Send in the Nasal Rangers

sjsoko writes "Is this for real? I see a future in alternatives to conventional Chili cook-off judging (from a distance, of course). Or perhaps that person in the cubicle across the hall can be provided undisputable evidence that the cafeteria lunches should be avoided."

Comments

This is ridiculous

[Pingular]

I can understand air and noise pollution, even light pollution to an extent, but nasal pollution? Smells are a LOT harder to stop, and some things require large amounts of smell (muck spreaders etc).
And the price :about $15,500, with another $66,000 spent on equipment is equally absurd.

And I thought my job stinks.

[Trigun]

Why couldn't they just test for the presence of chemicals without the nosegun?

You've obviously never lived in the country.

[Anonymous Coward]

I grew up in a small hick town in Ohio, where the major agricultural industry was livestock (pigs, turkeys & chickens). My house was about 1 half mile downwind from a small (100,000 bird) chicken farm. Probably twice a week we would be almost knocked over when stepping outside. Chicken manure reeks for miles if proper precautions aren't taken. The owner of this farm was routinely being visited by the EPA, but he never did clean up his act.

Re:Yes, this is _serious_ business...

[Ian Wolf]

Well the only thing that really bugs me is the following excerpt...

People complaining of odor from these farms often are concerned about the effects of such gases as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, said Brian Button, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman.

really should read...

People complaining of odor from these farms just moved in to "New-Age Suburbanite Farms", a three hundred unit planned community, located next to the state's largest pig farm, said Brian Button, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman.

Coming from a region once dominated with agriculture (Southern NH), I've seen just that. A developer built a 300 unit community on the other side of a cattle pasture for a large dairy farm. It wasn't long before these 300+ residents started complaining. Eventually the harrassment and ordinances all those voters could bring to bear, before the farmer retired early and moved away.

Is the smell a problem, probably, I don't live there so I can't say. The farms have to *be* somewhere and if the farm was there before the complaining resident(s), then they should have known better.