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San Diego mayor has plan to end bird poop stink
2013-05-25 05:18:59| Biotech - Topix.net
San Diego officials have announced a plan to rid the scenic beaches of La Jolla of bird poop smell after declaring the excrement a health hazard.
Ocean stink prompts 911 calls in Los Angeles
2013-03-04 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Methane gas from the sea floor caused a foul odor on Sunday that prompted nearly 100 emergency calls from residents reporting the stench from Santa Monica to West Los Angeles, officials said. The odor, which smelled like sulfur, was first reported late Saturday, air quality officials said. The smell wafted in from the Santa Monica Bay. Justin Walker, a Santa Monica Fire Department spokesman, said hazardous-materials crews found small increments of methane gas in the air at 8:30 a.m. The...
French gas cloud causes stink across the South East
2013-01-22 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Residents in parts of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire awoke to the sulphurous smell of rotten eggs prompting dozens of calls to emergency services. The accidental discharge of mercaptan from a factory in Rouen has caused headaches, nausea and a political panic in France. By this morning the pungent cloud had arrived on English shores and was even drifting as far north as south east London. It comes five years after "le stink', when parts of England awoke to the stench of agricultural...