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Washington area noses according to a recent news story, were assaulted by an unpleasant odor like “sewage on the loose” that sent 40 District of Columbia environmental inspectors scurrying about fruitlessly for the hidden source.
The highly obnoxious smell enveloped many counties as well as part of the District area, was very unpleasant to everyone and re-minded some smellers of the odor that paper mills often give off.
A Montgomery County environmental health officer. in fact, guessed that
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