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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (31203)	7/8/1999 4:37:00 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<They interviewed a woman whose olfactory acumen was in great demand. Apparently Supersniffers are quite rare, and they are of use to the odor industry in designing and positioning products as subjective and pure-lux as fragrances. >> From News of the Weird- * According to an April Associated Press report, the University of Illinois managed to find women to fill all 15 laboratory positions in which the only job is to sniff pig manure. They work three hours a week at $15 an hour attempting to recognize certain chemical markers in the manure so that researchers can ascertain which foods are responsible for making pig manure so foul-smelling. The university sought only females because estrogen improvessensitivity to smells.