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A 'metallic' smell is just body odour

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The pong from handling iron or copper comes from your own skin.

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  1. GlindemannD., et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45. 7006 - 7009 (2006).

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Paper: The Two Odors of Iron when Touched or Pickled: (Skin) Carbonyl

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Ball, P. A 'metallic' smell is just body odour. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news061023-7

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