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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Nose for trouble: Italian town seeks ‘odour evaluators’ to sniff out bad smells

Small town on a hillside
Brendola is in the Po valley, one of the worst areas in Europe for air pollution. Photograph: Giorgio Peripoli/Shutterstock

An Italian town is seeking a crew of sniffers to identify bad smells in its quest to improve air quality.

Bruno Beltrame, the mayor of Brendola, a small town in the northern province of Vicenza, said he began the recruitment campaign for six “odour evaluators” after complaints about “unpleasant smells” from people living in neighbourhoods close to industrial zones.

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