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  2. Does your home smell bad? Why nose blindness makes it ... - AOL

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    When we’re exposed to a constant smell, like the scent of our house, our brain starts to filter out that smell. This lets us focus on new smells that may occur in the environment rather than get ...

  3. Camembert - Wikipedia

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    Camembert cheese gets its characteristic odor from many compounds. These include diacetyl (buttery flavoring for popcorn), 3-methylbutanal , methional (degradation product of methionine ), 1-octen-3-ol and 1-octen-3-one (degradation products of fats), phenethyl acetate , 2-undecanone , δ-decalactone , butyric acid , and isovaleric acid , [ 7 ...

  4. Paint stripper - Wikipedia

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    Paint remover is applied to an aircraft's landing gear during an inspection looking for cracks in the aluminum. Paint stripper or paint remover is a chemical product designed to remove paint, finishes, and coatings, while also cleaning the underlying surface. Chemical paint removers are advantageous because they act on any kind of geometry and ...

  5. Penicillium camemberti - Wikipedia

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    An allergy to the antibiotic penicillin does not necessarily imply an allergy to cheeses made using P. camemberti. [ 2 ] When making soft cheese that involves P. camemberti , the mold may be mixed into the ingredients before being placed in the molds, or it may be added to the outside of the cheese after it is removed from the cheese molds. [ 3 ]

  6. Febreze - Wikipedia

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    The product was initially marketed as a way to get rid of unpleasant smells. It sold poorly until P&G realised that people become accustomed to smells in their own homes, and stop noticing them even when they are overpowering (like the smell of several cats in a single household). The marketing then switched to linking it to pleasant smells and ...

  7. Environmental impact of paint - Wikipedia

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    Low-VOC paint types include latex (water-based), recycled latex (water-based), acrylic, and milk paint. [1] [2] The labels of paint cans can be checked for the following information: To be considered low-VOC, the paint should contain <50 g/L of VOC. [citation needed] To be considered zero-VOC, the paint should contain <5 g/L of VOC. [citation ...

  8. Air freshener - Wikipedia

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    Air fresheners from Febreze. Air fresheners are products designed to reduce unwanted odors in indoor spaces, or to introduce pleasant fragrances, or both. They typically emit fragrance to mask odors but may use other methods of action such as absorbing, bonding to, or chemically altering compounds in the air that produce smells, killing organisms that produce smells, or disrupting the sense of ...

  9. Lead abatement - Wikipedia

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    There are various lead abatement techniques to remove residential lead-based paint and lead in household dusts. Encapsulation and enclosure makes the hazard of lead-based paint inaccessible, while chemical stripping, removal of abrasives, scraping with the hand, and component replacement are effective in permanently removing lead-based paints from households. [5]