Syrup Odor Safe, But Spreading
Robert Kahn
Newsday
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New York (US):
The Maple Syrup Mystery thickened Friday, with reports of a sweet but untraceable smell tickling noses from Astoria to Staten Island."It seems to be moving around, and everybody's checking to make sure it's nothing dangerous," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday at a Chinatown news conference.
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See Also: We know rotten, but a sweet smell?
See Yesterday's Post
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While police and other government officials were at a loss to explain the origins of the syrup-like odor that first wafted over lower Manhattan Thursday night, they weren't waffling over a response.
By midday, the Police Department, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency Management and the Coast Guard were attempting to trace its origins.Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the city had fielded 65 calls from citizens concerned about the sweet smell, last reported breezing west toward New Jersey.
Kelly said the NYPD had tested air around Manhattan and determined that the scent - described as evoking syrup, hazelnut coffee or vanilla cake - was nontoxic.
Oct 29, 2005
Robert Kahn
Newsday
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New York (US):
The Maple Syrup Mystery thickened Friday, with reports of a sweet but untraceable smell tickling noses from Astoria to Staten Island."It seems to be moving around, and everybody's checking to make sure it's nothing dangerous," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday at a Chinatown news conference.
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See Also: We know rotten, but a sweet smell?
See Yesterday's Post
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While police and other government officials were at a loss to explain the origins of the syrup-like odor that first wafted over lower Manhattan Thursday night, they weren't waffling over a response.
By midday, the Police Department, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency Management and the Coast Guard were attempting to trace its origins.Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the city had fielded 65 calls from citizens concerned about the sweet smell, last reported breezing west toward New Jersey.
Kelly said the NYPD had tested air around Manhattan and determined that the scent - described as evoking syrup, hazelnut coffee or vanilla cake - was nontoxic.
Oct 29, 2005
