Offensive Smell Research Articles

Characteristics of the Warm Mix Asphalt with Emulsion as Additives in Engineering

The technology known as Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), just unveiled in Europe, is becoming increasingly popular across the globe. By lowering the bitumen binder's viscosity, this cuttingedge technique makes asphalt mixtures more workable at lower temperatures between 30-40°C needed to generate conventional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). Reduced pollutants, energy savings, and a less offensive smell result from the lower mixing and compaction temperatures. More studies are necessary to evaluate its long-term performance. Based on MORTH requirements, this study examines the efficacy of bitumen emulsion as an addition in WMA samples of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) and Dense Bituminous Macadam (DBM) mixtures. The combinations' binder contents varied from 4% to 7% of the aggregate weight. For the DBM and SMA mixes, cement and stone dust were utilized as fillers, and VG 30-grade bitumen was employed as the binder. For SMA and DBM mixtures, the ideal binder contents were determined to be 6.92% and 6.32%, respectively.

Socio-economic baseline for oil-impacted communities in Ogoniland: towards a restoration framework in Niger Delta, Nigeria

This study documents the socio-economic baselines in selected oil-impacted communities prior to the commencement of the Ogoni clean-up and restoration project. Adopting mixed approach consisting of semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), and household surveys, we surveyed the pre-remediation socio-economic conditions in the Ogoniland communities between July 2018 and March 2019. Results indicated that almost all respondents (99.6%) agreed that the smell of petroleum products or crude oil was evident in the air they breathed even as there were visible black particles (soot) in the respondents’ nostrils, on their clothes, and in water. The respondents described the ambient air as smoky and choked with an offensive smell. The household waters were smelly, brownish, or oily, and most respondents (76%) cannot afford to treat their water. Forty-two percent of the respondents who relied on fishing and farming for a living sought for alternative means of subsistence and acknowledged that oil pollution caused stunted growth and low crop yield. The majority of respondents (91%) reported falling fish catches, while the fish caught smell and taste of oil, lowering their market value and posing a potential health risk to consumers. It is evident that oil pollution has impacted the socio-ecological values and sustainable livelihood in Ogoniland. This study provides baseline data for monitoring post-remediation socio-economic improvements in Ogoniland. It also highlights areas of urgent intervention to improve livelihood, and access to basic amenities (e.g., potable drinking water), waste management infrastructure, and statutory policy changes for sustainable development in Ogoniland.

Bold colors, sweeping melodies, offensive smells

Abstract This paper presents a corpus-based exploratory study of the figurative conceptualizations of visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli in English and Hungarian. Through a manual semantic analysis of altogether 6,800 occurrences of 18 sensory nouns (three per sensory modality in each language) in the TenTen corpora, the following conceptualization types of perceptual stimuli have been examined: reification, agentification, animization, and personification. The paper presents the relative frequencies of these conceptualizations along with their subtypes and concrete linguistic manifestations in English and Hungarian. Among a number of interesting observations that call for further investigations, the following findings merit special attention: (1) visual stimuli have the lowest values in every category; (2) in both languages, agentification is the most typical in the case of olfaction; (3) with the exception of representations of olfactory stimuli as living beings, every conceptualization type is more frequent in the Hungarian data.

Prevalence, Perceived Risk Factors and Effects of Enuresis among School-age Children in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria

This study investigated the prevalence, perceived risk factors and effects of enuresis among school-age children in Nsukka local government area. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional survey research design with a population of 7,794 Junior Secondary Students within the age range of 9-12years in the study area. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select a sample of 820 students from 10 selected schools. A structured questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.86 Cronbach’s alpha showing a good internal consistency of the test items. Data were analysed using frequencies, percentages means and standard deviations. Findings showed that prevalence of bedwetting among the respondents was 17.8%, 14.6% among males and 24.4% among females. The prevalence of primary bedwetting was 12.7%, 5.0% experienced secondary bedwetting, 15.0% experienced nocturnal enuresis and 2.6% experienced diurnal bedwetting. Dreaming of urinating, drinking a lot of fluid before bed and cold weather were some of the risk factors of bedwetting identified by the respondents. Some of the effects of bedwetting identified by the respondents were that bedwetting children often smell bad and bedwetting makes children feel sad. Preventive, curative, hygiene management and reinforcement strategies for enuresis were identified by the respondents. It was concluded that bedwetting negatively affects children in such ways as making them have an offensive smell, sad feelings, mockery and loss of respect from friends. School authorities should therefore make out time within the school year, to create awareness and teach school children about enuresis to reduce the stigma and embarrassment they face.

