Thursday - December 04, 2008
Toxic leather armchair kills father, son and cat.
This is too bizarre not to be true.
You might want to cue the theme for the Twilight Zone as you read this.
Toxic leather armchair kills father, son and cat, family claims
Leather furniture blamed for thousands of cases of burns, rashes and breathing problems has caused the death of a father, his son and a family cat, it has been claimed.
By Alastair Jamieson
The settees and armchairs, made in China, are treated with a fungicide that can cause severe allergic reactions and eczema.
Thousands of complaints have been made about the furniture, made by south China factory LinkWise and previously sold by chains including Argos, Walmsley’s and Land of Leather.
Earlier this year Elizabeth McLaughlin, 59, of Luton, Beds, died after sitting on a recliner and suffering swelling and shortness of breath.
The wife and mother of the latest victims, in Paris, said they used a LinkWise chair sold by French firm Conforama. She said: “They had burns on their backs and legs. When my husband was in hospital, our cat would not leave his master’s chair. Two weeks later he was dead.”
Conforama admitted in July the chairs had an “allergy risk”.
The settees, sold in Britain for between £600 and £850, have been treated with a fungicide to stop them going mouldy in storage – a substance that has triggered violent irritant-related eczema in some customers.
Both Argos and Land of Leather have withdrawn the furniture from sale and furniture sold by Walmsley’s is no longer treated with the same fungicide.
The substance, called dimethyl fumarate (DMF), is so toxic that those who come into contact with it should wear protective glasses and clothing.
Sachets of DMF were sealed inside the furniture, away from direct contact, but body heat caused by customers sitting on the furniture caused the substance to vapourise, resulting in burns and skin rashes that initially left doctors baffled.
Legal action on behalf of several customers has already begun, with compensation claims against retailers expected to total up to £10m. The furniture was on sale for as long as two years before the problem was first identified last year.
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