RAIN REPELLENT EXPOSURE.

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ON FLT FROM PHF TO CLT AT APPROX XA45L; A RAIN REPELLENT LEAK WAS DETECTED VIA A SMELL IN THE COCKPIT; WE INHALED IT FOR APPROX 1 FULL MIN. WE DSNDED AND LANDED. I HAD A REACTION TO THE REPELLENT VIA A REDNESS ON MY SKIN AND DIZZINESS. THE MECH WHO CHKED THE ACFT WE FLEW SAID THE BOTTLE WAS EMPTY AND THE SEAL HAD LEAKED. THE ACFT WAS A DC-9-30. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATES THAT HIS FIRST INDICATION THAT HE HAD OF THE RAIN REPELLENT LEAK WAS THE 'ORANGE SMELL.' HE MENTIONED THIS TO THE CAPT AND THE CAPT ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANTS IF THEY WERE EATING OR SERVING ORANGES. WHEN THEY SAID NO; THE RPTR REALIZED THAT IT WAS A RAIN REPELLENT LEAK. THE FLC THEN DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. THE EXPOSURE TIME BTWN THE 'ORANGE SMELL' AND THE MASKS ON WAS LESS THAN 1 MIN IN THE FO'S ESTIMATION. THE FLC REQUESTED DIRECT ROUTING FROM THE CTR AND LANDED AT THEIR DEST SHORTLY AFTERWARD. DURING DEPLANING HE FELT DIZZY AND BOTH FLC MEMBERS WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. AT THE HOSPITAL A TOXICOLOGIST REVIEWED SOME INFO SENT WITH THEM BY THE COMPANY AND REMARKED THAT THIS STUFF HAS A HALF LIFE OF 15 MINS. THE NEXT MORNING WE WERE RELEASED AND WE DEADHEADED HOME. I FELT VERY TIRED EVEN THOUGH I HAD SLEPT VERY SOUNDLY AT THE HOSPITAL. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT TO BED EARLY AND SLEPT VERY SOUNDLY AGAIN; BUT STILL FELT SLEEPY THE NEXT DAY. LATER I WENT TO THE COMPANY'S WELLNESS CLINIC/DOCTOR AND REVIEWED MY HOSPITAL RPT. THE RPT MENTIONED THE REDNESS ON MY FACE AND NECK AND I REMEMBERED FEELING AN ITCHINESS AND I HAD WASHED MY FACE AND NECK AT THE ARPT TO RELIEVE THAT FEELING. THE COMPANY DOCTOR SAID THAT HE DID NOT FEEL QUALIFIED TO JUDGE WHETHER I WAS READY TO RETURN TO FLT DUTY OR NOT; SO I TOLD HIM THAT I FELT THAT I COULD. I AM FLYING NOW; BUT I STILL OCCASIONALLY FEEL A BIT WEIRD. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS FROM THE EXPOSURE OR FROM OTHER PRESSURES.