Assessing the oil yield and physicochemical parameters of the seed oil of Chrysophyllum albidum (African Star Apple)

Chrysophyllum albidum is of great economic value in tropical Africa due to its diverse industrial, medicinal, and food uses. In Ghana, the fruit is locally known as "Alansa," but its full potential has not been fully explored. In this study, oil was extracted from the seeds of Chrysophyllum albidum (Africa Star Apple) fruit using two methods: Soxhlet extraction and maceration, with normal hexane as the extraction solvent. The extraction was conducted at a temperature of 65 °C for the Soxhlet extraction method. The aim of these methods was to determine the percentage oil yield. The results showed that the oil content was 2.13% by Soxhlet extraction and 1.24% by maceration. Characterization was performed to determine the physical and chemical properties of the extracted oil. The results revealed that the oil was yellow in colour, with no offensive smell. It had a specific gravity of 0.94 kg/m3, saponification value of 181.203 mg/KOH/g, iodine value of 126.6804 mg/g oil, acid value of 5.52%, free fatty acids value of 2.77%, peroxide value of 4.50 meq/kg, and refractive index of 1.3648 at 20 °C. These findings suggest that Chrysophyllum albidum seeds may not be a highly productive source of oil based on their oil yield. However, the studied characteristics of the extracted oil indicate that it may still hold economic value in Ghana.

Comparative mapping of smellscape clusters and associated air quality in Kano City, Nigeria: An analysis of public perception, hotspots, and inclusive decision support tool

Few studies have effectively analysed the spatial patterns of urban smellscapes, public perception, exposure risks, or design an inclusive decision-support system. The current study coupled multiple methods to measure, map, and compare notable smell emitting spots, associated air quality indices, and public perception in Kano, Nigeria. It has revealed how urban informal activities generate both pleasant and offensive smells that contaminate the air more than the city's transportation and manufacturing. Notably, the most perceived odour hotspots coupled with highly hazardous sites with AQI value of >1200 which were found around the city's main abattoir. Conversely, the most commonly distributed pleasant smell spots are beef and chicken grills whose charcoal burning generate hazardous air quality. The novelty of this study includes its ability to use empirical data to design an inclusive decision support tool that identifies pathways for individuals, vulnerable groups, policymakers, and civil society groups to respond to various exposure risks. The study has identified informality, urban spatial inequalities, densification, and poor spatial planning which appeared to be the key drivers of the observed clustering of pleasant/unpleasant smellscapes juxtaposing with sites of worst air quality.

Comparative clinical efficacy of Tryushanadi Guggul and Navaka Guggul in Sthoulya (Overweight)

Sthoulya is Medovahastrotodusthijanya Vyadhi,which includes abnormal and excessive accumulation of Medodhatu in body. This is caused by lack of physical and mental activity,day dreaming,excessive intake of Madhur, Snigdhaahar results in increase Kapha Dosha and Meda which results in Sthoulya, which having symptoms of mild dyspnoea,thirst,drowsiness,excess sleep & appetite,offensive smell from the body,incapability to work and incapability to participate in sexual intercourseAim-Comparative Clinical Efficacy of Tryushanadi Guggul and Navaka Guggulin Sthoulya(Overweight) Material and Methods - Study comprisestotal 60 patients of Sthoulyarandomly divided into two equal groups. Group A(Experimental group) was treatedwith 1 gm Tryushanadi Guggul two times a day after meal with Honey and Group B (Control group) was treatedwith 1 gm Navaka Guggul will administered two times a day after meal with Honey for 30 days. Patients were assessed for Subjective parameters like Kshudrashwas, Swedadhikya, Atikshudha, Nidradhikya, and Objective parameters like Body weight in Kg, Body Mass Index (BMI) in Kg/m2, Waist Hip Ratio (WHR), and Mid Arm circumference (MAC) on 0,15, and 30th day, and Serum Lipid Profile was done on 0 and 30th day. Result – Significant improvement was observed inSubjective and Objective parameters. Conclusion –Tryushanadi Guggul is as effective as Navaka Guggul in the management of Sthoulya (Overweight). Hence Sthoulya can be effectively managed with Tryushanadi Guggul.

