Is it dangerous to smell propane?

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asked May 28, 2019 in Other- Health by yvonneeu4 (300 points)
Is it dangerous to smell propane?

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answered May 29, 2019 by Essmann (42,860 points)
Smelling a little bit of propane is not dangerous for your health.

However smelling propane around your house could indicate a leak unless you just smelt a bit of propane from a propane bottle.

You're not gonna get sick or die from smelling a small amount of propane but breathing in too much propane could be harmful.

Although I've read online before that the propane is a non toxic gas when inhaled but you certainly don't want to be breathing in a lot of propane.

The smell of propane comes from an additive that makes it smell so that you can easily detect a propane leak but before the additive is added to the propane the propane is odorless.

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