A person’s sweat may smell like ammonia due to a high protein diet, exercise, or health conditions such as kidney disease and diabetes. The purpose of sweat is to help the body cool down.

If you're a North Texas Municipal Water District customer, there's a reason your tap water may smell like chlorine this month ...

The ammonia odor was so “overwhelming” and “foul” that it made “investigators cough and gag while indoors.” Authorities also allegedly recovered crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.