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  2. That rotten egg smell could be a gas leak. What can you do to ...

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    Mercaptan is a harmless chemical that smells like sulfur or rotten eggs that utility companies add to natural gas to make it easier to detect leaks, according to Healthline, a medical information ...

  3. What’s that stench? Why a ‘rotten egg’ smell is wafting over ...

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    McCurn’s office has received complaints about the rotten egg smell for several weeks. “It stinks. No pun intended,” said Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilman Josh McCurn, who represents ...

  4. Hydrogen sulfide - Wikipedia

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    Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula H 2 S.It is a colorless chalcogen-hydride gas, and is toxic, corrosive, and flammable, with trace amounts in ambient atmosphere having a characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs. [11]

  5. Sewer gas - Wikipedia

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    An old sewer gas chimney in Stonehouse, Plymouth, England, built in the 1880s to disperse sewer gas above residents. Sewer gas is a complex, generally obnoxious smelling mixture of toxic and nontoxic gases produced and collected in sewage systems by the decomposition of organic household or industrial wastes, typical components of sewage.

  6. This simple hack will tell you if the eggs in your fridge are ...

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    Generally, once you’ve cracked an egg, you'll know immediately if it's unsafe, as it will smell terrible. But if you notice any sort of scent, it's best to throw the egg away. Fresh eggs have ...

  7. Stink bomb - Wikipedia

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    At the lower end of the spectrum, relatively harmless stink bombs consist of a mixture of ammonium sulfide, vinegar and bicarbonate, which smells strongly of rotten eggs. [2] When exposed to air, the ammonium sulfide reacts with moisture, hydrolyzes, and a mixture of hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) and ammonia is released. Another mixture ...

  8. Surströmming - Wikipedia

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    These bacteria produce carbon dioxide and a number of compounds that account for the unique odor: pungent (propionic acid), rotten-egg (hydrogen sulfide), rancid-butter (butyric acid), and vinegary (acetic acid). [8] Due to these gases, a thousand cans of surströmming exploded over a period of six hours during a fire at a Swedish warehouse in ...

  9. Aliso Canyon gas leak - Wikipedia

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    Aliso Canyon SS 25 wellhead, December 17, 2015. Note subsidence craters at center, apparently from the attempts to plug the leaking well. The Aliso Canyon gas leak (also called Porter Ranch gas leak [1] and Porter Ranch gas blowout [2]) was a massive methane leak in the Santa Susana Mountains near the neighborhood of Porter Ranch in the city of Los Angeles, California.