Risk Factors Associated with Early Onset of Sepsis

Background: Neonatal sepsis (EOS) is among one of the leading cause of death that usually occurs due to infection in the first month of life and can be the result of various maternal and neonatal contributing factors. Objectives: To determine maternal and neonatal contributing factors for early onset of sepsis in neonates. Study design: cross sectional study Period: From 13th April 2019 to 12th Oct 2019. Settings: Neonatal units of pediatric medicine of central park teaching hospital Lahore and Bhatti international hospital Kasur. Material and methods: After approval from hospital ethical committee total 151 neonates were selected using non-probable consecutive sampling. Neonates of both gender who were having gestational age >30 weeks with early onset sepsis were enrolled. Patients who had received antibiotics before presentation were excluded. 5ml of venous blood after proper sterilization was taken from all patients and sent to hospital laboratory for WBC count, CRP and blood culture. Data was entered in pre-designed Performa and analyzed using SPSS 20. Results: There were total 151 patients in study, minimum and maximum age was 1 day and 7 days respectively with mean age of 3.66±1.88 days. Mean gestational age was 35.5±2.6 weeks and mean birth weight was 2.2±1.4 kg. There was slight increase in female patients 51% and 49% males. Among maternal contributing factors maternal fever was found in 64.9%, premature rupture of membrane was found in 43%, foul smelling liquor in 37.1% and meconium-stained amniotic fluid was found in 33.1% neonates. Among neonatal contributing factors prematurity was found in 66.2% low birth weight was present in 64.2%, and low APGAR score was present in 56.6 % neonates. Data was stratified for gender and contributing risk factors but p value was not statistically significant. Data was stratified for gestational age and p value was significant for prematurity, low birth weight and offensive smelling liquor. Conclusion: Prematurity, low birth weight, low APGAR score and maternal fever were significant contributing factors in EOS. Keywords: EOS, Neonatal contributing factors, Maternal contributing factors

Study towards understanding foaming and foam stability in urban lakes

Foaming water bodies have become a matter of great concern globally. Foam disrupts aquatic ecosystems, emits an offensive smell, disrupts the day-to-day activities in neighbouring localities, and is visually unpleasant. The downstream water bodies are also exposed to the risk of foaming. Even though widespread, the foaming phenomena of surface water bodies are not adequately studied. The present study focuses on the foaming Lake of Bellandur in South India - wherein the sources and concentration of surfactants, effect of phosphorous, effect of bacteria, and its synergy with surfactants were studied. The study revealed that the significant source of pollution in the Lake was the entry of untreated sewage, which consisted of surfactants. The anionic surfactant concentration in the Lake was 17 ± 3 ppm, and surface tension remained around 50 mN/m, similar to the treatment plant inlet. The Phosphorus concentration in the Lake was high at 10 ± 3 ppm, with the primary source being feces and urine. Phosphorus indirectly affected the surfactant concentration of the Lake. Foam stability studies showed that mixed bacteria (filamentous) from Bellandur, in its stationary phase-played a crucial role in adding to the stability of the foam. The highest contributing filamentous bacterial family was found to be Flavobacteriia.

Role of botulinum toxin in the management of hand ulceration due to post-stroke spasticity among aged care residents.

Individuals with significant post-stroke impairments often move to residential care. The prevalence of spasticity is high among these residents. Palmar ulceration is an under-recognised complication of unmitigated post-stroke hand spasticity. The ulcerations are painful, emit offensive smell and cause significant suffering for the individuals and the carers. The aim of this article is to discuss the healing of these ulcerations by reducing spasticity in the hand muscles with botulinum toxin A (BoNTA) injection followed by dressing, splinting and hand therapy. This article discusses the epidemiology, anatomy and clinical presentations of spastic hand ulcerations and mechanisms of action of BoNTA in alleviating the ulcers and related symptoms such as pain, sweating, offensive smell, and lessening the carer burden. The primary neuromuscular blocking action of BoNTA results in the opening of the hand, allowing dressing and ease of care. The toxin provides pain relief, inhibits excessive sweat production and causes vasodilatation, ultimately resulting in healing of the ulcerations.

