Last May, a teen girl in the UK died after spraying aerosol deodorant in her room and then inhaling the fumes.

Her parents are calling for deodorant companies to put clearer labels on their products, warning people about their potential dangers.

Fourteen-year-old Giorgia Green died of a cardiac arrest.

Giorgia’s parents called her death a preventable accident and have since learned about others who died after breathing in deodorant aerosol fumes.

Giorgia’s father, Paul Green, said that people do not know how dangerous deodorants can be and that he has made it his mission to ensure that no one else goes through what he and his family went through.

The British Aerosol Manufacturers Association responded to the family, saying that the products have warnings printed on them. Under British law, aerosol deodorants must have the “keep out of reach of children” warning printed on them.

Giorgia’s parents say that the warning is not enough and that it is usually printed in very small letters.

Green said that his daughter was autistic and liked to spray the deodorant in her room and on her blankets before sleeping because she found comfort in the smell.

He said the smell made her relax, especially if she was experiencing anxiety because it was her mother’s deodorant.

On May 11, 2022, her older brother found her unresponsive in her room with the door open. According to her father, she did not die in an enclosed space, and the amount of deodorant she sprayed was more than a person would normally spray.

A coroner conducted an autopsy and confirmed the girl died from inhalation of the aerosol fumes. 

According to the UK’s National Statistics office, between 2001 and 2020, 11 death certificates mentioned deodorant inhalation.

The main ingredient in the deodorant Giorgia used is butane, which was linked to over 300 deaths between 2001 and 2020. Other deodorant ingredients, isobutane, and propane were linked to 38 and 123 deaths, respectively.

There have been other cases of young people dying after spraying aerosol deodorant, like the case of Daniel Hurley, a 12-year-old from Derbyshire, who died in 2008 after spraying deodorant on himself and collapsing in the bathroom.

The most recent case was in 2019, when Jack Waple, 13, died after spraying deodorant to calm feelings of anxiety when his mom left their home, because it reminded him of her.

The Aerosol Manufacturers Association recommends that all aerosol deodorants warn users that solvent abuse can lead to instant death.

Giorgia’s parents want that warning to change to exclude the word abuse and include information about how much is dangerous to use.