Can Bad Smells HARM YOU?

This question comes from Mikayla Stott, she asks “if it's harmful for your body to inhale bad smells. For example, is it bad to inhale septic tank odor or does it just smell horrid? Or just any really bad smells”

I love this question for many reasons, but mostly because I’ve wanted to know the same thing for a long time, because it seems very logical that a horrible smell, coming from something that WOULD make you sick… could also make you sick… or KILL YOU!!! Science would like to disagree… to a degree.

Luis says a smell cannot hurt you anymore than a color can harm you. I duno man, the color green…sneaky sneaky ….out to getcha.

However sensing bad smells actually has a purpose. As an evolutionary trait detecting wretched odors let us know to avoid the thing giving off the horrible smell because those objects probably can harm us. You wouldn’t want to take a bite of dead raccoon or a mouthful of sewage.

Now on the flip side some environmental odors are considered toxic, and if the concentration and exposure time is high enough inhaling these toxic fumes could actually kill you. So if it smells bad, I would play on the side of caution, listen to your brain and body and to avoid it! Now since its kind of confusing to tell which smells are actually toxic and which ones aren’t, I’m providing a link in the description below to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry…This will give you all the specific info on what to avoid. Want to make sure my Nickipediacs survive until the next video!

Thank you so much for watching! Make sure to subscribe for new videos every week… and let me know in the comments below, what smells are the WORST! Which ones make you gag at first whiff… smell ya later!

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[hiimnick]

man, nick, you never fail to entertain me or educate me every video! just wanted to let you know again that i really appreciate what you do! your quality is great, and you definitely deserve a lot more recognition than you have! your videos are interesting, educational, and all around fun to watch. thanks again nick!

[WyIbert]

"Little tiny poop particles are landing in your nose..." By this point... I was... questionable... XD

[WOLFMAN-pvmv]

That's exactly why I smell my food when I eat 😂😂it's something I've always done

[SLBMusic-nees]

hi, I want to ask how about food waste odor, how harmful is it? Because I always stay in some place with lots of smelly food waste. thank you!

[theaeskey]

Hey Nick! Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to respond to my last couple of comments on your vids! It's so cool of you to take the time to do that and it makes me feel badass to know you're paying attention to me. This is one of many reasons why it makes me so happy to be a Nickapediac and to see your vids pop up in my subs! Also, GREEN IS MY FAVORITE COLOR!!!

[ethanstott]

Hey Nick! Your channel is such a great entertainment and learning place. I love your content and really appreciate all the time and effort you put toward your videos and audience. You really care about the quality of the video itself and responding to your viewers. There's not too many youtubers that do that. Thank you so much for answering my question. I seriously thought that you'd never see it! Keep up the GREAT work and I hope your channel grows tremendously! You deserve it. :)

[Ikuto]

This was very interesting. (its like. 3am over here) I was a little freaked out that something so small takes a big effect on us human. BTW I hate the smell of olives the smell makes me gag so much and the taste is bleh. I always love these video so much. 💖💖💖😍

[estebancasanova]

Random question but is it possible to lose the sense of smell over time? Just like we experience loss of hearing as we grow older, does the same concept apply for smell?

[lexiedgrooms]

I smell poop and it makes me it makes vomit it makes me sick to my stomach can I get to my nose

[youngspunky]

the worst smell what in my air ducts and it's now it smells like a corpse

[joels]

Dude theres this really bad smell coming from my laptop and I dont know whether its a burning smell or a chemical smell

[EnfinityNoxuneNightcore]

You're amazing, keep it up, don't mind the later upload either :P

[solomonjohnson]

A very long exposure to Vin Diesel ⛽😂😂😂💔

[numbzinger]

The real question is who is sponsoring the tests and what do they stand to gain from a favorable outcome? Do more research and you'll find contrary information to what was given in this video.

[mistycageyt]

can It kill you smelling glass cleaner or sewage?

[tommcreal]

my bother was making soup an it smelled awful but it didn't affect the rest of my family

[lloidberg]

Why markers, gas, concrete smell so weirdly good

[heymae_]

But paint and car gas smells so good o.o

[lexiedgrooms]

Even if I click clean my guinea pig's cage

[leland]

One of the great smells of yesteryear was gasoline before they took the lead out. One of the worst smells is an unwashed human being.