The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on March 14 that consumers should not use products that contain nitrous oxide due to potentially serious side effects that can include death.
Nitrous oxide, which is sometimes called “laughing gas,” “whippets,” or “galaxy gas,” is colorless and odorless. For hundreds of years, some have used it recreationally, but it has a number of medical, industrial, and commercial purposes, including being used as a propellant in whipped cream canisters.
