Crafteka adhesives

The reports, as CPSC published them

1. Hospital admission

   Made Jun 3, 2024 · , sent to the company Jun 6, 2024 · , published by CPSC Jun 21, 2024

   The product, in the report: The product is called UV Dip Resin. It is sold in a small cylindrical plastic jar, and is still available on Amazon. Here is the listing: https://a.co/d/5NxfG63

   I purchased “UV Dip Resin” manufactured by Crafteka, a Romanian company, through Amazon at the end of November 2023. The product is still sold on Amazon’s website, even after I have reported my experience listed below to them, and to Crafteka. On Amazon, this item is listed as “Non-toxic” and “MSDS Approved.” On the label, it states “CAUTION! Children should be supervised. Use adequate ventilation. Use the resin only in open-space areas. If you use it for more than an hour, please wear a face mask. Gloves are recommended when using UV resin. Not to be taken internally.” I used the item for less than one hour, only ever using it once. There are no “WARNING” labels on the product package or on the website.

   I requested the MSDS directly from Crafteka, and received it on 1/31/24. It states plainly that this chemical has acute respiratory toxicity, and should only be used while wearing a respirator. It also states that prolonged use demands a self-circulating respirator.

   These warnings were known to Crafteka, but were not published on the product or product listing through Amazon. Both companies are aware of my injury, yet they both continue to list the product for sale unchanged. I am furious, and still injured.

   Below is a complete accurate timeline of my medical history with this chemical. I can provide medical records if it will help your investigation.

   12/3/23 I used the resin in my 2-car garage for under an hour. It was my first and only time ever working with this material. I was testing the material after viewing other artists use it successfully on [REDACTED]. I used the material in the late evening, and felt some chest discomfort by the time I went to bed. 12/4/23 The next day, I had extreme discomfort in my respiratory tract, which coughing could not resolve. I coughed all day, and the coughing continued chronically from this day onward. 12/29/23 My cough had continued through to this day, and I began to feel sinus pressure as well. I feared that I now had an infection that I would not be able to clear without antibiotics. I went to [REDACTED] to be seen by a doctor. She prescribed doxycycline to combat the infection in both my lungs and sinuses. 1/4/24 I saw my primary care doctor and explained what had happened with the chemical exposure. I was still suffering with a chronic cough, and some sinus congestion. He prescribed prednisone to help my lungs fight the infection. 1/26/24 After continuing to suffer with the chronic cough, showing little to no improvement, my primary doctor referred me to [REDACTED] to be in the care of a pulmonologist, [REDACTED]. 2/1/24 CT Scan of my lungs 2/2/24 Pulmonary function test. Appointment with [REDACTED] to review the scan and pulmonary function test. I am diagnosed with signs of pneumonia stemming from the exposure to Dip Resin. The doctor prescribes floxcin (antibiotics), albuterol, and prednisone to help heal my lungs. 2/13/24 CT Scan of my lungs 2/15/24 follow-up appointment with [REDACTED]. He recommends we perform an endobronchial ultrasound to clean (lavage) mucous from my lungs, and biopsy granulomas that have appeared throughout my pulmonary lymph nodes. 2/21/24 - Endobronchial ultrasound is performed under general anesthetic (results are viewable in the attached documents). 2/29/24 Follow-up appointment with [REDACTED]. My cough is continuing, but has improved somewhat. He prescribes a nebulizer machine and a 1-week course of medicines to be inhaled for 15 minutes 4 times per day.

   I used the product as directed in my 2-car garage for less than 1 hour. I am an artist, and was testing the Dip Resin for a new project. I sculpted butterflies out of aluminum wire, dipped the wire into the resin pot, and activated the resin using a UV light. The resulting fumes from the resin caused some chest discomfort by later that evening. The next day, I had extreme irritation in my chest, and was coughing all day. Coughing did not clear the irritation.

   The initial injury to my alveoli exposed my lungs to infections. These infections manifested into uncontrollable coughing throughout the rest of December. I finally sought emergency care when the infection spread from my lungs to my sinuses, and I began to feel extremely ill. This is when I was initially prescribed antibiotics on 12/29 at [REDACTED].

   I continued to combat the cough and infections throughout January under the care of my primary doctor. He prescribed prednisone to help bolster my immune system, but this was not enough for me to heal. I contacted Crafteka the product manufacturer to report my illness and requested the Material Safety Data Sheet for Dip Resin so that I could research what I had been exposed to. I was shocked to discover that the material is rated as an acute inhalation hazard by the manufacturer, and that Crafteka falsely labelled it as safe for use without protection. I have attached both the reply from Crafteka as well as the MSDS they supplied.

   After exhausting my primary doctor's knowledge of chemical exposure, and with a still deteriorating condition (fever, chills, insomnia, and fear of death) I was referred to [REDACTED]. Now in February I was diagnosed with pneumonia and granulomas attributed to the original exposure to Dip Resin.

   Over the past seven months and still to this day I am fighting with a chronic cough. My lung capacity has been severely impacted by the injury, and I have even had a pulmonary lavage under general anesthesia to clear the resulting mucous plugs and pneumonia. I was a perfectly healthy 38-year-old husband and father who never smoked, and now I suffer everyday.

   Model

   UV Dip Resin, 100ml

   UPC

   N/A

   Serial number

   B08RY2WWDX

   Bought from

   amazon.com

   Bought

   Nov 27, 2023

   Where

   Roswell, Georgia: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 38, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   Self

   As this report names them

   Brand Crafteka, made or sold by CRAFTPEDIA S.R.L.

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Injury, Hospital Admission

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