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Deadly ‘dusting’ Woman’s death in Mill Lake Park linked to inhalant Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
A woman whose body was found in Mill Lake Park in July died from inhaling “gas duster” used to clean electronic equipment, police said Tuesday. Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald said six cans of the compressed gas were found near the woman when investigators arrived at the scene on July 30. The body of the woman, later identified as a 36-year-old Mission resident, was discovered at about 6 a.m. that day by a person walking their dog in a forested area of the park at Emerson Street and Bevan Avenue. There has been widespread speculation in the community that the woman was murdered, and MacDonald said police had to await autopsy and toxicology results before they could reveal the actual cause of death. Those results were only recently released to police, confirming that the woman died of fatal exposure to difluoroethane gas – one of the main components in compressed gas dusters. MacDonald said many people assume the products – used to clean keyboards and electronic equipment – contain only “canned air” and are harmless to inhale. However, the products contain chemicals such as tetrafluoroethan and difluoroethane, which can have devastating effects on the lungs, central nervous system and brain when inContinued on A3 haled, he said.
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