs produce H2S) which is detectable at very low, non-hazardous levels (as low as 0.05 ppm*), but after a while, it just isn't repulsive enough to keep people away, and they can breathe in a substantial dose without being aware of it, until they wake up in the ambulance or hospital -- IF they're lucky.

* marks info from the Guardian article, which is very informative, but which can't be copied !! Please see the article https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

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Like a bad aftershave. calimary Jun 23 #22
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Keep away from this stuff -- it may be releasing DEADLY H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas !! eppur_se_muova Jun 24 #35
Yikes! I just read that article. calimary Jun 24 #36
Sadly, it took some shocking deaths for people to realize the nature and scope of the problem. eppur_se_muova Jun 24 #38
Thanks for that! tavernier Jun 24 #39
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