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Will The Metallic Smell On The Hands From The Environment Be Concerned?
I moved to new port richey two months ago. Since the move I noticed that my hands smell like metal, a metallic, iron scent..I thought maybe it was just me, however my mother whom lives in the same house told me recently that her hands smelled bad. When I asked her what the scent was like, she described the same exact thing I had been experiencing...Needless to say the scent was exactly the same. It comes on out of the blue and leaves just as quick as it arrived with no change in washing of hands or lotions..Should I be concerned about our health or environment?
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
Hello, Good to hear you. You and your mother is facing a metalic smell problem. If I am to advice you I raise the suspicious over your water. I think your water is contaminated with some iron like thing. So whenever you wash your hand you smell like it. But it is nothing to worry in living such a atmoshphere. If you have anything else to ask kindly contact me Dr. Arun Tank
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