Caption Only: Smoky Smell Prompts False Alarm
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Fire crews climb off the roof of Lincoln Elementary School at 1090 Roberta in South Salt Lake after smoke was smelled inside the building Friday. Students were quickly evacuated. There turned out to be no smoke and no fire.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 11--Dennis Buttolph glanced at ever-darkening smoke rising from the slope and grabbed a hose.
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I didn't plan the party right: By the time it was underway, I had to get to work. That's when the breakfast I left on the stove caught fire and the guests fled. No one bothered to call the fire department. When I got home at 6 p.m., my kitchen was a pile of ash.
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Another nugget I thought would be good to share. I came home from my trip to NY and there was a pretty bad stink in the kitchen.  Smelled like garbage. It didn't take long to zero in on the source -- the garbage disposal. I tried pouring all kinds of cleaning stuff down the drain, to no avail, the smell didn't go away. Then I did a search on the Internet, found a variety of suggestions, and felt pretty sure that I'd have to call a plumber because they all seemed to assume skills and/or tools I didn't have. Instead I tried a very simple idea and amazingly it worked. 1. Put a drain stopper in the disposal so no water can flow out through the bottom 2. Fill the sink with hot water mixed with soap and chlorine bleach. The hotter the water the better. 3. With the water running put one hand on the stopper and the other on the switch, as you pull out the stopper, turn on the switch. (Be sure to do it in that order, to keep your hand from getting chopped up!) 4. Let all the water run out of the sink and leave the water running as long as there's suds. 5. Repeat two or three times. Wait a day or two. With any luck the smell will be gone. The reason this works is that junk gets stuck on the walls of the drain, and since it's garbage, it rots and stinks. By immersing it in soapy water, the junk gets dislodged and goes down the drain and out of your life.
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The surgeon general's warning that smoking can be hazardous to your health takes on new meaning inside a coal mine, where the flicker of a cigarette lighter could trigger a deadly methane gas explosion.
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Dec. 13, 2004 -- The inability to identify the smell of lemons, lilac, leather and seven other odors predicts which patients with minimal to mild cognitive impairment (MMCI) will develop Alzheimer&#39;s Disease
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Have you ever visited New York on a hot day and seen that haze that appears to hover at the end the street? Is it diesel exhaust? The Con Ed plant? A Korean barbecue?
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TUESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) --   Losing your sense of smell might be an early sign of cognitive decline, a new study finds.
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By Greg Cima, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 1--MERNA -- A man who called police about a burglary at his home last month apparently didn't realize sheriff's police would smell the marijuana-growing operation in his basement.
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MADISON, Wis. - A fire alarm set off by smoke in the state Capitol caused an evacuation before firefighters located the source of the problem - a toaster and a singed muffin. "It was not too badly singed," said Justin Sargent, an aide to Sen.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--Candles and fireplaces are especially popular during the holidays, which means it's time for some safety reminders.
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Poi avrebbe respirato fumi letali della bomba carta
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A portable sensor array measures air quality to discern the causes of asthma attacks.
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Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke  in bars and restaurants can result in measurable levels of a  toxin in workers&#39; bodies that is known to cause lung cancer,  U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Preliminary findings suggest that outdoor secondhand smoke could constitute a health risk.
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By The Associated Press  A look at some close calls in space:  INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ALARM: On Sept. 18, 2006, a faulty oxygen generator caused smoke and led to a spill of a toxic irritant. Astronauts got the situation under control within half an hour.
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Sir, The Nelson Mail's glib and inapt title on a June 23 article "Nappies and compost cause a stink'' is inappropriate and obviously was penned by a philistine.   Compost should never "stink'' if made properly.