Dust-Off
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Dust-Off is a brand of gas duster (refrigerant-based propellant cleaner, which is not compressed air and incorrectly called "canned air") containing Difluoroethane; it is used to remove particulates and dust from computers and electronic equipment. Some customers buy Dust-Off just to clean dust and debris from hard to reach areas. Dust-Off is manufactured by Falcon Safety Products.
The product has also gained attention as it has been abused as an inhalant by teenagers, as seen in the movie Thirteen. There has been a warning email circular that has been distributed from Jeff Williams, a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, whose son, Kyle, died after inhaling Dust-Off in Painesville Township, Ohio. [1]
Falcon has now added a bitterant to the product to deter inhalation, probably in response to the above and other cases.
[edit] References
- ^ Riverside High School continues to grieve. The News-Herald. Retrieved on June 10, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Official Dust-Off Website
- Snopes: Adolescents huffing from cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air have died
- Common Inhalants abused
- Falcon: Issues surrounding inhalant abuse and huffing
- Statement from Falcon Safety about inhalant abuse
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Inhalant Prevention Coalition 1-(800) 269-4237
