Try vinegar to rid wood of odor (The Olympian)
Question: We've just inherited some beautiful mahogany furniture. Unfortunately, our relative was a heavy smoker. How do we clean the furniture and get some of the horrible smell out of the wood? Is it a lost cause?...more...Creating a Smoke-Free Facility (The San Francisco Examiner)
An increasing number of businesses are going smoke-free, whether by choice -- like many hotel chains - - or by edict of state and local governments....more... Monday Medical: Smoke-free is a breath of fresh air (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
Breathing easier this summer? You should be. July 1 marks the one-year anniversary of the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act, a statewide law requiring most indoor public places* to be smoke-free. ...more... Faulty sniffers may get help (Science News)
Betty (not her real name) remembers the day 9 years ago when she fully experienced an orange. As she split the fruit's skin, the sections, citrus scents sprayed into the air and the 51-year-old woman experienced a sensory epiphany: "Whoa! This is an orange....more... Paint It Green (Metro Santa Cruz)
Humans have been painting things even since before we were human. Yes, the earliest known cave paintings--Australia's brightly-colored Gwion Gwion images of tall, slim and fashionably dressed human figures, socializing in groups--are only 50,000 years old....more... Wintersville tries to solve sewer problem (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
WINTERSVILLE ? Residents living on Garden Drive and Meadow Road have been dealing with a sewer odor problem for years, and village crews are working to decrease that odor....more... Poor Sense of Smell May Be Alzheimer's (The San Francisco Examiner)
Other studies have linked loss of smell to Alzheimer's, Franks said, but this is the first to measure healthy people's olfactory powers and follow them for five years, testing along the way for signs of mental decline....more... Creating a Smoke-Free Facility (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
An increasing number of businesses are going smoke-free, whether by choice -- like many hotel chains - - or by edict of state and local governments. The Maryland General Assembly was the most recent legislative body to pass a statewide smoking ban, making Maryland the 18th state to require all restaurants and bars to prohibit smoking....more... Patio depressions need to be covered (Boston Globe)
Q My concrete patio is developing depressions the size of a saucer and about one-quarter-inch deep. Can I smooth them out or cover them? And with what?...more... |