Hi Rachel, Obviously from the responses you=92ve received there could be several poss ibilities. Dry traps are usually a good one to start with. If you (and your facilities and research staff) have exhausted all possibil ities there is also something called =93dirty sock syndrome=94. Goo gle it and you will see many reference and discussions. Here is a l ink with an explanation.
We recently had an i ssue that people described as dirty socks, sewer gas, etc. After severa l months found the odor by reviewing the floor plan of the building an d following the pipes in the walls. We found a couple of uncapped p ipes that were no longer in use.< /SPAN>
Good luck,< /P>
Patty
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"Harrington, Rachel" <rachel.harrington**At_Symbol_Here**ROS ALINDFRANKLIN.EDU> wrote:
We have a strong =93dirty socks=94 odor present in one of our micro labs. It=92s a pretty typical lab using media and cultures, etc. and we are systematically removing everything and deconning but this odor is persisting. I know I have smelt this che mical before, maybe back in my undergraduate days, but it is really a s ickening odor. Any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated.& nbsp; Thank you!
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