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By EVE M. KAHN HOUSE BEAUTIFUL "A friend just bought a lovely 1920s house, but it has layers of old smells, especially from fireplaces and tobacco. How can she get rid of them?" RUTH TRAVIS (president, Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification): Smoke particles — from fire or cigarettes — are so fine, they penetrate everything. They get into wood and walls. They may have to be refinished or repainted. After all that, if the smell lingers, get a professional to bring in an ozone machine. Ozone molecules bond with odor molecules and effectively burn up the smells. As a last resort, upholstery can be ozone-treated too, off-site, which is great because the ozone really penetrates fabric. What odors are hardest to clean? Urine, milk, baby formula, gravy, blood, vomit, feces. They really adhere to fibers, and pet urine will soak everything, including floorboards. Cat urine is especially acrid. If the animal pees on the sofa, you could get the cushions pro...

I recently moved into a new apartment. The refrigerator has an ice-maker, but the ice from it tastes musty. I let the bucket fill up. Then I emptied it, cleaned it and let the maker start over, but it still smells. We don't use ice every day, so sometimes it sits for several days. It is not practical to turn the ice-maker off because it takes too long to make ice when we do need it. How can I rid the ice of its musty taste? ANSWER: Deep Clean the Ice Maker & Water Lines  – Use a mixture of vinegar and water or a mild bleach solution to clean the ice maker, bucket, and water lines. This helps remove any mold or bacteria causing the odor. Replace the Water Filter  – If your refrigerator has a water filter, replace it. Old filters can harbor bacteria and affect taste. Flush the System  – Run several batches of ice and discard them to clear out any lingering contaminants. Use Odour Control Solutions  – For long-term freshness, consider using  Anotec’s odour con...

The Town of Mosheim was strongly encouraged Thursday to consider hiring a full-time person qualified to run its Water and Sewer Department, as a way of getting control of current and future needs. That recommendation was made by Brett Ward, a utility operations consultant with the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), near the end of a lengthy Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. Much of the meeting dealt with sewer odor problems. Two chemical sewage treatment vendors made presentations to the board, at the invitation of J.C. Hurd, a full-time sewer system employee of the Town of Greeneville who also serves Mosheim on a part-time basis. Hurd in essence agreed with the MTAS official, telling the board that he would be pleased if the town were to hire a qualified person, or choose one of its current employees for training that would lead to certification as a sewer plant operator and sewer collections operator, "and run me off." ...

BOURNE - The latest outbreak of hydrogen sulfide odors at the Bourne landfill off MacArthur Boulevard will be brought under control by the Fourth of July holiday period or the board of health may take action. The issue stretching back to 2008 seemed to be resolved this spring, but seven weeks of wet weather, northeast winds and failures in the gas-recovery system at the landfill have all contributed to the odor problem. Acting Landfill General Manager Dan Barrett said piping in the flare system has been repaired, and he said the lingering odor issue could be solved prior to the holiday period when visitors arrive. “The odors are completely out of control again,” Galon “Skip” Barlow, board of health member, said. “We don’t want to rein in the landfill, but this has to come under control; the problem has got to be fixed. We have to take action. “This has an effect on the whole community,” Barlow said. “And it’s not a positive thing. We want a landfill the community can live with.” T...

For the past several weeks, workers at HAPCO on Hillman Highway in Abingdon have complained that an odor has been blowing into the plant, making them sick. “Seems like it just creeps up on you,“ says employee Tim Grubb, “and you really don’t notice it until it’s about got its full effect on you.“ Workers say it is a perfume type of smell that is just overpowering. “Leaves a taste in my mouth,“ says Ralph Kiser. HAPCO believes the odor is coming from nearby MXI. But MXI says they weren’t even operating this morning, when 56 HAPCO employees complained of the smell. Brian Potter of MXI doesn’t deny an odor coming from his plant, but says there is a “high likelihood” that whatever is causing the sickness is not coming from MXI. HAPCO shut down its operations for two hours this morning to let employees recover from what they described as the worst odor yet. The Department of Environmental Quality is working with both plants to find the problem, and the solution. They have sent letters to MX...

Article from: PerthNow Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print John Flint A LEADING doctor has savaged the State Government's decision to approve Alcoa's massive expansion at Wagerup. Andrew Harper yesterday said the move was ``outrageously irresponsible''. Dr Harper, an occupational physician and medical practitioner with extensive expertise in chemical injury, was a member of the Government-appointed Wagerup Medical Practioners' Forum, which investigated chronic illnesses suffered by people living near the alumina refinery, 120km south of Perth. The forum, chaired by the highly respected D'Arcy Holman, strongly advised against the expansion. The Government recognised Dr Harper's expertise when it appointed him to investigate the Agent Orange saga involving government workers in the Kimberley. Dr Harper said the health-risk assessment for the Wagerup expansion was fundamentally flawed, and ensuring that individual compounds --...

Ahmed Shaaban Print E-mail DUBAI — Industrial companies can now volunteer to have their environmental performance assessed under a certificate scheme launched on Tuesday by the Ministry of Environment
and Water. The UAE Minister of Environment and Water, Dr Rashid Ahmed bin Fahd, announced a 100-mark Environmental Performance Card (EPC) certificate to check the industries’ commitment to health, safety and 
 environment policies. “The door is now open for nearly 4,500 institutions under the industrial sector to voluntarily seek local accreditation in terms of their environmental performance,” Dr Fahd said. Noting that several workshops had earlier been held to raise the industrial institutions’ awareness about the certificate, senior environmental researcher Yahya Al Balushi said the card, to be renewed on an annual basis following several inspections, may be mandatory later. “The EPC is meant to be optional just like international accreditation certificates, ISO for instance, to smooth...