Chemical probe confirms that body makes its own rotten egg gas, H2S, to benefit health

http://blog.smu.edu/research/2013/06/18/chemical-probe-confirms-that-body-makes-its-own-rotten-egg-gas-h2s-to-benefit-health/

June 18, 2013

A new study confirms directly what scientists previously knew only indirectly: The poisonous “rotten egg” gas hydrogen sulfide is generated by our body’s growing cells.

Hydrogen sulfide, or H2S, is normally toxic, but in small amounts it plays a role in cardiovascular health.

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