Sulfur in your water supply is easily recognized by its offensive odor. Hydrogen sulfide gas causes the "rotten-egg" or sulfur water smell. Hydrogen sulfide in water causes no known health effects.
Hydrogen sulfide, a colorless gas that smells like rotten eggs, is produced naturally from decaying matter. This gas is lethal to breathe in, and hydrogen sulfide present in high concentrations ...
This story appears in the August 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. We sink into Stargate, sweeping the void with our dive lights. Fifty feet from the surface looms a pale haze, less ...
A new website by the county's Air Pollution Control District updates hourly with data collected by its two air quality monitoring systems in Nestor and San Ysidro.
At the Salton Sea State Recreation Area in Southern California, the smell of rotten eggs permeates the air. The odor is hydrogen sulfide, a gas produced by microbes in water depleted of oxygen. As the ...