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Over time yes as it does cause some type of brain and liver cancers
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe smell in sewers is gasses given off by the sewage such as methane.
Too much of this sewer gas can mean that you cannot get enough oxygen and die.
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How does sewer gas smell?
Awful.
How sewer gas smell?
Awful.
Think i smell sewer gas in my bathroom. whats this?
If you think you smell sewer gas in your bathroom, it could be that a sewage blockage is in your pipes, causing the sewage to back up in the lines.
Any health effect to sewer gas smells?
There is no permanent health effect of sewer gas odors but it can make one nauseated to smell the odor.
I have a smell around plumbing pipe but can not find hole?
If it is a sewer gas, you can detect it with a combustable gas detector.
What do you do if you smell sewer gas?
Call the police, fire dept or Con Edison or all 3.
What would make sewage smell when heating with gas?
Perhaps a gas leak? The gas we use for cooking is originally odourless, but a smell is added during manufacturing to let us know if there is a leak, and this smell is most commonly sewer-like.
Where can the sewer gas smell come from if it does not come from the drain of the ower- level on-a-slab shower?
One of the biggest culprits I have found for sewer gas smell is the floor drain many floor drains are seldom if ever used and if unused long enough the water in the trap will evaporate allowing sewer gas to enter the dwelling. this also applies to any trap which is not used regularly.
What causing water in toilet bowl to move all the time and then smell sewer gas?
If you are on a septic system, it is plugged.
Can you pour bleach down your shower drain to get rid of the sewer gas smell?
Heck no as it is a very carcinogenic mixture
Do you have facts about gas?
It can kill you if you smell too much of it.
Does a fart have the smell to kill people?
No its not able to kill a person because fart is natural gas
