Apparently the smell was very widespread in October and again now on 12/8. They even made a map which we should save here, just in case. Very widely investigated in October with no results which is even more puzzling. If it were from a factory one would think the PTB would be able to find it.
http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/1837
Bioterrorism? From October 2005, Thread Thirty-One:
*Sotolon, also known as *sotolone and fenugreek lactone, is an extremely powerful aroma compound with the typical smell of fenugreek and maple syrup.
The GC-MS analyses of ethanolic extracts from hairy roots revealed the presence of two important compounds: *sotolone (1.2% of the volatile fraction) and 3-amino-4,5-dimethyl-2(5H)-furanone (17% of the volatile fraction).
These results point out that biotechnological production of *sotolone in **bioreactors is possible.
**Bioreactor:
An apparatus, such as a large fermentation chamber, for growing organisms such as bacteria or yeast that are used
in the biotechnological production of substances such as pharmaceuticals, antibodies, or vaccines, or for the bioconversion of organic waste.
Also:
Production System for Biopharmaceuticals.
Hey WCG...
Hope you're doing good.
heard about this the other day and found this
Last Chance to Register for Highway Watch® Disaster Planning and Response Exercise:
Is your company prepared to respond in the event of a disaster? Do you know your company's part in the National Disaster Response Plan? The Highway Watch® program, in conjunction with Mississippi State University, will conduct an emergency response exercise on December 13-15 to explore the industry's emergency response plan, emergency decision making practices, and recovery operation needs that could result from terrorist actions and/or natural disasters. The exercise will simulate terrorist attacks on the trucking industry and will engage scores of decision makers from both the highway transportation sector, including executives and top managers from the industry, and Federal and State emergency and Homeland Security personnel to answer these critically important questions. The exercise will take place simultaneously at ATA's Headquarters in Alexandria, VA and MSU's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension in Canton MS from 2:30 PM (EST) on December 12 through Noon on December 14. Trucking company executives and operations management personnel, trade association executives, and government operations management personnel are encouraged to participate. Last minute registrations can still be made with MSU. A brochure and registration package are available from the Highway ISAC website at: http://www.highwayisac.org/Exercise2_package.pdf. For more information, contact Jack Legler at 703-838-1849 or jlegler@trucking.org.
I wish I could get to either place, it sounds like a good time...
See ya in the Therapy room