Blaster #1 chemicals

The reports, as CPSC published them

1. Hurt, care not known

   Made May 11, 2012 · , sent to the company Jun 22, 2012 · , published by CPSC Jul 9, 2012

   The product, in the report: Blaster #1 Chemical

   On April 1, 2012, I purchased a can of aerosol spray called Blaster # 1 at Home Depot. Part Number 16 PB THD. Bar Code 0 32167 00100 2. The product claims to loosen nuts and bolts that are corroded and hard to get off. I would like to report that the product does work as it claims. The flaw or defect in the product is the odor. The aroma or smell of the spray mist is that of a harsh industrial chemical. The problem that I encountered when using the product is that the strong aroma of a harsh industrial chemical saturates and soaks the atmosphere of a person’s home. The smell is impossible to get rid off. Opening all the doors and windows and airing out the home does not work. The harsh industrial chemical smell is stubborn and unyielding and refuses to leave. Fans do not work. Running the heater or air conditioner does not work. Air freshener and odor eliminators do not work. Sleeping is impossible as the harsh industrial chemical smell works its way upstairs to the second floor of the home and the bedrooms become permeated with a harsh industrial chemical smell. Leaving the windows open all the way does no good. The smell says fixed in the room. The harsh industrial chemical smell saturates a person’s clothes and the smell is carried over into the person’s automobile. The inside of the automobile becomes saturated with the harsh industrial chemical aroma and when driving the person feels bewildered and lightheaded. When going into stores and places to shop the heavy industrial chemical smell is apparent on the person’s body and clothing. People standing in line behind him can be heard saying, what smells. The smell is quite noticeable. When contacting the manufacturer, the Blaster Chemical Companies, Inc.,by telephone regarding the disheartening matter, I spoke with their employee [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] suggested that ventilation is the best solution. I informed [REDACTED] that the smell had gotten all around the house. That the chemical is stubborn, it will not leave the room, it will not ventilate. Ted suggested that the area where the chemical was sprayed might be out-gasing the odor. This suggestion was correct. Underneath the kitchen sink is the area where the chemical solution was used. I was trying to loosen corroded nuts and bolts holding on the sink faucet. I was replacing the kitchen sink faucet with a new faucet I purchased at Home Depot. The Blaster One chemical is so foul, nasty and stinking that it permeates an entire home rapidly. This product is unsuitable and inappropriate for indoor use. It should be labeled, FOR OUTDOOR USE ONLY. Additionally, in the telephone conversation with [REDACTED], he stated that Blaster One is a chemical and that is how a chemical smells. That their company has tried various antidotes for the smell but the chemicals that are involved smell that way. There is no magic bullet to get rid of the odor, he stated. If there was something that could be sprayed or poured onto the chemical to get rid of the odor, he would certainly inform me, he said. Their company has found nothing that will eliminate the odor. He said that their company has received other complaints about the odor as well. It would seem that this is not a product that should be sold at Home Depot stores.Or any other hardware store. [REDACTED] stated further: that the problem may be caused by an out-gasing of the smell. Depending on where the chemical was sprayed, the area is holding onto the fluid chemical and is continually releasing the smell. And that is what is causing the smell to linger so long. Unfortunately their company does not know any magic bullet to get rid of the odor. Friends have advised [REDACTED]to move out of the home as the smell is to harsh and unpleasant to live with. To find another residence to live in until this matter can be resolved. Medical information obtained from the Internet states that overexposure to solvents and chemicals can cause permanent brain and nervous system damage. Such exposure can cause irritation to the respiratory tract. It is advisable to minimize the dispersing of such vapors and airborne contaminants to controlled levels. This complaint reminds me of a story I say on television about a chemical plant in China that was dumping chemicals into the river and onto the land and that resulted in the river being destroyed, the drinking water for the area being polluted and hundreds of people getting cancer. The owner of the chemical plant could care less. Let’s hope there are state or federal laws in our country that will put Blaster Chemical Company out of business and make them recall their products. [REDACTED] is unable to resolve the matter of the ceaseless foul chemical odor that is constantly out-gasing the smell of the Blaster One chemical compound that is the source of the harsh industrial chemical that is saturating and soaking the atmosphere of [REDACTED] home. When the Blaster One chemical becomes imbedded in wood, cement and other surfaces it penetrates and saturates the area and keeps out-gasing the harsh industrial chemical odor. The only solution is to remove the chemically polluted wood, cement and other surfaces as there is no other remedy to stop the out-gasing of the smell. This requires that the kitchen sink, countertop and cabinets below the kitchen sink area must be removed in [REDACTED]’s home to stop the out-gasing of the chemical odor and make the home livable again. Blaster One chemical spray produces a heavy industrial chemical smell that is so foul, nasty and stinking that it permeates an entire home rapidly, will not leave, cannot be ventilated or discharged with fresh air, has such a toxic odor that it is unsafe to continually breath, drives people out of their home and the company who manufacturers it states that they have no antidote or solution to stop the smell or resolve the problem. Hopefully, the Consumer Product Safety Commission will investigate the matter of the smell or odor of the Blaster One aerosol spay to discover if Blaster One products are suitable for consumers to use indoors in order to prevent such occurrences and complaints of this type in the future. Oftentimes irresponsible companies will disregard public safety in the pursuit of profit-making enterprises.

   Model

   Part Number 16 PB THD

   UPC

   0 32167 00100 2

   Bought from

   The Home Depot, Georgia

   Bought

   Jan 1, 2012

   Where

   Phoenix, Arizona: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 70, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   Self

   As this report names them

   Brand Blaster #1, made or sold by THE BLASTER CORPORATION

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Injury, Level of care not known

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