Federal regulators, researchers and advocates disagree about the best way to discourage use of the inhalant difluoroethane, which played a role in singer Aaron Carter’s death.
has met resistance from federal regulators in recent years.
. But various household aerosol products, some marketed as keyboard cleaners or computer dusters, contain difluoroethane. The nonprofit group Families United Against Inhalant Abuse has pushed for tighter federal restrictions on aerosol duster products, including harsher labels. But the Consumer Product Safety CommissionThe nonprofit group filed a petition in 2021 asking the CPSC to adopt a mandatory safety standard for products containing difluoroethane or its derivatives.
The CPSC deferred the petition in July to allow staff more time to research the issue. A commission spokesperson told NBC News that its “technical staff is currently conducting that research in an effort to develop further information to provide in a briefing package to the Commission on this issue no later than the end of the fiscal year.”, staffers expressed reservations about the effectiveness of the proposed safety standards.
"It would be wonderful if we could get the product banned altogether, but because of the power of the industry and the money involved, I don't see that happening," Dimit said.
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