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Abbotsford Woman Died Of Overdose On Compressed Gas From Computer Cleaner Cans: Police

The Canadian Press, 16 Dec, 2014 11:19 AM
    ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a 36-year-old woman who was found dead earlier this year fatally overdosed on compressed gas from cans of computer cleaner.
     
    Officers say they have been working closely with the BC Coroners Service since the woman's body was found in a wooded area on the morning of July 30.
     
    Investigators say the woman was a Mission resident who had recently moved to B.C. and lived alone with her two dogs.
     
    Police say six cans of computer cleaner were found near her body and the coroner's service has concluded that she died of exposure to diflourenthane (die-FLOR'-en-thane) gas.
     
    Officers are warning the public that these so-called gas dusters contain chemicals that can have devastating affects on the lungs, central nervous system and brain when inhaled.

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