"Jonathan Wood" wrote in message
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RedForeman,

Well... that does kinda sound weird... but my experience with plastic
plants, didn't last long... as i only used them to transition to real
plants..

Actually, it isn't the plants that smell. It's larger decorations,
designed
to look like pieces of wood, that smell strange.

Surely this has come up before if there is a problem. I'll try
searching the
web.

Jonathan

I have no comments or experience with the particular product that you
have, but since these products are not required to be tested against any
mandatory safety specifications, manufacturers will (and do) try out
different suppliers. These suppliers will experiment with different
recipes for the substances used to colour and seal the product (ideally
searching for a single application, colour and sealer). Don't make too
many assumptions. If they had a bad recipe (or just made an error in
preparing a batch), or the product was improperly prepared/primed, then
the amount of bad product might not be enough to register much of a
reaction to read about on the web.

In any investigation, remove all variables and then replace them one by
one. It might be interesting to put the artificial wood in a pail with
some minnows for a few weeks. Good luck.
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