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From: hedden@atux01.UUCP (D. Hedden)
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Subject: Re: Skunk oil
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 16:52:35 EST
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Summary: Tomato juice does NOT neutralize skunk odor.

In article <698@decwrl.DEC.COM>, kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) writes:
> 
> > Recently I heard about for an anti-rape device consisting
> > of a breakable vial of skunk oil.  The idea is this:....
> > The odor would stay with the attacker for several days, making it
> > easier for police identification....
> 
> ... impression that tomato juice neutralizes skunk odor, so
> it's not clear how useful this would be for identification purposes. 
> ...  A false sense of security is dangerous.
Having used several quarts of tomato juice to deodorize my dog,
I can tell you that it will not remove the odor completely, but
it does tone it down considerably. It probably would be much more
effective on humans.

I think the idea may be more deterrance than identification. Skunk
odor would certainly deter me!! However, I agree that a false
sense of security is your worst enemy.

   "The moving hand writes ..."