Vulvo Vaginal Candidiasis: Prevalence and Risk in Pregnancy

Vulvo vaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a universal situation deal with pregnant women all over the earth and impacting on their fetus health. It is expected that maximum of women will suffer however one incident in their life cycle and half percentage will go through various periods, especially in warm, semitropical temperatures. VVC is a present problem of illness and has destructive outcomes for ladies of reproduction period. Exploring prevalence and risk of pregnant women about Vulvovaginal Candidiasis is important, mainly in Asian territory wherever focus on problems associated to venereal area is endangered by society, spiritual and traditions feelings. The study aims to assess the prevalence and risk of about VVC among pregnant women and evaluate the effectiveness of awareness program on knowledge and practice of pregnant women. The study question of this work is: what is the prevalence and risk of vulvovaginal candidiasis in pregnancy? A survey method will use to achieve the aim of study. The researcher planned to collect the vaginal specimen after the consent of pregnant women with symptomatic vaginal secretion, vulval rash, genital pain, and an offensive genital smell. A questionnaire method to assess the knowledge and the hygienic practices among pregnant women. Detection and screening help to prevent the complications to mother and their baby. Education tool will help to identify the infections during pregnancy. Good hygienic measures reduce the chance of infections among pregnant women.Keywords: Knowledge, Vulvovaginal Candidiasis, inflammation, infection

Protocol on Comparative Clinical Efficacy of Tryushanadi Guggul and Navaka Guggul in Sthoulya (Overweight)

Background: Sthoulya is Medovaha Strotodushtijanya vyadhi, which includes abnormal and excessive accumulation of Medodhatu in the body. This is caused by lack of physical and mental activity, daytime sleep, excessive intake of madhur (sweet), snigdha ahar (oily diet) results in increase Kaphadosha and meda which results in Sthoulya (overweight) having symptoms of mild dysponea, thirst, drowsiness, excess sleep, appetite, offensive smell from the body, incapability to work and incapability to participate in sexual intercourse.
 Aim: Comparative clinical efficacy of Tryushanadi Guggul and Navaka Guggul in Sthoulya (overweight).
 Materials and methods: Total 60 patients of Sthoulya will enrolled and will divided into two groups (each group contains 30). Patients in group A (experimental group) will be given 1 gram Tryushanadi Guggul two times a day after meal with honey and in group B (control group)1 gram Navaka Guggul will administered two times a day after meal with honey for 30 days. Dietary changes and walking (30 minutes) will be advised to patients of both groups. Follow up will be taken on 15th day and 30th day. Assessment of subjective parameters like kshudrashwasa (exertional dyspnoea), swedadhikya (perspiration), atikshudha (increased appetite), nidradhikya (increased sleep) and objective parameters like body weight, B.M.I., mid arm circumference, waist-hip ratio and lipid profile will be done before and after treatment.
 Results: Subjective and objectives outcomes will be assessed by statistical analysis.
 Conclusion: It will be drawn from the result obtained.

Taking offense: An emotion reconsidered

Taking offense: An emotion reconsidered

Topical odour management in burn patients

Preventing microbial colonization or infections that cause offensive smells may lead to odor reduction. As both anaerobic and aerobic bacteria cause the release of malodor from wounds, the most direct way of avoiding or eliminating wound odor is to prevent or eradicate the responsible infection through the debridement of necrotic tissues. However, some burn patients with malodorous wounds are unable to undergo debridement due to systemic conditions, especially in the acute stage. Moreover, the optimal drug doses and dressings to ensure the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of odorous burn wound management is unclear. The purpose of this commentary is to outline the odor management options available for burn patients, focusing on topical strategies. Numerous potential therapies for treating odorous wounds after burn injuries are suggested.

Cattle Droppings Litter Our City Roads: Herders’ Encroachments, Risk Factors and Roadmap for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract Herders-farmers violent conflicts and flare-ups have spread throughout central and southern communities in Nigeria, but exclude the urban areas. I examine ‘herders – urban residents’ conflicts. Herders roam their cattle from outskirts to city roads, disrupting traffic and leaving behind trails of excrement and offensive smells causing dangerous nuisance. I argue that the new practice of cattle herders’ encroachments on city roads poses some socio-economic risks such as environmental decay, air pollution, displacement of urban livelihoods, road accidents and non-violent conflicts. Primary data was elicited from herders and residents in four major cities in Nigeria such as Aba, Awka, Nsukka and Owerri. I conclude by reflecting on the consequences of these socio-economic and environment-related risk factors which combine to undermine the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG s), and proffer solutions to address them. I make forecast in the form of early warning system that; cattle herders – urban residents cantankerous and confrontational interrelationships (though ‘non-violent conflicts’) could escalate and implode into dangerous ‘violent conflict’ scenarios if neglected.

