A Manhattan man is suing the makers of Zicam for $75 million after their Cold Remedy Nasal Spray stole his sense of smell and taste. Or so he claims. The lawsuit comes from Paul Buck Jr., who was the director of operations for an organization called Art Food LLC at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—a job that required impeccable senses! In the lawsuit he says he used the over-the-counter spray from 2006 to 2009, and now suffers anosmia as a result; he claims the company should have known that there were studies dating back to 1937 that show a topical application containing zinc ions (like Zicam) could "produce permanent anosmia." But how much spray was this guy using?!
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