'99% of people don't know deodorant can kill'

The family of a girl who died from inhaling aerosol deodorant say events held in her memory have spread awareness to thousands of people.

Giorgia Green, who was 14 and from Derby, had a cardiac arrest after spraying the deodorant in her bedroom in May 2022.

Since then her family and friends have campaigned through a group called Bee Angels.

They have already held two roller skating events and are about to hold their second Christmas crafting event.

Giorgia Green was autistic and found the smell of deodorant comforting

Paul Green, Giorgia's dad, said: "We called the awareness campaign Bee Angels because my daughter loved bees and she's now an angel, along with the other angels that have passed in the same way."

He said the Christmas crafting event would be fitting as his daughter was "extremely creative".

"We did the event last year and it went extremely well and everybody that came said how wonderful it was to sit together and make things," he said.

"Anybody is welcome, it's an open door.

"In fact, we would love it if people that don't know us turn up, because we're trying to get the word out not only to people we know, but people we don't know."

The event will be held at Spondon Old School, between 13:00 and 17:00 GMT on 30 November.

Mr Green said most people were shocked when they found out aerosol deodorant could kill.

"I would say that 99% of people that find out about it have wondered how they never knew this, how have they lived so long and not once heard or knew that this potential danger existed, and they are very shocked," he said.

He added they were keen for more people to help them spread awareness.

"We try as many avenues as we can to get the word across to people, so if there's anybody out there that feels they could help in getting the word out, we would love them to contact us on Facebook or Instagram," he said.

"If we can let as many people know the dangers then they're in a better position to protect themselves and their families."