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Show DEAR SIR: We noticed the enclosed article ar-ticle abcut glue - sniffing wtixh appeared in your news paper. We thought ycu would be interested in knowing that The Tester Corporation-, largest lar-gest manufacturer of plastic model cemer.'S; has developed develop-ed a deterrent to glue-sniffing, which it has been adding add-ing to 'its cements. I am en-clr.S'rg en-clr.S'rg a ccpy of a news release re-lease which announces the devekpment of (he additive. If ycu would like any more information about Testor's development please let me know. Sincerely, Carolyn Seigel tn excerpt frcm- a police re-pert re-pert published Feb. 26, 197,1. Moab City Police Chief Mclvin S. Dalton this week stated that eff cers had collected col-lected evidence of several j!ue sniffing parties which, he slated, involves about 12 youngsters. DalU.n said that at this time no youths had been picker up in connection with I tie parties but c3-rj that there t' d seem to be ejuite a number num-ber r f y,iir:',s!er3 involved, "fllur: sn'ff ng can cause both physical and mental damage," da-mage," ballon said, "and in some cases it has been known to cause death." The largest manufacturer of plastic model cements has found a solution to the problem cf glue-sniffing in a basic chemical! that could also be used to end the spiffing of solvents from scores of household products used by millions of consumers consum-ers The Testor Corporation, a division of the Chicago-based Jupiter Corporation, announced an-nounced it has been adding oil of mustard to its plastic model cements since May, 1903, after six yr-ars of development de-velopment and testing. Meanwhile, the New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require re-quire the addition of oil of mustard to all hobby glues sold in the state. The New Jersey State Senate also passed a bill that would re-ojU're re-ojU're an additive - deterrent in all glues sold in that state Enactment of both bills is expected in the near future. Oil of mus'ard acts as a dclcrreiit to the mi;aise of plastic model cements by providing the same jolt i:i Hie nasal area as that occurring oc-curring after eating very hct mustard or horseradish. ChaJis D. Miiler, president presi-dent of Testor, said that his company is offering its research re-search and development results re-sults concerning the additive to any manufacturer whose product contains 'inhalable solvents. The products include nail-pc-tisth remover, paint thinner, thin-ner, cleaning fluid, gasoline, and even the propellants i;1. pressurized hair sprays, cocktail glass chillers, and the sprays that keep foods frcm sticking to pots and pans. The oil cf mustard, also called essence of horseradish is a lacrimator, an irritant which produces excess tearing. tear-ing. Its effects are reversible they cease as soon a exposure ex-posure to the chemical ends. James L. Bad'inghaus, assistant as-sistant administrator of the Hamilton County Juvenile Court, Cincinnati, Ohio, and an authority on juvenile delinquency de-linquency and drug abuse, said that several youngsters, arrested for glue - sniffing, told tihe Court that they could no longer sniff Testor plastic model cements. "The youngsters told the Court, 'We can't use Testor's Test-or's anymore they've put somet'hirtgi in it and it smelis too bad to sniff." Badinghaus said. Hcbbists, who use plastic model cements for their appropriate ap-propriate purposes, have not noticed the existence of the additive in the cement. Miller said that "solvent inhalation is the problem of all manufacturers whose pro ducts contain such ingredients. ingred-ients. We are offering U these manufacturers what ever assistance we can give to help them add a deterrent deter-rent to solvent-inhalation in to their products too." Forrest Elscn, Testor vice president for research and production and a chemist pointed cut that allyl isothi-ocyanate isothi-ocyanate is approved by the Feed and Drug Administration Administra-tion as a food additive, and is used to add sp'.ce to many food products. In different forms, it is also used as a food preservative and in ding production. Attempts to develop either a deterrent to solvent inhalation inhal-ation or products without such solvents have been made for decades. Investigations Investiga-tions focused on developing an additive after it was learned that the solvents themselves are almost always al-ways basic to the functions of the products in which they are fcund. In plastic model cements, for example, solvents sol-vents give the cement their excellent adhesive power and the ability to dry immediately immediate-ly after application. The New Ycrk based Hobby Hob-by Industry Association of America, in 19G2, commissioned commis-sioned an independent laboratory lab-oratory to 'investigate possible pos-sible plastic model cement additives. In late 19G2, the laboratory issued its report which contained a- list of almost al-most 1C0 possible additives In the two years until late 1951, The Testor Corporation Corpora-tion combed through the list of potential additives, testing test-ing their safety, effective ness and practicality, and finally selected uic oil of mustard. From 1964 to 19G8, th.? company tested the additive in its plastic model cement production processes to be sure that the additive did not affect the adhesive qualities of its cement. The Testor Corporation is the largest producer of plastic plas-tic model cements. Its model cements are used us-ed by hobbyists to build the millions of plastic models sold each year, In additmn to its plastic model cements, The Testor Corporation, a 40-ycar-old hobby products producer, manufactures other special-formula special-formula cements for various materials, decorative and waaM&aa a mm nininirini heb' enamels paint-by-Tc-t-ter t, styrofoam gliders, mc airplane and automo-bil. automo-bil. igines, and other mode mo-de uilding and decorating S' es, The company has p1 3 in Rockford, Illinios, J Angeles, California, and id a. |