The Singapore Civil Defence Force today launched its Chemical
Agents Scent Booth to help Singaporeans better identify eight
poisonous gases by only their sense of smell.
For example, chlorine gas smells like bleach while hydrogen
cyanide smells like almonds.
The Scents Booth will be exhibited on Emergency Preparedness
Days as well as other community engagement activities around the
island.
Visitors can get a whiff of the odours by sniffing some
specially-made paper strips found at the booth.
SCDF says, the sense of smell is critical as some dangerous
substances are invisible to the naked eye.