'bagging' mothballs

[Canuck_Buck]

Practice of inhaling, chewing, is probably underreported, journal says





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BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- The 18-year-old French woman was hospitalized with scaly skin on her legs and hands, appearing unsteady and mentally sluggish, doctors said.[/b]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/27/mothballs.high.reut/index.html

They found the condition puzzling, especially since the woman's twin sister displayed similar, but less severe, symptoms and there was no family history of the problem, the doctors reported in this week's New England Journal of Medicine that
Several days later, doctors discovered the cause: a bag of mothballs stashed in her hospital room.

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[kevin1]

Huffing mothballs ? I guess it makes sense in a twisted sort of way , the two most common ingredients in them are napthalene or paradichlorobenzene , both are petroleum derivitives . People look at you funny when you buy glue or spray paint anymore , who looks twice at someone buying mothballs ?

[Aught Six]

the two most common ingredients in them are napthalene or paradichlorobenzene