Gotcha- FYI it may destroy olfactory nerves, but the odor lingers on your skin, hair , drysuit, gear, and anything else for QUITE some time!!
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chickdiver once bubbled...
Sorry, my bad- I have always been told that it was absorbed through the skin- however, I am not a doc. scientist, or other who would actually **KNOW** this for a fact. As for the taste, yes I do know that for a fact. I dove a limerock pit N. of Tampa about 2 months ago, descending through the layer there was a distinctive metallic taste to the inside of the mouth, not around the mouthpeice, as you would expect, but more n the insides of the cheeks. Once through the layer it stopped, same effect on the ascent. BTW_ define "short time" as in smell of rotten eggs for a "short time"- I smelled it on my hands for 2 days