Healing hand ulcers caused by focal spasticity

Spasticity is a common manifestation of many upper motor neuron lesions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis. In some cases, spastic fingers in the hand press hard into the palm, resulting in skin breakdown and atypical pressure ulcerations. We treated 10 such patients living in the nursing homes with long-standing treatment-resistant hand ulcers in our spasticity clinic first, with Botulinum toxin A (BoNTA) injection into the spastic muscles followed by dressing, splinting, and hand therapy. These ulcers failed to respond to standard treatment, causing significant pain, offensive smell, increased carer burden, and difficulty in maintaining hygiene as hands could barely be opened for dressing and therapy. We noted complete healing of ulcers with significant improvement in the following outcome measures-Modified Ashworth Scale for spasticity, Visual Analog Scale for pain, pressure ulcer grading for the ulcers, Fingertip to Palm distance for hand opening, Carer Burden Scale, and in the Goal Attainment Scale pre, 4 weeks, and 3 months postinjection with P values of .003, .003, .004, .005, .004, and .004, respectively. Reducing spasticity with BoNTA should be the first step in treating hand ulcerations caused by focal spasticity, followed by dressing, splinting, and hand therapy.

A Study to Assess the Point Prevalence of Selected Health Problems among Schooler Children in Tribal Region of Akole Taluka Maharashtra

Introduction: School age children are the common vulnerable group with highest prevalence of infectionand health problems. Healthy children are the base for a healthy nation. Children are quite vulnerable at thisgrowing age and hence are prone to fall victim to many diseases, thus affecting their normal growth anddevelopment. The aim of the present study was to assess the point prevalence of selected health problemsamong schooler children and Correlate the point prevalence of selected health problems among schoolerchildren with selected demographic variable.Methodology: A descriptive study with cross sectional survey approach used in present study. The sampleconsisted of 100 tribal schooler children’s. Sampling technique used for study is simple random samplingtechnique. A proforma was prepared by expert validation to collect the data. Descriptive statistics were usedto analyzed the data according to objective.Results: Half of children i.e. 51% were between 10.1-12 years of age. Majority of samples were male 57%.Majority of 58% children had good nourishment, 60% good body built, 52% average activity,41% goodpersonal hygiene, 56% had good attention span and all 100% children’s mental status was good. Highestpercentage of children 42% had grade-I stunting and 53% had normal nutrition, 33% dandruff, 09% Anemia,19% Impacted vax, 10% Discharge from nose, 27% Offensive smell, 05% had short neck, 09% cough andwheezing, only 02% have Abnormal chest expansion, 08% abdominal pain, 11% anemia, Iron deficiencyand muscle pain, 12% fatigue.Discussion: The conclusion from this is that the health status of the tribal schooler children was found ingood health status except half of children had found in stunting and wasting. It emphasis that, the moreconcentration should be on Malnutrition prevention.Conclusion: The burden of health problems like malnourishment, dental caries and dandruff, Anemia, Earand nose problems are high in school children.

Vaginal leiomyoma: medical imaging and diagnosis in a resource low tertiary hospital: case report

BackgroundIn the literature under review there are about 300 reported cases of vaginal leiomyomas with none from Cameroon. We report a case of vaginal leiomyoma and highlight the diagnostic challenges faced at the Douala Referral Hospital (DRH), Cameroon.Case presentationA 36-year-old G3P3002 sexually active Cameroonian married woman reported dysuria, dyspareunia, cessation of sexual intercourse and offensive smelling vaginal discharge for 6 months and a 3-year history of a vaginal tumour; she was misdiagnosed despite ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but was corrected by an experienced radiologist. She underwent first look laparoscopy, surgical excision of the tumour through the vagina and histopathology analysis that confirmed leiomyoma.ConclusionPosterior location of vaginal leiomyomas found in this case is a rare occurrence. The diagnosis is based on careful examination and preoperative imaging (ultrasonography and MRI). However, the definitive diagnosis is usually made intra-operatively. We combined laparoscopic exploration of the internal genital organs and per vaginal excision of the vaginal leiomyoma. Thus, we recommend frozen section biopsy to exclude leiomyosarcoma.

