POISONS IN HAIR STAINS.
TO THE EDITOR. ' £ Sir,—A booklet enclosed in,a box'of hjHi l stain statisa that- tho preparation containa paraphslylencdiamine. It is important that one should know -what, paraphenylonedia*'. mine really is, and its probable action after use. In Squire’s “Companion to the British. Pharmacopoeia” (nineteenth edition) it states the symptoms caused by using paraphenyIcnediamine, and other poisonous • qnilino dyes are described as (1) Skin eruptions,',.with burning and itching; (2) gastt©-intes-tinal symptoms, such as nausea; (s).nervous 1 symptoms, sleeplessness, dizziness, weakness, of the legs, epileptiform attacks, and;syncope. It is added that in several instances, death has resulted. It would be in.-, the • public interest if tho sale and use of hair,' washes containing dangerous toado reagents and dyes were prohibited. ' No symptoms may be produced for weeks or months after ' the use of a hair dye. They are identified 1 when water is applied to the head. 'The euro lies in tho. complete 'removal of .the ~ source of irritation, and-this best done- by • shaving the head.—l am, eta, ' ■ c W. P. Heneleioh., . l 7 De Carle street, St. Kilda. .. ivj, , u -
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18448, 9 January 1922, Page 7
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