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.
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Where to start with this one?
I find it odd that a 12 year old child is described as a "young man".
I am equally perplexed that he was so obsessed with gels and deodorants that he felt it necessary to spray them all over his clothes (was he out on the pull every night?)
I am utterly dumbfounded that nobody in his family thought it might be a good idea to learn why he had collapsed on the first occasion, and perhaps seek medical advice.
The whole thing is as weird as it is tragic.
