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To the Editor: Jones et al. (Jan. 13 issue)¹ describe a Tennessee high school whose students and teachers fell victim to a mass psychogenic illness. One should not assume that mass psychogenic illness was the cause, however, given the finding that "floor-drain traps in the index teacher's classroom (designed to keep gas out of the room) were noted to be dry and therefore not working."

Industrial hygienists are often summoned to investigate reports of odors in buildings. A common source is dry traps in floor drains. These U-shaped pipe bends, located beneath the floor, collect water and thus prevent sewer . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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