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Residents detected the MCHM odor for months after the water supply was declared safe for drinking.
Residents detected the licorice odor of MCHM for months after the water supply was declared safe for consumption. "Throughout the crisis, the severe lack of reliable data for chemical, toxicological and odor properties resulted in confusion for everyone from utility and government officials to residents," observed Dietrich. The NSF RAPID grant was designed to generate critically needed data for MCHM properties.
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