posted 11-12-2003 05:47 PM            

For this past summer, I've been having to CRANK my car A/C because of the heart and dryness, especially ON heavy chem-spraying days. My clothing and everything in my car (CD Holders, etc) would get this......smell... this odor which all this time I thought was from my A/C unit.

Let me first say that I never noticed this odor in the 2 previous years of owning this car. I thought it was my A/C unit going bad or something.

But this past week it's FINALLY gotten cooler, but driving home from work I still require the A/C blasted to cool off from just getting off work and stuff. But the SMELL isn't there this past week. YES, we've been sprayed this week, but it's been amongst REAL clouds and a not so dry atmosphere.

posted 12-13-2003 03:59 PM            

I have traveled a lot, and have only noticed "the smell" when upwind from other pollution sources, like cities, roads and power plants. I do associate the smell with aerosol spraying, because I can't figure out where else it could be coming from.

Whatever it is, it must be composed of minute particles. The sun warms these particles and they rise above ground level. I am aware of the smell only in the morning and on cloudy days. Sometimes the smell is so strong I have to fight my gag reflex.
"The stuff" clings to my skin and clothing. It took three washings to get the smell out of a synthetic fabric stocking cap of mine.

While wiping the top of a coffee can with a damp cloth, a smell wafted up that I realized was similar to the stink being discussed here. Try it. Maybe add a tiny bit of fish and orange peel aromas. Coffee cans are made of a different alloy than other food cans.