Submission + - Engineering Student Killed by Canned Air
Kevin writes: "According to The Home News Tribune, "a judge has ruled that a Rutgers student who was found dead in January died from accidentally inhaling a spray used to clean computer keyboards." Ryan Niedzwiadek, a 22-year-old future electrical and computer engineer, died "due to the toxic effects of difluoroethane, an ingredient in a refrigerant-based propellant cleaner". Canned air is very common in most computing environments, yet few realize the danger of using it without proper ventilation. My condolences to Ryan's family for this tragic loss."