How do you deal with excessive levels of perfume? [more inside]
posted by pjern on Sep 4, 2009 - 15 answers

I want to have 2 bedroom hardwood floors refinished. My wife is about 14 weeks pregnant. Is it safe for her to be in the house with the polyurethane fumes from the floor finish? [more inside]
posted by bingwah on Jul 14, 2009 - 20 answers

The salon next door is leaking fumes into my projection booth. Am I going to die? [more inside]
posted by bjork24 on May 6, 2009 - 3 answers

Am I going to kill myself why attempting to clean my oven? [more inside]
posted by zackola on Jul 16, 2008 - 8 answers

High-efficiency gas furnace installed where previously there was mid-efficiency. So it vents straight out the wall while the old furnace used the chimney. The vent is right next to the sandbox. How bad is this? [more inside]
posted by winston on Apr 26, 2008 - 5 answers

Whatever happened to people emitting enough toxic fumes from their bodies to clear an operating or emergency room? I remember seeing news reports on this multiple times in the 1990s, but haven't heard anything since. [more inside]
posted by krisak on Feb 22, 2008 - 6 answers

Suggestions for getting rid of the smell of wood stain/varnish? [more inside]
posted by Zinger on Dec 5, 2007 - 5 answers

Upstairs neighbors had hardwood floors installed. I think they've gone on vacation while the installers did their work (stage 1 was Monday, stage 2, yesterday). The paint-fume smell in our condo is awful. What kind of health risks are there to ourselves or our cat? [more inside]
posted by cybercoitus interruptus on Nov 17, 2007 - 10 answers

Is my car's air conditioner releasing deadly fumes or something? [more inside]
posted by exceptinsects on Aug 21, 2007 - 3 answers

We've just moved into a new house and we've noticed a strange odor both inside and outside most nights since we've been here. It's our first house ever and we're at a loss with regards what to do... [more inside]
posted by tastybrains on Jun 24, 2007 - 30 answers

My boss has decided to repaint the interior of our office building, which is nice. However, she is having it done during office hours - I'm 10 weeks pregnant, we have someone with allergies and someone with asthma. Is this odd? Isn't this usually done outside of office hours so we don't have to sniff paint fumes for 8 hours? [more inside]
posted by marajade on Mar 13, 2006 - 28 answers

Noxious cooking, chemical, and exhaust fumes at work [m.i.]: [more inside]
posted by naxosaxur on Jan 27, 2005 - 12 answers