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p. 1 7/z ul/0e"93 07 :4 8 4s301 504 SENT BY : CDC- NCf]i ; EHKE:I.,P_ _F'Ij _ 1' . 0339 ). S4170PM4) 8-83 . . , _ . : _, . . s . . .P _:,--4 Risdlon .- Q10.03!004 488-7335- ..30,1 r~ 6. 0. 4..8-3.t6e9:;~1:a'3.~/ t . ~~ 11a t~+WtWH ~enwry r. Uq AN" tNMar LbndtloNr - COA*Wd ern oonduodnp apldeminJoplo IRVIS1lpetionl and naNn:h at vdbe to tlirthar daflna the association be1wNn iiind* and use Of this product. Jqa+tMd DV.Ktraa. rriD, M 0 /frtnnqhb+NwklM, MAaA. Oit+nrrada~ n lharNlW i iartA.noNaoW w wArfKNO ofdtb"NoWn CPotAotrfoHl CunUaMn *1!Wa- eOVma. ~ Aa lr IbMr an antdoRtAnVvthroW+urny.nHWOWW1e4ftVM W ooffbMnvWkatAnwtdnwbrJ, HarMt fnQ JfNJbR . i'r,teorn/obpy ldkorlal Nob. preliminary lnfat mation lndka[ea the outbreak I. ptaocieted With the use of WIIROn/ hither ProNotOr dlalrlbuled nsttonalty 6y--Wqaort's .31N LtatllltJ!lN pertr, headquartered In Minnsapoli e . Loothar Protector Is Wild rntlonaNy at more than UO ato1'+11 owned by Wlboft, the atoms are operated underIevs a) namaa.lyplaollY. one or two applbptlau of the protesmr are Intended to be applied to new battler garments . Pnlirnlnary Information suggests that some persons who experienced "tarna bed usedft product indaon or in other arax with limited v.ndtation, The new produet wp1 dlaMbubmdto Wkonm stores In lats NovwmWr t11?21 howevar, stores did not Np the now product until the ettl product supply was arclrsusted . Sales of the podudt In Oregon began during December 204& IM . From Oleanbar 27 through Dacem6sr 11, 11111112, fallowing publicity and contact by the OWD oru! CDC, poison centers In at I#qt 17 other cqta1 reported parsons who axpOrwe+csd spray~ssoo~d syrnpitom0 ; Poiaon anters tn callfomis rsoelved at liast 701uoh repottr Wllshinpton,l0: and Catorado, U. Reports were also tsotlwad from OooMlo, Idaho. Malro, Maaaachueeib . Minnesota, New Hunpphlra, Now York, Ohio . Penneyhr6n o, Utah. wrmont, vIrgini., West wronu, and wkoon.ut. The product Is packaged in Iliaunm black aerosol aerie with red a nd white lettering . The can. are a now lEumr+ ktlon of Wllrons Luther frotoatarthan had previously been maid In a 7-ounce an. The nswlorri+ulstfon I1 made txtlwfwly forW6sory . Therritlor produat ehsnges irnrohrad s shlR from sarbon dlbxide to propene oaths prppailant v d from 1 -1-1 trbhborosUtani to hoostans rsths aolwn The e-o unne can of rsatha r protooter spray oonb{ne 1 .!% FC411110 , a proprsstar11 solution of a Iluoroalkyl potymer. - The most aunmonly reported symptoms suggest an acute chemical pnMumcnhla 1 t! or a hYpsrsinatdvity onwNnoNtM (2). gem patients, have, had aympterna aer4 le- tUnt With Inholatlon tavent such as polytMr-turns favor (e.g .. chest !lphtnes e. hieda0he. shhnlrinQ lovor, rraakntrs, and shortness of breath). 'n+1a .yndroma In .r.awpd by Inhplation ot?wnas containing pyrvl~tla products rehissd wftn fwaropa fymara an hsated to high Ism MUM, In most aata c patients With poiymrMums War have been cigarette smokers t$A l However, It Is also possible that s n unknown contaminant In the lenhar spray may be dduNna this Iune1 L Persons should be warthd against Wino Wpsona t .eothar 1'roteoor. In addhton, a ny spray co ntalninp poNmers or solvents should only be usad In areas wha m thara ts tdequala ventlU tion . A prtrvlaiorfei tow da ftplon usad by the OMD inoludd a the artist arsny pulmonary symptom (I.s,, shoot pain . shortness