1.   Happily the smell is caused by exhaust hydrocarbons which are efficiently removed by catalysts.

2.   Many of the local people describe them as being an eyesore, who leave piles of scrap metal and rubbish which cause a smell.

3.   A spokesman for the Port authority, Jeremy Crockford, said port officials do not believe that the smell is being caused by materials used at Logan.

4.   Adm. Laurent Merer said it was not clear what had caused the foul smell in the area where the boat sank.

5.   He said no one was seriously hurt, and investigators found nothing in the elevator that might have caused the smell.

6.   Investigators found no clues to what might have caused the smell, said the police and fire officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

7.   It said the cult claimed the smell was caused by burning soy bans with perfume in a religious ritual.