I’m aware that odors are gaseous chemical compounds that our olfactory receptors can distinguish. But are particularly vile scents potentially detrimental to your health?
Some compounds like CO are odorless, yet fatal. So what is our body really telling us when we smell something revolting and is it reliable?
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Can be. Most of the gnarly ones are like phosphorous, sulfur, or ammonia containing and those are all toxic. Ozone is super toxic and smells like electricity. Anything that the legged fish that evolved into us developed an aversion for usually was related to avoiding toxins. Not perfect though, as you mentioned. Some things smell really good but are super cancerous, usually made by people in a lab with alchemy
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