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  • Mystery Odor Sickens Wal-Mart Shoppers

    08/02/2002 12:44:10 PM PDT · by jwalburg · 31 replies · 756+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | Aug. 2, 2002 | KCRA, Yahoo News
    Hazardous materials crews responded to a Sacramento-area Wal-Mart store Thursday night after reports that a strong odor was making people sick. The incident happened at the Wal-Mart on Florin Road. Authorities said four people were sickened enough that they had to be taken to area hospitals. "I just got a whole lot of light headedness, and dizziness. It was just a big odor that I can't explain. I've never smelled anything like it in my life," evacuated shopper Angel Clokey said. There were reports that the odor may have been caused by spoiled milk, but authorities are continuing to investigate....
  • Training Dogs to Detect Prostate Cancer With Their Noses

    06/12/2002 5:11:42 PM PDT · by vannrox · 66 replies · 676+ views
    ABC ^ | June 11, 2002 | By Amanda Onion
    Experts estimate dogs' sense of smell is 1,000 to 100,000 times more sensitive than humans'.   Dog Doctors Training Dogs to Detect Prostate Cancer With Their Noses By Amanda Onion June 11 — Dogs could soon become man's best friend when it comes to detecting prostate cancer if new research plans are successful. <! -- begin print page / send page box --> Researchers at Cambridge University Veterinary School in England are awaiting funding to test the viability of what they call "dognoseis" — detecting the traces of prostate cancer by training dogs to smell signatures of the disease...