Matt wrote:

"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message
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"David" wrote in message
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"nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname here.uk.com wrote in message
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The Social Worker who
briefed us said they were looking forward to the introduction of natural
gas, which would end the practice, so I assume something in the coal gas
was
critical to the process.

Carbon monoxide?

That seems likly to be the most active ingredient in Coal Gas (I can't
see the Hydrogen or Nitrogen or stenching agents being that reactive).

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