Committee hears testimony on SB 1032 to restrict sales, labeling and display of DFE-containing aerosol dusters

Senate Bill 1032 drew a lengthy public hearing on March 27 in the Senate Committee on Labor and Business as lawmakers, family members of victims and industry groups debated proposed restrictions on aerosol "duster" products containing difluoroethane (DFE).

Senator Lisa Reynolds, a pediatrician and bill sponsor, told the committee the bill responds to a growing trend of recreational inhalant use known as "huffing," often documented on social platforms, and described health risks including seizures, asphyxiation and heart attacks. Reynolds said the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data show thousands of emergency-room-treated injuries and many deaths linked to inhalation of aerosol dusters.

Senator Suzanne Weber, co-sponsor and local lawmaker whose constituent lost a relative, urged passage and described a…