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Emily Verdouw

Odour inquiry doesn't clear the air for some residents

An inquiry aims to investigate potential health effects from odours linked to two waste facilities. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Residents of a city who have endured years of noxious odours from waste plants are divided over the announcement of an inquiry into the health impacts. 

For the last six years residents of Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane, have been complaining of smells they described as raw sewage, ammonia, ethanol, rotting compost, sour milk and decaying animal bodies. 

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