Health Concerns
There are three main areas of health concern linked to aerosol cans:
- Deliberate inhalation of the contents to achieve intoxication from the propellant, also known as inhalant abuse or "huffing".
- The piggy-backing of more dangerous particles into the respiratory tracts.
- Aerosol burn injuries can be caused by the spraying of aerosol directly onto the skin, in a practice sometimes called "frosting". Adiabatic expansion causes the aerosol contents to cool rapidly on exiting the can.
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