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Should i be concerned if my mom has a strange tendency to sniff moth balls none stop i keep telling her to stop but she won't is sniffing it bad for her health?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

She may have a : Dangerous addiction. Mothballs are usually all active ingredient ; are composed of either paradichlorobenzene or napthlene. They dissolve from a solid to a vapor which is toxic. Inhaling mothball vapor = breathing insecticide. There are problems w acute ; toxic exposure. See http://npic.Orst.Edu/factsheets/naphtech.Html#acute ; http://npic.Orst.Edu/factsheets/pdbtech.Html#chronic. Suggest that.

Answered 6/6/2018

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