Topic: Re: Stand and Seal Health Problems

Hello Forum -
I am new here and not sure if I will be able to get a response.....not sure if this topic still applicable to anyone. I do have a few general questions and do not seem to be able to get any answers so thought to reach out here. I had used stand n seal in November 2006 with a lot code different from the recall lots. It was not a product I had used before and only recently been introduced to spray sealers for tile grout. I prefer not to seal and only stick with the darker grouts but the job at hand warranted sealing. My experience had been with a pricier product purchased at Lowe's and always yielded excellent results. My partnet chose to purchase a different type of sealer and when I went to the site to seal I was not thrilled that it was a yellow-blue can of sealer that I had no experience with. Since it was right before Thanksgiving the customer wanted to move her furniture back in and so we decided to give this sealer a go. Opened all windows, to provide cross ventilation and brought a large fan into the room. Upon spraying the sealer we both quickly began to comment on how wonderful it smelled. And in fact, I had to look at the bottle couple times to make sure I was not spraying some type of air freshener. Long story short had I known then how costly to my health that sweet smell would be I would have never used the can. I am very baffled however, that in contacting the CPSC once I was well enough to, the manufacturer etc. I am being told that the cans were reformulated back to the original formula of I presume Zonyl after the recall. The cans that people ONLY got sick from were pullled because the pungent chemical was left out and flexipel was added. So did they forget about the pungent odor on the third batch and that is why they pulled it finally!!! It is tough to decipher as when my daughter phoned the hotline for stand n seal he told her that we would not have been able to remain in the room for any length of time because the odor would force us out of the room. Since both the customer and i, had become so severely ill - her on oxygen for 4 months and me trying to suck air out of a steamer because at the time I did not have health insurance and could not seek immediate medical attention, which my health paid dearly as a consequence I have to be very suspiscious and concerned about what our can truly contained then. I understand Zonyl 225 was in the original cans and that is what they may have went back to and I could have been overexposed to that but the pungent odor been supposedly re=formulated back into the can after the recall does not make since if the can I used smelled like an orange grove. If anyone had gotten sick from the new formulated batches I would greatly appreciate any information as to what was in the contents of those cans. Although much improved I am still struggling with my health and am determined to try to find answers for not only myself but also for the customer who is still freaked out that this chemical was sprayed all over her home. Any insight or info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Irishllf