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By 1958, Graham founded the Mistake Out Company and continued working from her kitchen (and eventually garage) nights and weekends to produce small batches of correction bottles. She was fired from her typist job as executive secretary at Texas Bank and Trust after she accidentally put her own
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We describe four cases of sudden death in adolescents associated with recreational sniffing of typewriter correction fluid occurring during the period 1979 through mid-1984.
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King, Gregory S.; Smialek, John E.; Troutman, William G. (15 March 1985). "Sudden Death in Adolescents Resulting From the Inhalation of Typewriter Correction Fluid".
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In 2000, the Liquid Paper product and brand name was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid (now Newell Brands). In some regions of the world, Liquid Paper is now endorsed by
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Trichloroethane generally is less toxic than methylene chloride ... is not teratogenic and carcinogenicity and mutagenicity testing has proven inconclusive.
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with an integrated lift-off tape in 1973). By 1968, the product – now renamed Liquid Paper – was profitable, and in 1979 the company was sold to the
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in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strove for a way to correct them. Starting on a basis of
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company’s name on a sheet of her employer’s company letterhead. She subsequently decided to devote all her time to Mistake Out.
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Liquid Paper came under scrutiny in the 1980s, due to concerns over recreational sniffing. The organic solvent
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Gillette agreed to reformulate the product so that it would not pose a risk requiring a Proposition 65 warning
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In 1989, Gillette reformulated Liquid Paper without TCA, in response to a complaint under
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
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Index

Liquid paper

The Women's Museum
brand
Newell Brands
correction fluid
correction pens
correction tape
typewriting
handwriting

Bette Nesmith Graham
Monkees
Michael Nesmith
correction fluid
tempera
paint
kitchen blender
IBM
Correcting Selectric
Gillette Corporation
Papermate

MSDSs
titanium dioxide
naphtha
mineral spirits
resins
1,1,1-trichloroethane
carcinogenic

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