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wei <wei@cs*.fs*.ed*> wrote:- (Subject: Hydrogen Sulfide):-

> A friend of mine is writing a paper on diving in hydrogen sulfide and he
> asked me if I can tell him any information on the issue. The only thing I
> know about hydrogen sulfide is it tastes horrible and you need a non-leaking
> drysuit to dive in them. Can someone supply some more information on the
> subject?

H2S is also very poisonous like carbon monoxide. It smells like rotten eggs.
Don't rely on the smell, because I heard that exposure after a time can dull
the sense of smell smelling it. H2S is a gas: I take it that you mean "diving
in water which is saturated with H2S".

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