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Mississimia t1_j68btxd wrote

Reply to comment by Faustkatt in BBC News: Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant by chrisdab

I mean, its true. We're inundated with warnings. But honestly, who would let "keep out of reach of children" stop them from giving deodorant to their (stinky) teen?

The parents want to believe the only way this tragedy could have been stopped is if the manufacturer had been more responsible. But the best chance to stop this tragedy was not by avoiding giving the deodorant to her in the first place, but by taking it away from her when it became clear she wasn't using it safely and appropriately.

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ironically-spiders t1_j6bci1q wrote

Yes to both you and the person you responded to. They put the appropriate warning on there and you assume people are going to use a product even remotely close to how you're supposed to. If you drink an entire bag of coffee in one sitting, it's not the coffee maker's fault when you have a heart attack as a result.

It's a tragedy, but it's not the fault of the deodorant maker. Aerosols should not be inhaled in great amounts. At all. They knew she wasn't doing a quick spritz, it's their responsibility to keep her safe when she can't make that kind of decision on her own.

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