Boy, 12, Dies From Excessive Deodorant Use

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A coroner in Britain has blamed the death of a 12-year-old boy on his excessive use of spray-on deodorant.

It seems a volatile agent in the spray upset the boy's heart rhythm, but air quality experts say the boy's death is no reason to avoid the products.

Daniel Hurley was using Lynx spray-on deodorant in the bathroom of his Derbyshire home when he collapsed in January.

He died five days later in hospital because from a cardiac arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythms.

His father Robert Hurley told the coronial inquest that Daniel was a fit and healthy young man who was proud of his appearance, and lavish in his use of hair gels and deodorants, which he often sprayed all over his clothes.

By spraying the deodorant in a confined space, the coroner found, the concentration of solvents affected the 12-year-old's heart.

His death followed a previous incident several weeks earlier, when he had collapsed in the bathroom but immediately recovered.

The New South Wales president of the Clean Air Society, Kerrie Ross, says spray-on deodorant is safe if used properly.

"It was not being used in accordance with instructions; it was not being used in accordance with what one would normally call common sense," she said.

"In normal use, in normal sensible use, they wouldn't be a problem. [But] if you lock yourself in a room, you have a medical condition, you overuse it, of course you can cause problems.

"And if you fail to heed warnings from previous attacks, of course you can get into problems. But that's the same with anything."

There are some differences in the compositions of Lynx products sold in Britain and Australia.

But they both carry warnings against spraying large amounts of the products in confined spaces.

Ms Ross says users should pay attention to the warnings.

"Just use them with common sense, use them according to the instructions and it should be OK. It seems he was using excessive quantity," he said.

The manufacturer of Lynx deodorant, Unilever, has expressed condolences to the Hurley family; the company says it has never seen a case like this before.

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Count Dookkake said:
I want to make a joke, but this really stinks.

Haha, gaming is not good enough a hobby for you? You need to take a break or it will become an obsession for you. You will spend entire days f5:ing offtopic just to be first..:P
 
"In normal use, in normal sensible use, they wouldn't be a problem. [But] if you lock yourself in a room, you have a medical condition, you overuse it, of course you can cause problems.

"And if you fail to heed warnings from previous attacks, of course you can get into problems. But that's the same with anything."

This...this kind of sensibility is refreshing. If this happened in the USA, parents would be organizing agaisnt the Deo companies and calling fdor bans everywhere and/or suing them.
 
He died five days later in hospital because from a cardiac arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythms.

His father Robert Hurley told the coronial inquest that Daniel was a fit and healthy young man who was proud of his appearance, and lavish in his use of hair gels and deodorants, which he often sprayed all over his clothes.

By spraying the deodorant in a confined space, the coroner found, the concentration of solvents affected the 12-year-old's heart.
Killed by one off the 7 deadly sins.

*Converts to Catholicism*

BTW, who uses aerosol deodorant? This is not the 70s. I know the CFCs are gone but is an expensive & inefficient means of delivery. And who wants to breath in that shit even if it doesn't kill you?
 
I wouldn't have been surprised if that was my cousin, for some reason he used to spray deodorant on his face for about 20 seconds each morning. Stupid bastard hadn't heard of aftershave.
 
Daniel was a fit and healthy young man who was proud of his appearance, and lavish in his use of hair gels and deodorants,

:lol :lol ah geez. I had a friend in high school who would practically take showers with cologne, you could smell him coming a mile away and almost always someone standing around him would bail out.
 
I love how this shit is news worthy.

and how everyone thinks it's hilarious upon initial reading but has to instead feign sympathy after realizing how fucked up it actually is.

this kind of shit shouldn't be reported--it's blatantly a play on shock factor and novelty guised as sympathy.

THAT SAID:
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NEED TO CHANGE THAT WARNING LABEL, EH?
 
matthewhadick said:
I love how this shit is news worthy.

and how everyone thinks it's hilarious upon initial reading but has to instead feign sympathy after realizing how fucked up it actually is.

this kind of shit shouldn't be reported--it's blatantly a play on shock factor and novelty guised as sympathy.
It alerts parents to an important health risk. Also, people laughing about it doesn't make it not sad. I would say that laughter is a coping mechanism, but in this case it's probably just indicative of GAF's love of corny puns in inappropriate situations.
 
matthewhadick said:
This kind of shit shouldn't be reported--it's blatantly a play on shock factor and novelty guised as sympathy.

True, we shouldn't get hot & bothered by these kinds of sensationalist stories.

Don't sweat the small stuff.
 
RadioHeadAche said:
I think those are given away to stupid people. This was an unfortunate circumstance; it's not the kid's fault.
This is a terrible unfortunate occurrence . . . but the kid deserves some blame. You don't spray a ton of shit on in an enclosed room and breath it all in.

Who knows, the kid may have been huffing the stuff.
 
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It's fucking messed up. Not fair, how could this happen goddamnit?! I can't even imagine the amount of pain these parents are going through.
 
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