Police 'to get stink bombs'

The UK Times ^ | MONDAY JANUARY 07 2002 | BY MARK HENDERSON, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT

[vannrox]

	Police 'to get stink bombs'
BY MARK HENDERSON, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT
A VERY offensive weapon could soon be added to military and police arsenals: a potent “stink bomb” that overpowers rioters and demonstrators with foul-smelling odours is being developed by scientists in the United States. The Pentagon has commissioned researchers to design a universally unpleasant stench that incapacitates people with nausea, while leaving them otherwise unharmed, as an alternative to water cannon, rubber bullets and teargas. The stink bomb emits a reek of rotting rubbish, human faeces and burning hair that stops people in their tracks. The idea is to use it as a non-lethal weapon for crowd and riots control without causing any long-term injuries. Present methods have drawbacks: teargas and CS gas can cause breathing troubles, rubber bullets can kill; water cannon can cause impact injuries. Scientists at Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia have been awarded a major contract by the US Department of Defence to create the rancid odour. Details of their research are published today in Chemical and Engineering News, journal of the American Chemical Society.

[vannrox]

This could be nasty. Have you ever smelled "Cadeverine"? Yugggg....

[freedomlover]

This could be nasty.

True but this thread could be fun.

[Freemyland]

Indeed. I am bumping to check back later for what should be a treasure trove of Clinton references.

[Delta-Boudreaux]

THE CHEESE CUTTER BOMB

[sockmonkey]

Okay, Freepers, I'm waiting for your witty responses to this one. Most of the funny things that popped into my head were best left unsaid.

[camle]

hell I can do that, especially after eating greasy food!

[vannrox]

Sunday January 6 5:28 PM ET

Scientists Working on 'Odor Bomb'

By MICHAEL DABNEY, Associated Press Writer


PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A group of scientists are experimenting with the worst smells imaginable to help the military develop an ``odor bomb'' so foul it could clear crowds.


``What they would be interested in is something to keep people out of certain areas,'' said Pamela Dalton, a researcher at the Philadelphia-based Monell Chemical Senses Center. ``We are going for odors that every culture has experienced and the experience is negative.''


The Pentagon (news - web sites) asked Monell to help develop the stinky but non-lethal weapon. The center's work on putrid odors was reported in the Jan. 7 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.


About 50 Monell researchers are probing human pheromones, inquiring about food cravings or sniffing body odors. Dalton's job is to investigate what odors offend people.


``Whether people are born with preferences for odors or whether it is learned, we don't know,'' said Dalton.


Researchers have looked for odors that produced a negative reaction in all cultures, such as human waste, rotting animal flesh and garbage.


They focused on biological odors, believing they were most likely to be recognized, Dalton said.


Dalton cautioned that the military could be a long way from developing such an offensive weapon, and that scientists are still trying to work out some bugs.


``How do you contain these odors until you are ready to use them?'' she asked.

[ArrogantBustard]

After a few burritos washed down with beer, I could give them a real stink bomb...

[Happygal]

This is not a new concept. The Vatican have been working on a similar secret weapon for some time.

[Rebelbase]

Cagey develops countermeasures in the hopes of defying the authorities.

[Rebelbase]

No sooner is he successful that Cagey gets carried away with his endevor.

[DH]

a reek of rotting rubbish, human faeces and burning hair that stops people in their tracks

Why grant money for a study?

"Stink Bombs" are everywhere here in South Texas......free for the picking.  Don't believe it?  Simply go to the nearest Wal Mart or HEB grocery store parking lot and pick up all of the piles of used baby pampers laying on the parking lot!

The way to generate even more dirty pampers is to promote diversity and allow even more illegal aliens to cross the border into South Texas.  Seems like there is a never-ending supply of "dirty pampers in the parking lot generators."

[Wolfie]

I hear they'll also be using the ol' fake plastic dog sh*t for hostage situations.

[freedomlover]

Al Bundy bump

[Cagey]

It's funny you posted that photo. My mother always wondered why clothespins seemed to always be in short supply. I told her crows scooped them up for their nests. Now she knows the truth.

[jrobb20]

I just know you have been saving that photo thinking "One day we will hit a subject that this will apply to"!

[Rebelbase]

LOL....more than you will ever know!