POST-VAGOTOMY GASTROPARESIS – A CASE REPORT

We present Mr M.A. a 27 year old Nigerian of the Yoruba tribe who has been having recurrent dyspeptic symptoms for 5 years but not previously endoscopically evaluated for peptic ulcer disease who now presented with six days history of abdominal pain which was initially epigastric but later became generalized associated with four episodes of vomiting and a day history of abdominal distension and fever. He was acutely ill-looking and dehydrated. The Abdomen was moderately distended, does not move with respiration, generalized tenderness with guarding and rebound tenderness, intra-abdominal organs were difficult to palpate due to the guarding. Bowel sound was absent. Examination of the other systems was not remarkable. A provisional diagnosis of Generalized peritonitis likely secondary to perforated peptic ulcer was made. He had an emergency exploratory laparotomy under general anaesthesia. He was commenced on intravenous fluids and parenteral proton pump inhibitor(PPI) and antibiotics. Intra-op findings include 2 liters of bilious peritoneal fluid, Multiple fibrous adhesions, a 2.5cm x 2cm gastric perforation at the anterior wall of the antrum and a grossly normal bowel. The surgical operation performed was a Graham Omental patch closure of the gastric defect with Bilateral Truncal Vagotomy and Peritoneal lavage. Post-operative state was satisfactory and he was later discharged. He presented at the gastroenterology out-patient clinic eight months later with complaints of early satiety, feeling of indigestion and episodes of vomiting. Vomitus is usually offensive / foul smelling and contains undigested or partially digested stale food substances. Abdominal examination revealed a positive succussion splash. Other clinical examination findings were not remarkable. A Provisional Diagnosis of suspected Gastric outlet obstruction probably secondary to a chronic duodenal ulcer was made. Endoscopy findings revealed copious fluid and food debris in the stomach cavity which had an offensive smell with remnants of partially digested stale food substances seen. There was poor peristaltic activity and the stomach was poorly distensible. There were multiple areas of mucosa erosions seen in the gastric cardia and corpus. No corporal or antral lesion seen. The pyloric ring was normal and the duodenum was normal. Diagnosis- (1) Endoscopic features of Gastroparesis likely secondary to previous Bilateral Truncal Vagotomy. No evidence of mechanical obstruction of the Gastric outlet. (2) Gastric Cardia and Corporal mucosa lesions likely secondary to Stasis Gastritis. Histology of biopsy specimens showed acute on chronic non-specific gastritis and acute duodenitis. He was commenced on empirical first line Helicobacter pylori eradication triple therapy (PPI, Amoxycillin and Clarithromycin) and a prokinetic drug (Domperidone). He had made significant clinical improvement with resolution of the symptoms by the time he was seen in the clinic three weeks later. He was tolerating oral food intake adequately and he had no new complaints. He was counselled on dietary modification and placed on long term prokinetic agent (Domperidone) and long-term PPI therapy with regular clinic follow-up. The initial management of post-vagotomy gastroparesis should be conservative as many symptoms resolve with time, this occurs possibly because the enteric nervous system is able to adapt to the loss of vagal input. Modification of dietary habits, such as regular intake of small meals, and use of prokinetic drugs bring about symptomatic relief in most patients.

The Law of Bad Smells: Making and Adjudicating Offensiveness Claims in Contemporary Local Law

AbstractThe sense of smell seems to have resisted the kind of objective measurement process that might have facilitated settling competing claims about offensive smells by applying a general rule or standard. As a result, authorities,including courts,cannot avoid making subjective judgements of taste. A nuisance lawsuit out of Ontario regarding a mushroom farm, or rather its smells, is used here as one source of material about the difficulties of adjudication in this subfield of the “law of the senses.” Attention is also paid to a curious quasi-judicial entity, Ontario’s Normal Farm Practices Protection Board, charged with resolving, mainly through mediation, disputes about farm smells between farmers and non-farming neighbours. Overall, the article shows that the ex post facto, situated and complaint-driven logic of nuisance that nineteenth-century law used to govern offensive noises as well as nasty smells, and which left plenty of room for subjective judgements of taste, keeps reappearing in the present day. Nasty smells seem particularly impervious to modernization, that is to being managed through objective measurement and preventive regulation.