When your bathroom smells like onions, a possible cause is the shower drain. As you take a shower, dead skin cells, hair, dirt, and soap wash should go down the drainpipe. However, in practice, they can clog up your drain if you don’t have a mesh trap to catch loose hair. Once ...
Does yourcar smell weird? Well, it means that it’s trying to tell you about something off, something that is not going right. Just like the clicking sound of a bad CV joint or the rattling of a damaged timing chain, bad odors also indicate some issues. In fact, you should take all...
What’s interesting is that none of the compounds individually seem to match with the characteristic durian smell—they range widely, and include labels like fruity, skunky, metallic, rubbery, burnt, roasted onion, garlic, cheese, onion and honey. A number of them have been detected in just a...
Co2 Molecule – How Does It Relate To Heat Energy Generation? So you have driven the car long enough and now come to a complete stop. You see a cop car heading your way at high speeds, and you now get to realize that you do not have the right for stopping this car. The cop car ...
pieces of chalk, another who likes eating soil (I’m not kidding), and a third who likes the aroma of pesticide smoke. I can’t judge them too much, however, because as a child, I used to love the smell of gasoline, while some of my friends loved the smell of car exhaust fumes!
Some foods will contain sulfur, which result in gas that smells like rotten eggs. If your dog has a dietary intolerance (such as to lactose), the food may be fermented by bacteria in the gut, which also triggers a foul odor. Similarly, bacterial infections and inflammation in the ...
so asparagus itself doesn’t convey the same rotten smell. But once your body converts asparagusic acid into these volatile, sulfur-bearing compounds, the distinctive aroma can be generated quite quickly—in some cases, it’s been detected in the urine of people who ate asparagus just 15-30...
Those who know me know environmental concerns are high on my priority list. Emissions systems requiring DEF have largely eliminated black soot from our exhaust pipes. That’s great, but it has created many other environmental problems. The one segment of the industry who are not negatively impact...
The smell that comes out of the tailpipe may be too much. And the cost of filling the tank of a diesel vehicle may turn some people away. Some people, like those who try to control emissions, seem to think they can control the emissions that come out of a diesel powe...
I suppose it does bring up the question of whether regulatory authorities should put a "Best Before" date on pipelines, after which they should be abandoned and a new pipe laid parallel to them. Other than that, they could require much more intensive inspection of old pipelines, particularly ...