Students at a Neuqua Valley High School football game toss white powder into the air as part of a Wh

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Students at a Neuqua car rentals in arizona Valley High School football game toss white powder into the air as part of a White Out. Doctors say the large clouds of white powder can cause breathing problems, especially for excited youth who are breathing hard. (Credit: CBS)
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CBS) At some sporting events, it's become more and more common for fans to shoot or throw white powder into the air as part of a "White-Out" for their team. It s a burgeoning tradition car rentals in arizona at one suburban high school, and doctors say it s downright dangerous.
CBS 2 was tipped off to the story by a concerned parent. We did a little digging and found out why this ritual is clouded in potential disaster. CBS 2's Brad Edwards spoke to physicians and attended Neuqua Valley High School s "White-Out."
At a recent game, crowds chanted, It s starting, it s starting, it s starting, as white powder shot into the air. As more powder was shot into the sky they yelled, car rentals in arizona I believe that we will win, I believe that we will win.
The "White-Out" has become a known ritual of the high school. car rentals in arizona You might think it's just a harmless powder, but imagine inhaling it. One student in downtown Naperville said, It s very impressive,it s kind of almost intimidating I guess.
There are two things actually, he said. You will start coughing, because there s something unwanted in your bronchial tubes. … some of it really travels deep into your lungs and settles car rentals in arizona into your bronchial tubes."
The white powder car rentals in arizona is particularly dangerous for kids with asthma; whether it s flour, corn starch, baking powder, or talc baby powder – which comes with a bold-type warning that says, AVOID INHALATION.
In this situation these kids are all excited. They re jumping up and down, they re cheering, they re yelling, they re taking in huge breaths of air while surrounded with all this powder, so they re exacerbating the situation, she said.
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