Re: Semi-OT: Danger of Kids Huffing Dust Off


"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <moleski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:48:27 -0400, "Nemo" <nemo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> <df35pq0juj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>>> Snopes says that it is true that "Adolescents huffing
>>> from cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air have died."
>
>>Did anyone say what was causing the fatalities? Over pressure in the
>>lungs?
>>Contaminants?
>
> Propellants, in this case:
>
> "It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant. I think its
> R2.
> Its a refrigerant like what is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy
> gas.
> Heavier than air. When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the
> good
> air, with oxygen, out. That's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the
> oxygen to your brain, to your heart."
> <http://www.snopes.com/toxins/dustoff.asp>
>
> Marty


Okay, so it isn't really compressed air at all.

I don't understand the motivation behind this social phenomenon. But I
didn't understand my generation's fascination with LSD either. Having been
raised in a chemical company town, it was always my goal to put as much
distance between chemicals and myself as possible. Not the reverse.

Ed Cregger


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