B-767 captain reported refusing hazardous material can due to undefined odor.

Attributes
ACN	1747677
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

During hazardous [goods] inspection the first officer noticed a strong chemical smell in the accessible dangerous goods can. He came and got me and I smelled a strong odor as well. The hazardous [material] specialist noticed it too; but we were unable to find the source. We decided the safest course of action was to remove the accessible dangerous goods can.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B-767 Captain reported refusing Hazardous Material can due to undefined odor.

Narrative: During hazardous [goods] inspection the First Officer noticed a strong chemical smell in the accessible dangerous goods can. He came and got me and I smelled a strong odor as well. The Hazardous [Material] Specialist noticed it too; but we were unable to find the source. We decided the safest course of action was to remove the accessible dangerous goods can.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.