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  • Customers' gas bills smelling like ... gas [scratch-and-sniff]

    08/16/2010 11:39:20 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 5 replies · 1+ views
    upi. ^ | Aug. 15, 2010
    PUGET SOUND, Wash.- The gas bill of some Washington residents stinks -- literally -- making the gas company happy, because that's what they say they intended as a safety reminder. When Puget Sound Energy sent out their August bills to more than 1.5 million homes, they included a scratch-and-sniff pamphlet with a sample of the odorant they use in natural gas to help identify leaks, a company release said. One scratch on the pamphlet and the resident will get a sulfur-like whiff of something akin to rotten eggs, which is the odorant mercaptan added to the odorless and colorless natural...