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Editorial: The canary in the Pacific mine

Saturday 10 August 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Opinion

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The idea of placing a canary in a mine to detect carbon monoxide was first proposed by oxygen specialist John Scott Haldane, about 1913.

The idea of placing a canary in a mine to detect carbon monoxide was first proposed by oxygen specialist John Scott Haldane, about 1913.


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