of breath, and nonprvdu cM vouph) a hours or issa after exposure and either radiographic evidence of Pulmonary Inflltrataa or at leM two pu{rroni ry aymptonns and at hut on* p uim o n ery symptom la tttnp 12 hc t :* . or rhors: COC has rsqwKsd that am* hiiitli daparlmuRO repart praaS W CDC u :, :! a standardized osa report form :vatl0bla from COCa Air PoIlvLtpn and Rrur ; irr! ~Hseith B ranoh. DMalon of Environments, Hax+er~r r - 4-:-, " -"~ -- -! : ~1-. - . - p. 2 01 :06 ;93 07 : 49 'aJ 0 l soo oaSe -~ a'bicern xeltivu v.~ . _ . _ S~!1 8~ :rr"NCE1l :p*E :1pP8 . . .~ 1' S_93: 6 :18PbS . t4041 488-7338 . .r ,301 504. 0368 :* 4! 4 ~ t; . T ... ~ .~~a v , . ~ .. . . ._ ,~ . . _ . .~~~ . Vol. 411 Nw . NO a as NtIMWR Mi Auwat lN4hlr' Condldoa lt -- ConNnWd for Envlronmtntal Hiaith ,tslrphonf NIOiI 4DS-7310. Fufthot coruumir-lnfiormgitlon re girding thls product Is sw Habis from the Consumer Product safety CommGcstan, telephone t;00 dia!-4779 . ~~. . thWse Of. ?iaaiy M thrpplyd 0 . 7Wtp 1'a . CAsK 94111 ahd 11049406 from Inh.Iltion of a D . tr WeM DirdtJN . lthw+s l OMMf prodult. J'htL!! Hypualnlh(~AtyDIW~nontttl. hu Can T.spa11/fbtD0~t1 ~P INr Gll,rd . CNniatM dq1t . ff ldfdnlrt oloupadon+al IM4 WL 3. a. I.a AlbtetAC! t . kaft a~ll. a~dirtdf Of iNN, lryant CJ. Polymer fume Wrr t*udia i W. J Mn Mad raoolaad with unsld+ro AsaA ttNtftl and UN of a zmglolH d- m. Ilis1 spriY f0abtnlrW pa~uoraytytlna d OaedO Mod IIa7;t1-117-1. Cuff O f ftIJd9 Air Pollution information Activities at fttS and Lad Apneis* Unhad OftsR IM Bemuse tk aoihnion Is a p.rwaive atwronmentat health problem In the United ftwe,one of the tssttonal hufth abjedlws far tho ysaf jooo I. to Inatraa81tor +47% to rfA%thr Proportion of tnano who INN in aounW"thn have not exceeded any air GWNy 11Irldud durlfq the prtrlouw 12 mortthe ( t). rubtto support for air pollution control Ohm le critical It'tns national htsith objsodw is to be dahbwad TG ohuto. Who pubic health iniormtlon aothrhla nlA6dt011r po4uuon. In 1a)0;;.jhf 11Dts and Utrhoriat Alf Palluttoff Program AdrrVMstraipre (iWNV and The Aqpditi0n of Local Air Pollution Coftrot Olfblals !1LArCO1.with the swim= at CDC, conduatad a Eurvty of staid and local air pal3Lctlon a4fstfoi a pnalij. This report wrt+rnfltas the llndifW otthat >f Llrvay, IN Juty 14iY1, a questionnaire was mailed to a!i ebte, tontrorial, and tooal air pol kr tton oontrd o1111 fwwe . APrro1a that did not rtlpottd warn oant jud bfr tllllphonD, The_quawonmllr+e aoaaht Mfatrrtat[on on attainment of National Ambient Alt OwUty BtAndotds, publication of an Air quality index 1r.41., " f"blt41pf1t attetdtfdf index (P61D, Neusnq Of t"ae" or wrmi g& aqMrtwnloettan with ouqlde h eft dW ohh. dWbutlar Of aduastlcnsl mDtuStlh, and avtfwelsn of haft Information and an air Pollution l1Waw of prsatat comm to tita somrntirxhy. attM ii gUM aGsn otre, ds t07>k) responded tothe qusaltannttri; oithf 170 AUApCO apartolt% 1410%) responded (ovrna t Mona tots: tD%). Totigftr, raeponAnp e9,trrNa nprqNSetd " ahps, the Dittrtat of Columbia, and the Virgin hltad L No agency was Mpt.eenad Mom than am . Offt 11 7 rlupondants, 1 34 t11 8X1 trprw.ntad ivrNdbltora that had asadad one ot RfOM National Ambient Al, GwAly lkardarde during the prmdlrq 3 years . state and local plr aha that represented such sties were mom Ipaty to sslsYlata the PSI-- 'The rilteonwn! 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