Walmart, Spray Manufacturers Sued Over Duster Cans’ Huffing Risk

Walmart Inc. and three makers of computer dusting spray were hit with a proposed class suit alleging they “are complicit in creating the public health crisis of inhalant abuse.”

The companies are aware of “the extremely addictive nature” of 1-1, Difluoroethane, the gas in the spray cans, the suit alleges. Yet they continue to promote cheap computer dusters “for easy consumption by individuals addicted to huffing,” Georgia resident Diane Whiten says in the suit filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

“Gram for gram, inhalants may be the cheapest, easiest, and one of the ...